Good morning,

There is no simulator for PicBasicPro. There is, however, a simulator for other forms of the PicBasic language.

If either of you are looking for a quick way to write a program that works the first time then I think you are dreaming. I have been on this for since 2004. I have found that by investing the time in looking at the problems other members have posted I have learned how to program. Does every program work the first time. NO! You make mistakes wiring something up. You forget to Capitalize the DEFINES. You can make many types of mistakes. That's all part of the learning curve. I spent an entire 48 hour weekend just writing, testing,writing,testing code for an RTC handling daylight savings time. I am not a professional programmer. My first really big project was designed to be done in 4 months. It took more than twice that because I had alot of learning to do.

There are many great people on this forum that are more than willing to help you with your problems. As for a simple program for the 16F84A, start with blinking an LED. There are many examples of how to do this. I beleive one of them is in the manual. We do require that people asking for help to make some effort.

I personnally have purchased several books, one of which is entitled "Programming PICs in Basic" by Chuck Hellebuyck. This has been like a bible to me. I started with Basic Stamps and worked my way over to PICs.
It does take a lot of time if you only do this as a hobby. I do most of work on the weekends so I sit back with a cup of coffee and read the posts here. I also read them in the morning before work and then before I retire for the evening. We do have some less than patient people here but their intentions are good.

Don't get discouraged. In the long run its fun and educational and in some cases it can be financially rewarding. I have sold quite a few of my projects to customers of my alarm business!

BobK