starting a microcontroller simulator/emulator

Question

I would like to create/start a simulator for the following microcontroller board: http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=707#

The firmware is

Answer 1

You'll have to write a PIC simulator and then emulate the IO functionality of the ports.

To be honest, it looks like its designed as a dev kit - I wouldn't worry about your code destroying the device if you take care. Unless this a runner-up for an enterprise package, I would seriously question the ROI on writing a sim.