On Wed, Feb 18, 2004 at 05:53:53PM +0100, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> > 1) Programming infrastructure support.
>
> ic-prog claims to support the 18F's, so just about every 'simple'
> programmer design should be a ble to do the 18F's (provided that it
> works in the first place)

Solves the problem for Windows users, but cross platform support is critical.
It's one reason why I've finally investigated how to get picprg crossplatform
by using the mingw compiler to get a Windows version going.

>
> > 2) Software infrastructure support.
>
> Jal definitely does 18F, but not as efficient as it could be. But
> definitely useable (I use it a lot)

May seem to be a dumb question but... Exactly which JAL version do you use
now? Your own? Or the SourceForge version?

>
> The C18 compiler from Microchip is expensive, but the time-limited demo
> is free (and can be re-installed :)
>
> > 3) Tutorial/Example infrastructure.
>
> Not much yet that I know of. If I find the time (not likely :( ) I will
> expand the range of Dwarf Notes. But not that the 18F's lack some
> problems that make the 12 and 14 bit cores hard to use, so they need
> less hand-holding tutorials :)
>
> > 4) Silicon issues. Not running at the full 40 Mhz, PLL
>
> No real issues that I know of for the 18Fxx2 series, which I consider
> the first choices.

I'll test out my 18F452s when I get a chance.

BAJ

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