So many option but little understanding

[PickyBiker]

Well a PICkit 2 is on the way. Next time I get a little in-rush of funds... an EasyPIC6 might be hard to resist. Looks like it would be just a hoot to play with all by itself. Love the idea of led's for each pic line and the LCD.

So many tools... So little time.

[rmteo]

I have an EasyPIC4 development board with the add-on 4x4 matrix keypad, SD/MMC card and RTC board that I no longer use (no GLCD). 70GBP plus shipping for the lot - let me know if you are interested.

[Acetronics2]

One more vote for Easy Pic 6 ... and its bunch of modules.

I use an easy Pic 5 for a while and MPLAB ICD features are missing ... EP6 has it, now !

Alain

[PickyBiker]

Alain, yes, there is an EP6 on my wish list. The next in-rush of funds will be when the Social Security check comes in. That'll be in about 2 and a half weeks.

[PickyBiker]

This looks like a great development board. One question, how well can it be integrated into my development environment, MPLAB IDE & PICBASIC Pro? The first thing I would like to do is make it the "programmer" in that environment, or course then I would want to use the built-in ICD or at least connect an ICD to it. Any chance of that happening? If not, would you just create the .hex file and use the supplied flash proogram to get it into the PIC? Not the cleanest method, but it should work.

[malc-c]

Glad to hear your new toy has arrived

Personally I use Microcode Studio for the IDE with my EasyPIC 5 board. It is quick to set up as it can find both the PBP exe and MPASM and the picFlash exe files automatically. I'm not sure how MCS works with the ICD option available on the EasyPIC 6 board though, maybe Alain can help out on that score.

For me, I like MCS. Make a change to the code, click compile and program and job done. Testing further changes is quicker as you already have the PicFLASH application open, so just click reload and click write after re-compiling.