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[LEDave]

Thanks for that Henrik, very informative.

What would you suggest I do now? Buy the PicBasicPRO and start learning or go another route in the interim.

Dave

[HenrikOlsson]

Well, it depends on what your goal is. If all you want to do is turn an output on when an input goes high you can get away with the demo but I guess you're ultimately looking to do more (way more) than that.

If you are taking this seriously then by all means buy PBP, it's worth every penny. There are other compilers, both BASIC and other languages (C, PASCAL etc) available but since this forum is aimed at the products from Melabs (PBC and PBP) specifically that is what we like to use and discuss "around here".

As you know, it IS associated with a learning curve though so you SHOULD start small, just like with the example you posted. Blink a LED, blink two LEDs, get a LCD up an running etc etc - small steps. Trying to bite off too much at one time will only get you frustrated.

Good luck!
/Henrik.

[Bruce]

Hi Dave,

Get PBP. You'll never regret the investment. I own/use 3 high-end C compilers, and do a lot of commercial work. I can push 99.9% of my embedded controls work out of here, all done with with PBP, and never have to worry about it working as expected 20 years down the road.

It's rock solid, and a lot easier than using C. There's only 1 other basic compiler for the PIC that's worth a look, but it hasn't had anything but beta updates for the last several years. And you have to jump through hoops just to install each new beta version.

[LEDave]

Once again thanks to everyone for their input and help.

It's looking like PICBASIC PRO Compiler 2.60 is the one to aim for right?

I appreciate the learning curve I have to work through but I am a plodder and will gradually build up my knowledge base (along with one or two questions on here no doubt).

Any other areas I should look into to start the learning process?

Many thanks: Dave

[mackrackit]

Many will buy books to start learning, so far in my opinion there are not any out there worth anything. Bruce is working on one, when it comes out I will change my mind. Until then his site is a good place. Left hand side about half way down.
http://rentron.com/

Examples to work on from MeLabs, along with the PBP manual.
http://www.melabs.com/resources/samples.htm

And of course this forum. Steve put this post together just for this purpose.
http://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?t=11116

And do not forget to have the data sheet for the PIC you plan to use handy.

That should get you started.

[Bruce]

Download the PBP demo: http://www.melabs.com/pbpdemo.htm

You can make enough, in short order, just by selling nifty things you create with the PBP
demo, to buy the full version. I personally know several college students that have used
the demo version to make a fortune.