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05/31/06 20:41
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 +1 Informative		 #117432 - definitley not PIC or DSPIC
Responding to: ???'s previous message
I never used AVR so I don't know about their code development software but I have been having a nightmare trying to debug my code under MPLAB. After wasting so many days trying to debug my code, the ICD debug doesn't work properly for complex programs, and same for the simulator. Bugs with break points, bugs with single steps, bugs with stopwatch (it doesnt show up in long programs) and bugs everywhare.
The funniest bug I noticed is when you press alt + tab to switch to another application the MPLAB program terminates and you lose your work. This is documented in the known bugs by microchip! And looks like they couldn't fix this bug in their newest version of mplab 7.4
The most difficult decision is to figure out weather the problem is in your software or the development tools and the bugs in MPLAB stop you from finding out the truth.
I'm going to switch to TI DSPs when I can help it and hope their Code Composer Studio is stable and bug free.
Mahmood

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TopicAuthorDate
PIC or AVR?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Unanswerable!            01/01/70 00:00      
   Definatlely AVR            01/01/70 00:00      
      Microchip aren't going broke!            01/01/70 00:00      
         Here comapines donot force PIC            01/01/70 00:00      
      How single minded can anyone be            01/01/70 00:00      
         Remember what I said about spelling?            01/01/70 00:00      
            unsafe at any speed            01/01/70 00:00      
               OK ... but what does it mean?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  Usage is the word            01/01/70 00:00      
                  usage?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     usafe = usage            01/01/70 00:00      
                        you took it right            01/01/70 00:00      
            Typing mistakes            01/01/70 00:00      
         ye nafareh pisheh ghazi rafti            01/01/70 00:00      
            a total contradiction            01/01/70 00:00      
      Noisy Application!            01/01/70 00:00      
         re noise            01/01/70 00:00      
         AVR Vs PIC !            01/01/70 00:00      
   I will vote avr            01/01/70 00:00      
      Not I!            01/01/70 00:00      
         so ...            01/01/70 00:00      
            that is what NASA said, too.            01/01/70 00:00      
   AVR            01/01/70 00:00      
   talking of alternatives            01/01/70 00:00      
      Not very well ... ...            01/01/70 00:00      
   neither and both            01/01/70 00:00      
   How about the PDP-8            01/01/70 00:00      
      down memeory lane            01/01/70 00:00      
   pic magazine            01/01/70 00:00      
      Everyday Practical Electronics.            01/01/70 00:00      
   definitley not PIC or DSPIC            01/01/70 00:00      
      The ICD is Not an emulator            01/01/70 00:00      
         Atmel fix everything? In dreams maybe.            01/01/70 00:00      
            Atmel = New Microsoft?            01/01/70 00:00      
               you did not highlight            01/01/70 00:00      
                  it's cheap? available in piles?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  You have piles too?            01/01/70 00:00      
                     excuse me?            01/01/70 00:00      
                        Piles            01/01/70 00:00      
                           Sh**!            01/01/70 00:00      
                              I think it is an older term            01/01/70 00:00      
                              I hope the embarassment did not make you            01/01/70 00:00      
                                 OK, heaps, or perhaps...            01/01/70 00:00      
                                    internal memory is not restricted to 'co            01/01/70 00:00      
                                       OK so where would you draw the line            01/01/70 00:00      
                                          somewhere hereabouts            01/01/70 00:00      
                                             I guess it's easier for us old-timers            01/01/70 00:00      
   please say what is better PIC or AVR?            01/01/70 00:00      
      nothing is BETTER            01/01/70 00:00      
         Good point!            01/01/70 00:00      
      What is better for you?            01/01/70 00:00      
         I'll select AVR!            01/01/70 00:00      
            Experience            01/01/70 00:00      
      it's still pure male cow manure            01/01/70 00:00      
      It is a religious issue            01/01/70 00:00      
   AVR            01/01/70 00:00      

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