Post by thread:[PIC]: Newbie Question,Forest Dev C Comp

Hello all As a newbie to the PIC I am looking for a C Compiler and dev tools. In the uk there is a company selling these called Forest Developments they have compilers and dev environments. Does anyone have any experiance of these products as I have no way of knowing if they're any good or not ! If anyone can advise me that would be great. Thanks -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics

> Hello all > As a newbie to the PIC I am looking for a C Compiler and dev tools. In the > uk there is a company selling these called Forest Developments they have > compilers and dev environments. > Does anyone have any experiance of these products as I have no way of > knowing if they're any good or not ! Russel, I've been using the FED PIC C system for over a year now. It was pretty shaky at first but they kept working on it and improving it. Now it has blossomed into a rather nice product, so nice that I decided to purchase the PIXIE software from them as well. I am just finishing a 64 contact closure encoder/decoder project over a 485 link with it. One thing that has helped me alot is the external LCD simulation. So I guess you could count me in as one who would recommend it. On the other hand I probably wouldn't have much success with C on the PIC if I did not first use MPLAB with assembly. Using MPLAB and assembly will force you to learn the chip in more detail and provide a good knowledge base before moving to a higher language. Jason Mielke Chief Engineer, CBNT WCLO/WJVL WBKV/WBWI WFHR/WGLX WRJN/WEZY spam_OUTjayTakeThisOuTlinuxforbroadcasters.com http://www.linuxforbroadcasters.com -- http://www.piclist.com hint: The list server can filter out subtopics (like ads or off topics) for you. See http://www.piclist.com/#topics