I use the ChipKIT Uno 32 as PIC32 Development board for quickly testing Ideas. It is true that there are a few holes in the libraries, but all of the simple Arduino Sketches work, just not all of the 3rd Parties Libraries. It is actually a well priced and powerful dev board and you can use it directly with PICKit3 or ICD3 if you don't want to mess with the Arduino Environment and the Bootloader. The one major advantage is that it has a C++ compiler, something that MPLab is currently lacking, and so is great for knocking out a proof of concept. The only shield I have used with it was the Arduino Ethernet Shield and it worked well enough. It proved that an Existing App, that was developed on Arduino, could be ported to the PIC32 platform, with a rewrite of the libraries. The cross compiling to PIC32 then proceeded in parallel with the PIC32 based target board production. Without that confidance boost from the CHIPKit board, we would have gone to production with several thousend ATMEL based boards. This way we smother the transition to PIC32, boosted perfoprmance and reduced cost. I am not an Arduino or ATMEL fan but I give the PICKit a huge thumbs up. Cheers Chris On 4 February 2012 07:30, Mark Hanchey wrote: > On 2/3/2012 1:37 PM, PICdude wrote: > > How about just using their firmware on a Chipkit (PIC32-based Arduino > > clone)? It should run the firmware directly. The Chipkit IDE is the > > Arduino IDE with a specific board configuration for the PIC32. > > > > Cheers, > > -Neil. > > The Chipkit boards have a long way to go before they are really arduino > compatible. A lot of the arduino libraries do not work so you are left > doing mainly the basic functions like spi or i2c . I looked at porting > some of the arudino libraries but why bother when you can just code in > C32 and be done with it. I think digilent dropped the ball on this one > by trying to make the pic32 fit the arduino world, they ended up with a > neutered board with a lot of the important parts of the pic32 having to > be done via shields and add on boards. It doesn't even have a working > RTCC without adding another board or soldering on the crystal. The USB > features are the same way, requires another board which cost an > additional $50. > > Would have been much better if they ditched the arduino software side, > kept the shield ability and made use of the features the pic32 has that > are unique to it. I see a lot of postings by people wanting to use the > features the pic32 brings and getting frustrated that they have to jump > through hoops to do it with the chipkit boards . > > Mark > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .