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Sunday, 28 October 2007 17:47 |
 Whilst Microchip distribute the free MPLAB IDE for Windows, there are many solutions from the open-source community which can be ported to the Mac platform.Unfortunately the only solution to a complete development environment, from C code authoring to in-circuit debugging, is still only possible on Windows, with MPLAB. However if you don't need (or don't have the hardware required) to debug then you can go a long way with the open-source (or commercial) tools available for the Mac. If you're still keen to get going then read on... |
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 21:05 |
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Ben Suffolk has written a command line app for programming & verifying PICs via the Microchip ICD2 and the compatible (and cheaper!) Olimex TinyICD. More information and downloads from his site. |
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 20:55 |
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PICSTART is a dedicated (not in-circuit) programmer capable of programming most PICs. The software tools are also compatible with the JuPIC, Warp-13, Olimex, Altronix AL-1700 programmers.
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Sunday, 28 October 2007 21:53 |
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The cheapest tools offered by Microchip for programming PICs are the PICkit tools, the latest revision PICkit2 being a great enhancement. The following tools can be used to program a wide range of PICs...
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 21:47 |
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The Small Devices C Compiler is a open-source compiler designed for a range of 8 bit microprocessors and has active ports for the 8-bit PICs. More information can be found on their SourceForge page.
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 21:30 |
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Hi-Tech's range of PICC Compilers are widely acknowledged as some of the most efficient for PIC coding. Whilst these are not open-source they distribute Mac and Linux versions alongside Windows, and the restricted PICC Lite is available for free. The HI-TIDE IDE, based on Eclipse, is also great for development work.
More information and downloads can be found found on their site.
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Tuesday, 04 December 2007 21:16 |
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GPUtils is a range of open source tools for developing PIC programs, including the GPASM assembler which is fully compatible with Microchip's own MPASM assembly language.
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