One aspect I found interesting was the "drag and drop programming" Apparently, whatever programming tool they've included on-board emulates a USB flash drive. Just save a hex file to it and the target chip gets programmed. And just for the record - I'm about the most "anti-cloud" person I know. One of my favorite quotes is "there is no 'cloud', just someone else's computer" -Denny On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 2:20 PM, Bonita Felix wrote: > > You're correct in that the mBed is the same., However, I don't use > that one either. > > Jim > > Regards, > > Jim > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > Subject: Re: [OT]: Strange Microchip Email > > From: Michael Johnston > > Date: Tue, May 29, 2018 4:06 pm > > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > > > > > > Hi, I don't building code on the cloud either but if you have that embe= d > > cloud based device its the same there. But I do believe you can still u= se > > this device with mplabx 4.1 or what ever > > Michael Johnston > > > > On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 3:53 PM, Bonita Felix wrote: > > > > > > > > One of the purposes of this board is to promote the cloud based > > > development > > > environment called MPLAB EXPRESS. > > > > > > Personally, I don't care much for cloud based compilers/environments= .. > > > I guess for some cases, they do offer an advantage, but I generally > > > think > > > they're more of a curse than a blessing. > > > > > > My reasons are in a cloud based situation, you have to have access t= o > > > the internet in some fashion. > > > If I work locally on a computer, I can be completely independent of > the > > > internet from a compiler / > > > programming point of view. > > > > > > Another reason is related, and that would be if you store your sourc= e > > > code in the cloud, and you want > > > to access it for some reason, again, you have to have internet acces= s. > > > If it's on a local computer > > > drive, I don't need internet access. > > > > > > A third, maybe unlikely but still possible reason is having the sour= ce > > > in the cloud makes it easier for > > > someone not authorized to see the code to gain access without your > > > knowledge. > > > > > > One positive I do like is that one could access their code virtually > > > anywhere you have a computer with > > > internet access. > > > > > > However, in my opinion, the negatives far outweigh the positive. Bu= t > > > again, this is my opinion, and I > > > do not even suggest that I speak for everyone. > > > > > > Bottom line is cloud based environment / compiler just isn't for me. > > > YMMV. > > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > Jim > > > > > > > -------- Original Message -------- > > > > Subject: Re: [OT]: Strange Microchip Email > > > > From: Denny Esterline > > > > Date: Tue, May 29, 2018 3:13 pm > > > > To: "Microcontroller discussion list - Public." > > > > > > > > > > > > I had received a small dev board from Microchip a couple weeks ago = - > well > > > > before the subject email. Now that I'm back in the office today, I > can > > > > share it's details - I suspect it's something that was linked here > on the > > > > list, but, honestly, I don't really recall. > > > > > > > > It's tiny, has a PIC16F18446 one it and what looks to be an on-boar= d > > > > programmer. > > > > > > > > Pictures here: > > > > > > > > > > > > Front > > > > > > > > http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag233/D_esterline/ > > > EBB0D5DB-F080-4560-B4E4-463A23F0458E_zpsooa5qraa.jpg > > > > > > > > > > > > Back > > > > > > > > http://i1369.photobucket.com/albums/ag233/D_esterline/ > > > 67E6CDB5-D8AF-4466-8E98-CEC925C2C08E_zpsyneocd3s.jpg > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 27, 2018 at 3:35 PM, Brent Brown > wrote: > > > > > > > > > No email received here, and no fee dev board ordered, but I did > receive > > > > > something > > > > > equally enexpected/unsolicited ~ a MicroChip diary, with a glossy > card > > > > > saying "May > > > > > you realize your Designs as Curiosity takes you to Starry heights= " > - > > > with > > > > > compliments from Microchip. It was mailed from Microchip Hong Kon= g, > > > some > > > > > sort of > > > > > promotion around their Curiosity range it seems. My only recent > contact > > > > > with MC > > > > > was buying an ICD4 back in March. > > > > > > > > > > On 5/25/2018 8:30 PM, Sean Breheny wrote: > > > > > > Has anyone else recently received an email claiming that a > Microchip > > > > > sample > > > > > > request was made "on your behalf"? > > > > > > > > > > > > My first reaction was to think that it must be a phishing attem= pt > > > but it > > > > > > doesn't request that I follow any links or open any documents. > Also > > > it > > > > > > passes gmail's authentication tests for having come from > > > microchip.com > > > > > > > > > > > > I don't recall placing any sample orders with them in years and= I > > > can't > > > > > > think who would have done it for me. > > > > > > > > > > > > One more strange thing is that it says that the email is a > summary > > > of my > > > > > > order but there is no list of parts or any delivery address for > me. > > > Maybe > > > > > > it was a phishing attempt and there was an attachment originall= y? > > > But it > > > > > > would be strange for gmail to strip out the attachment and not > give > > > me a > > > > > > security warning about the message. > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > > > > View/change your membership options at > > > > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > > > View/change your membership options at > > > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > > View/change your membership options at > > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > > > > -- > > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > > View/change your membership options at > > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .