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Simulator?

redwindredwind Posts: 3
edited 2011-01-28 01:27 in General Discussion
I am new to this and I want to build a keyless entry for my house. but since I am new to this I wanna make sure I can get the code down before I go out and spend all the money on the hardware. So i am wondering if there is a simulator out there that I can use to make sure my code will work before i drop the cash into the project?

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  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2011-01-24 18:41
    There is a simulator for the Stamps, but it's not free. In fact, it's much much cheaper to just buy a Stamp, particularly when it's on sale.

    For the Propeller, there are several simulators depending on whether you're programming in Spin or assembly language. None of them are complete in the sense that you can reliably use them to test an idea completely. Like the Stamps, you're better off buying a Propeller and actually using it.

    Remember that whatever you want to build, part of it is hardware and a simulator is not going to help you with the hardware. You may write a program that works ok on the simulator and may not work when transferred to hardware.
  • marksmithmarksmith Banned Posts: 5
    edited 2011-01-28 01:27
    The real simulators out there do not involve people as much as processes. One of the most useful that I used personally was a simulation of a complete USPS mail sorting facility.
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