behaviours thanks to "Events". The OOPic actually spends the majority of its time updating the virtual circuits, compared to looping through a user's code, so it's in the programmers best interest to use virtual circuits over traditional programming techniques as often as possible. Other meanings OOPIC also refers to Object Oriented Particle In Cell which is an object-oriented implementation, written at Berkeley, of a specific method of plasma physics simulation known as particle in cell. See also Arduino BASIC Stamp PICAXE External links —The site made by the company that sells the OOPic. The OOPic Yahoo group—This is where most discussion takes place about the OOPic. - Obsolete The OOPic Google group—This is the new discussion / user support group for the ooPic. As of September 2008 The PTSG group—This is the website of Berkeley's Plasma Theory and Simulation Group, the authors of the OOPIC plasma simulation code. Microcontrollers Microchip Technology hardware