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SUNFLOWER
- 1st June 2013, 02:04
I have posted solar tracking code as open source to be compiled with PBP version 2.60A.

My question (from others), Are the latest versions of PBP 100% downward compatible with version 2.60A?

http://www.harbornet.com/sunflower/sunrun.pbp
Demon
- 1st June 2013, 04:58
I'm still at 2.60c, but the subject of new CONFIG directive in 3.0 comes up often.

Robert
rsocor01
- 1st June 2013, 20:12
Me too. I am still at 2.60c. New features in 3.0 would make it impossible for downward compatibility.
SUNFLOWER
- 2nd June 2013, 01:03
OK. That makes sense. So, excepting new features, both will produce the same hex file from the same source code?
rsocor01
- 2nd June 2013, 03:10
OK. That makes sense. So, excepting new features, both will produce the same hex file from the same source code?

Hmm, I am not sure about that. They always make improvements with every new version. For example, they may try to make a certain command run faster (with less instructions) than with a previous version. I don't know what changes they made with the new version 3.0, but that can be found in the Melabs webpage.