Developer Tools

- General Utilities:
- [w:Subversion] repository client.
Recommendation: svnX for Mac OS/X, TortiseSVN for Windows
- catserial.py -- utility for dumping serial port output (in the repository)
- slipserial.py -- utility for dumping a serial slip stream (in the repository)
- A Windoze machine (optional, for some hardware tools)
- USB Analyzer: [cnmat:node/5964]
- I2C Analyzer: [cnmat:node/5963]
- Logic Analyzer, Oscilloscope
- USB to TTL interface: [cnmat:node/5966]

- For the Microchip PIC processor:
- [http://home.comcast.net/~clschimmel/|The BootDown PIC programmer for OS/X]
- Microchip MPLAB IDE
- C18 Compiler (non-free version)
- MCHPFSUSB Firmware and PICDEM bootloader (version 1.3 or later); optional, but necessary if you need to load firmware using the USB bootloader from a Windows host.
- If you need to load a bootloader, or use a debugger, an ICD2 programmer: [cnmat:node/5965]