[sllug-members]: PIC IDEs for Linux

[Shaun Kruger]

On Thu, Oct 1, 2009 at 10:24 PM, Michael Heath
<mike.thomas.heath at gmail.com>wrote:

> Is anyone aware of good PIC microcontroller GUI software available for
> Linux? I'm looking for something like what's available for windows --
> an IDE, compiler, and programmer built into one. It needs to support
> the PICKit 2 adapter.
>
> I was hoping to find something that supports standard PIC C, too. My
> search so far has only turned up cryptic, confusing, and out of date
> compilers.
>
>
When I looked there wasn't much in the way of good free compilers for
linux.  When I was working on some PIC stuff a couple of years ago I got a
pickit2 and I bought the CCS PCM compiler and just used everything in a
windows XP VM.  The USB support in vmware player was good enough for my
pickit2 to work.

I spent days looking for free options that would work, but in the end I paid
$125 for my compiler (current price is now $150).  When you buy a CCS
compiler you don't just get a compiler.  There is a complete set of
libraries and accurate documentation.

http://www.ccsinfo.com/content.php?page=Purchasing1

CCS also has linux command line compilers.  If you can get your pickit2 to
work in linux you can build and deploy everything on linux.

Either way, I saved a lot of time by buying the CCS compiler.  In fact, I
doubt I would have produced binaries for my project if I was trying to
cobble it together with what I found in the open source world.

If you want a nice IDE that does pic and handles your programmer, I'm not
going to hold my breath for it existing on linux.  Just remember that
virtualbox is your friend.

Shaun
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