Re: Using Visual C/C++ to do 8051 development

From: Chris Hills (chris_at_phaedsys.org)
Date: 02/08/04 

Date: Sun, 8 Feb 2004 10:53:58 +0000

In article <pan.2004.02.07.22.57.55.342352@albert.amresearch.com>,
Albert Lee Mitchell <albmit@albert.amresearch.com> writes
>On Sat, 07 Feb 2004 05:07:10 +0000, Scott Moore wrote:
>
>> ---------snip----------
>
> Many good points but one overriding negative, the map is not the
>terrain.
> No emulator and no simulator can ever precisely reproduce the hardware
>response characteristics. This is why I, and many others, develop on the
>exact hardware being produced.

With 8051's most good ICEs use EXACTLY the same silicon as the target.
There is also often no way to test conclusively without one. At least
this is what I am told by people developing very high integrity and
safety critical devices.

Regards
   Chris

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