> Grimm, Justin wrote:
>> Has anyone had experience with the above ide.
>
> Unless you've got a very good reason, and I can't think of one, I would go
> with the standard Microchip MPLAB tool suite.  It's free, reasonably good,
> supported by Microchip, supports the whole PIC product line, and use by
> the
> vast majority of PIC developers.

I use it a lot, it's fun, much easier to use than microchip's and the
simulator is extremely high quality.
From your comment I would have to guess you have never tried it. I may sound
like I am advertising
for Oshonsoft here but I do use it for most of my projects.

Here is a what I like about it(and this is by no means complete):

Simulator: Accurate in detail, even all periferals with correct timing for
everything.
(this is unlike what microchip tells you about their simulator)
-a beautifull display of register values and bits in them
-clickable bit and byte values to change their contents
-selectable run speed (slow to fast in several steps)with and without screen
update
-a terminal simulation for testing hardware and even bitbanged serial io
-simulated led displays you can virtually connect to io pins of your chosing
-simulated character lcd  you can virtually connect to io pins of your
chosing
-simulated bit scope function
-simulated generator
-sliders for analog input values
-microcontroller view with live clickable changable pin status
that supports all standard display sizes etc etc....

Built in Basic programming language:
Is non optimizing this might be a disadvantage.
-support for bitbanged / hardware serial io.
-easy writing to character lcd.
It's still a work in progress but i really like using it for quick
prototyping.

And all of this for $19 (for home users like me) a good deal., and you have
nothing to lose (but time), try it for free.

I am not associated with Oshonsoft just like their program.

Peter van Hoof

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