Installing PBP3.1 with MPLAB 8 AND MPLABX

[Ioannis]

I meant simulation of the program. I understand that hardware debugger is more advance and needs resources.

At least the simulator could be fixed in MPLABX. Or made in Microcode...

Ioannis

[MikeBZH]

Simulation may not be enough.
It my case with some real time audio signal processing functions I need an hardware debugger.

All my tests were done with a PicKit 2. I have just tryied with a PicKit 3. No change.

Sorry about that but I do not see any other solution than going to the C world I hate this language

C'est la vie !

MikeBZH

[MikeBZH]

Hi everybody,

I am back from C to PBP.
I have spent one month with MPLAB X, XC8, etc.., trying to transform my old PBP programs into XC8.
I got lost with the syntax, MCC, the very complex MPLAB X IDE, the useless warnings, type castings and so on...

Finally I realized that I could make the same job with a less modern PIC (18F26K22) than the 18F27K40 but with a much more reusable, readable and maintenable code than with C.

I will have to make an effort to cope with the smaller Flash space (I use huge data tables to be coded differently). The PPS capability was also interesting but I can live without it. My greatest regret is the power management capability which is great and would have allowed some interesing power savings.

Anyway, I am back with you and PBP and happy to be there !

MikeBZH

[Dave]

MikeBZH, Thats interesting. I have also been doing some coding for an 18F27K40 and found that the DEBUG, EEPROM, and DATA statements do not work. I am waiting for a reply or the next version of PBP to come out before continuing. I also wish there was support for the newer versions with things like UMC Loader. So for now I will also stick with the standard 18F26K22.

[MikeBZH]

Oups ! The PIC18FK22 HAS a power management capability called PMD (Peripheral Module Disable), so no more regrets for me.

Oh yes, one regret however. A crazy designer has mixed PGC/PGD and RX2/TX2 on the same pins ! How can one use USART2 and debug with PicKit at the same time ? Fortunately PBP has SERIN/SEROUT bit-bang functions which allows to use any pins and do not need the integrated USART to do the job.

MikeBZH