Mike Harrison wrote:

>On Thu, 5 Jun 2003 01:37:44 +0200, you wrote:
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>>>>John
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>>>Writing the whole thing in a simulator and then expecting it to all work when you stick it in a chip
>>>is NOT a good way to do things.  Apart from testing complex calculations, I think simulators are of
>>>very limited use -I can't remember ever using one,
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>>How can you possibly judge anything you didn't get your hands on ????
>>Stef Mientki
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>Simple - all the embedded apps I've ever done are so dependent on real-world external events
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I can't imagine any  PIC application that doesn't  ;-)

> and
>timing that any simulator would not have been of any practical help,
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I still disagree,
simply because I've the opposite experience.
But I agree there very few "good" (cheap) simulators.

> and would have saved no time
>over doing it methodically on a real chip. And this was in the days of UVB-Eraseable devices - no
>flash!
>
You defintly have never have seen a good simulator,
or you're a very good (almost perfect) code-writer  ;-)

Stef Mientki


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