WIZ-C Version 11 by Forest Electronic Developments (FED)

WIZ-C ia a front end to FED's popular C Compiler, which includes all of the C Compiler environment and functionality. It offers Drag & Drop component selection, point & click pin connections, and direct parameter selection by drop down lists, checkboxes, and validated data entry. For full details of the FED PIC C Comiler click here.

What is WIZ-C?

WIZ-C is a complete PICmicroŽ MCU development and simulation package for the C language, with the added ability to automatically generate applications with user selected library components linked in to the code. The compiler fully includes the FED C Compiler - you do not need to buy this product separately, and if the front end is turned off WIZ-C behaves exactly like the compiler alone.

How is it used?

        You start by creating a new application. Then select the PICmicroŽ MCU type and clock frequency from drop down boxes. A picture of the MCU and its pins will be drawn in the Application Designer.

        Drag and drop software components on to the graphic of the MCU. For example if you want an asynchronous serial interface, then just select the icon from the data tab and drop it on to the MCU graphic.

        Now when each component is selected it can be connected to the MCU pins by clicking the picture of the component pin and then clicking the MCU pin - they will be joined. Pins can be user named as well to make the code easier to understand. Some components can only be connected to certain pins - they will connect themselves automatically.

        Each component has a list of parameters. In the case of our serial element this includes the bit rate. The bit rate is selected from a drop down list, now when the application is generated it will automatically configure the serial element for this bit rate regardless of the MCU type used or oscillator frequency.

        Each component has a list of occurrences which may happen. For example a keypad software component has an occurrence when a key is pressed (or repeats). Within WIZ-C you can simply add a list of one or more labels to that occurrence. Now whenever the keypad detects a key press the application designer will ensure that each label is called in turn to handle the keypress.

View a WIZ-C screenshot.

WIZ-C Features

Rapid Application Development for the PICmicroŽ MCU microcontroller using the C language.
Drag and drop your software component selections on to your design.
Included components support timers, serial interfaces, I2C, LCD, 7 Seg displays, keypads, switches, port controls, many bus interfaces including Dallas iButton, PICmicroŽ MCU Hardware, and more.
Connect software components to MCU pins by point & click using the mouse.
Set parameters for each component from drop down list boxes, check boxes, or text entry.
Links your code automatically into library events (e.g. Button Pressed, Byte Received etc...).
Automatically generates your base application including full initialization, interrupt handling and main program loop.
The complete C Compiler and PICmicroŽ MCU Simulator programs are integrated into WIZ-C - total editing/compilation/assembly/simulation support in one program.
Blazingly fast - simulates up to 10 times faster than other Windows based PICmicroŽ MCU simulators.
Includes Waveform Analyzer - examine your simulation results on a logic analyzer style window.
Also includes the Element Editor to enable you to create your own components with ease.
WIZ-C supports 14 and 18 series 16 bit core PICmicroŽ MCU's.

WIZ-C Professional Lite Edition (LE)

        The LE edition has all the features of the WIZ-C Professional ANSI C Compiler, but at a significantly lower price - $63 - making it ideal for educational use.

        It is limited to three PICmicroŽ devices - 16F628, 16F877, & 18F452, but is otherwise fully featured. Educational buyers purchasing multiple copies can request alternative devices - contact education@fored.co.uk for further details. All manuals (including the tutorial manual) for the LE edition are supplied on CD only.

        Technical support for the LE edition provided only through the YahooŽ online group supporting Forest Electronic Developments products at: groups.yahoo.com/group/FEDPIC/.

        Upgradeable to WIZ-C and WIZ-C Professional.

Downloadable WIZ-C Files

Product documentation and demonstration version of WIZ-C are available for download:

PIXIEDemo.zip (4895kb) WIZ-C demonstration version.

PIXIEDemoManual.pdf (369kb) WIZ-C introductory manual.

PIXDMMN.zip (6219kb) Full WIZ-C manual.

Customers in the United States can click the Add to Cart button below to purchase this product. International customers should contact us at sales@dhmicro.com for calculation of additional shipping charges. If this is an educational purchase or if payment must be made by check, click on the Ordering link to the left side of this screen for additional instructions. For a complete listing of our product pricing, check out our Pricelist (36kb).

Part Numbers and Pricing:

	$125.00	WIZ-C STD, Standard Edition.
	$180.00	WIZ-C PRO, Professional Edition which offers increased simulation capability, the ability to operate with two or more projects, to simulate devices communicating, the ability to examine C variables in source form (structure member values for example), to look backwards in time when simulating, and provide much more comprehensive input simulation considerably ease the debugging cycle.
	$63.00	WIZ-C LITE, Light Edition (LE) which is limited to 16F628, 16F877, & 18F452 devices, but is otherwise a fully featured version of WIZ-C Professional.