6 Dec
2008
6 Dec
'08
4:05 p.m.
On 6 Dec 2008 at 14:33, Kevin Schoedel wrote:
I don't know PIC, but for the AVR equivalent the
host requirements are an
RS-232 port and the ability to run gdb.
Later PICs have on-chip breakpoint debug communication via ICD (a 3-
wire interface)--and there is the ability to run ICE4000.
There is at least one AVR open-source debug package that operates
through the SPI programming interface--using the same tool to program
and debug.
Programming hardware for either AVR or PIC is insanely simple and
there's plenty of open-source or GNU software to handle it. Even if
you purchase a PIC or AVR programmer, you're probably talking less
than $20. Compared to the price of admission fee for, say, FPGA,
it's a real bargain.
I believe that one can even purchase a USB "stick" for about $20 for
the TI MSP430 that includes not only the uC, but a USB programming
and debugging interface. It just can't get any easier.
But my saying this isn't going to convince anyone who's dead set
against the idea.
Cheers,
Chuck