i have little bit knowledge of MCU ATMEL series..
now i am interested to work with PIC MCU...
can any one suggest me the tutorial site for PIC MCUs....??
i have heard, the programming language (assembly)used for PIC is different from other MCU.. isi t true??
this will help you mange PICs to write software etc,
the programming of the PIC chips can be done by purchasing an USB based programmer like PICKIT2 or JUNEBUG (from **broken link removed**), the later I have and works fine. You will see umkeen programmers and settle for once and for ever , no less than USB type.
emulation or IDE/Tutor is built in JUNEBUG.
Regarding software simulator, mplab has one built in.
another is PICsimulatorIDE at www.oshonsoft.com
this also is good
All the best