Jim Paul a friend of mine down in Houston Texas says the same thing,He could care less about doing anything on the cloud and I agree its not for me with hackers on loss like they are now! you dont know who is spying on your development.I am going to try it out just to see what I can do on it but my private stuff will not be stored on the cloud Michael On Tue, May 29, 2018 at 4:20 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 .