I'm new to the µC world and have been studying the instruction set for PICmicro 16Fxxx chips. After realizing that I was making it harder than it realy is and that it isn't much different than the assembly programing I used to do on my Atari 800XL (back in the early '70s) I find the 35 operand codes, bank switching and 8-bit manipulation easy to understand. Much, much easier that the 64-bit 'Honeybuckets' (Honeywell mid-size computers) I programmed in the mid-'80s. :wink:
With this said, and many years experience with BASIC, I would like to find out more about PIC BASIC compilers from those who do BASIC programming for µC's. For now I will be programming 16Fxxx and 18Fxxx DIP chips.
1. Is BASIC coding for µC's simular to BASIC for computer systems?
2. What is the basic difference between PIC BASIC and BASIC STAMP?
3. What BASIC compiler to you use and why did you choose it?
4. What Programming board do you use?
I don't want to start an option war so please respect the options of others.
With this said, and many years experience with BASIC, I would like to find out more about PIC BASIC compilers from those who do BASIC programming for µC's. For now I will be programming 16Fxxx and 18Fxxx DIP chips.
1. Is BASIC coding for µC's simular to BASIC for computer systems?
2. What is the basic difference between PIC BASIC and BASIC STAMP?
3. What BASIC compiler to you use and why did you choose it?
4. What Programming board do you use?
I don't want to start an option war so please respect the options of others.