Hmmm... intriguing. I definately like the idea, and it would be really easy to do as just a .bat file. The only issue I have is that gcc is freaking HUGE and its availability for Windows is sketchy at best (Cygwin can be a complete pain). Anyone know of any smaller compilers?

I'm not sure of all the libraries that you'd need to accompany gcc, but:

gcc.exe 86k
cygwin1.dll 948k
libc.a (stripped) 416k
libm.a (stripped) 113k

Depending on how much else would be needed for a functional gcc environment, that's about 1.5M, which isn't too bad...

Two other free win32 C compilers are lcc and djgpp.

Hope this helps a little.

Sounds great; let me know when its ready.

I have been unable to find much interaction about the MPLAB simulation features but I'm starting to try to grokk it. Anybody know much about it? Anybody care to contrast it with RoboEmu?

For the record, RoboEmu was a fantastic tool for our team last year. We were a budget constrained first year team, so without RoboEmu we would have had only one way to run programs.

THANK YOU ROB!

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that would make me VERY HAPPY!!!!!

The other programmer on my team decided to take the Edu controller home until he knows C -- which could take a while, since he seems to program entirely by trial and error. :rolleyes: So, I have no way to get used to the new chip except writing a bunch of test programs, giving them to him, and hoping he runs them and gives me back the results. Talk about tedious.

Even if the new RoboEmu can't simulate the EduBot, it will still be very useful. Thank you so much!!!!! :D

~Aaron

P.S. Another nice C++ compiler is MinGW. I don't know if it fits your needs, but I got it with Dev C++ and I like it a lot!

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Yes, minGW is quite nice. It works very well with Dev C++, which i would also recomend to anyone who wants a C/C++ compiler. Its free, open-source, colorcoded, and looks good. Plus it has power to boot.

P.S.Doesn't it also come with GCC for C compiling?

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Yes, GCC comes with it. But there's some trouble w/ both of them (I forgot what it was though).

Almost (I THINK) every (C/++) compiler out there has syntax highlighting (color corded).

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Most IDEs have syntax highlighting. Most compilers don't. ;)

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Woops..sorry :) I was really sick yesterday, so I wasn't really sure what I was really saying.

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Ok, I think I am lost. If you are talking about recompiling the emu for each program, I think that would be a little overkill. (If that's the case, please use Dev-C++)

How hard would it be to creat an emulator for the HEX files that are downloaded to the RC?

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That was my point...but since Rob is already working on it, I decided to drop the project idea.

As for the emulation for HEX files, it might be difficult. You'd need the file specs I think. Anywho, the specs for .hex files aren't out, I don't think. If anyone can prove me wrong, please...because I'd love to see the specs for the format.

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Here is a document on the HEX format:

http://www.microchip.com/download/ap...cxx/91026a.pdf

It's for the C16 but it should still apply to the C18.

Also try searching google for "INHX32" or "INHX8M."

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Thank you. That is pretty useful for it.

Wouldn't Robo* have to have an emulator for the HEX file anyways though?

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Hmm... a emulator for the new PIC controller... now that would be awesome.