PIC Component not available

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Binary package hint: ktechlab

using the ktechlab packages available on the ktechlab website, when designing circuits, there is a PIC component, which allows the integrations of the PIC simulator, and the circuit simulator. In the ubuntu ktechlab package, this component is missing.

[andrewmcnnz (andrew-scoop)]

I'm seeing the same thing.

I think what's happened is that we've got a ktechlab that has been compiled without gpsim support, and hence simulating PICs in circuits is disabled.

If I've understood things correctly this is because ktechlab requires a later version of gpsim than ubuntu supplies (I'm running Edgy with the supplied gpsim 0.20.14). eg in ktechlab's configure.in we see:

AC_MSG_CHECKING([for gpsim 0.21.4 availability])

I looked to see if it's an easy thing to install an updated gpsim, but it in turn needs an updated gtkextra. Haven't looked much further than that, other than seeing that there's some instructions in ktechlab's INSTALL file that look like they might get me there with a little messing around.

It's a shame really. ktechlab really is a very impressive package, and it would be nice if ubuntu's distribution of it worked properly. The PIC programming and simulation stuff is the most interesting part of what ktechlab does.

[andrewmcnnz (andrew-scoop)]

I just noticed that ktechlab 0.3-5 for feisty looks like it probably addresses this issue. I'm looking forward to a bakport to edgy.

[Lionel Le Folgoc (mrpouit)]

Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue for you? Thanks in advance.

[andrewmcnnz (andrew-scoop)]

Feisty has a new version of ktechlab and I think of the library that was
out of date that was causing the PIC component to be unavailable.

Now I can add a PIC to a circuit, but when I go to load the code for the
PIC, the ktechlab GUI freezes, with all available CPU being used by
ktechlab. It looks like compilation of the flowcode is successful, but
perhaps something screws up in the circuit simulator? The freeze occurs
whether or not the simulator is paused though.

So, it's not exactly the same bug, but it's not working either.

Andrew

Lionel Le Folgoc wrote:
> Thank you for taking the time to report this bug and helping to make
> Ubuntu better. You reported this bug a while ago and there hasn't been
> any activity in it recently. We were wondering is this still an issue
> for you? Thanks in advance.
>
> ** Changed in: ktechlab (Ubuntu)
> Importance: Undecided => Low
> Status: New => Incomplete
>
>