Development Board Recomendations ???

[mister_e]

Any board from MikroElektronika!

I have EasyPIC 4 + various accessory boards and really love it. It support all < 40 pins PIC, from the 10F to 18F. On board USB programmer etc etc etc. For what you have on-board, you can't beat it. OK the ICD is useless if you don't have any MikroElektronika compiler but... i never use ICD (or 1-2 times / year) ... my ICD-2 is gathering dust here

In USA, i recommend Circuit-Ed

[tico]

Well I guess 3 out of 4 developers recomend the EasyPic 4.
Thanks for the input.

[bbarney]

Where to get it here in Canada Mister E

[mister_e]

As far as i'm aware of there's no Canadian distributor. I got mine from Circuit-Ed.

For now, to proceed an order to ship in canada, you have to contact Warren directly with your order.
[email protected]

They have a pretty nice and quite fast service.

[bbarney]

Thank's Steve

[vacpress]

so... i looked at the easypic 4 boards -they seem amazing featurres\dollar... however, one major issue held me back... is it really helpfull to have to switch in LEDs and switches in banks of 8?

Sure it makes the device more economical and easier to route, but really, putting all of port a as switches and b as LEDs is a bit silly?

most of my programs have a few switches and LEDS, not 8 and 8! what does this do to the smaller devices? also, is there any flexibility with LCD pin assignments, etc?


please correct me if this is not the case, or if you have found this concern isnt an issue in practice! i had my card out at one point! then i read the manual and backed off...

-Robert

[mister_e]

i have to agree, it's a bit silly but, you could still attach your breadboard to it really easy. 2 choice, do your own personal adapter or use the EasyConnect adapter

sometimes EasyInput is also handy

Have a look at their plug-in board. Cheap enough to buy few of each.

And nope, there's no way to change the default LCD pinout. It's assign to PORTD (+ PORTB for GLCD) all the time and don't work on smaller device than 40 pins unless you trick the board. Nothing is perfect!

I had an idea for the ultimate development board... but when i calculate the final pricing, it was clear enough that it was way too expensive and out of the actual competition pricing. So i flushed the idea.