PBP3 support for some 24F 16 bit devices?

[fowardbias]

Did or does PBP3 have limited support for certain 24F devices? I remember a list of 24F devices that I thought was attached to the PBP3 device list? (not there now)

[mark_s]

PBP never supported 16bit devices. The Melabs U2 programmer did support some pic24 and dspic.

Maybe you are thinking of Proton Basic which had a 16bit version?

[mpgmike]

16-bit support was PBP v2.xx or even v1.xx and for much older 16-bit parts. Anything worth using today has never been supported. When you look into the 16-bit architecture, it uses 16 Working Registers (as opposed to the 1 for 8-bit) and a bunch of other things very different from our familiar 8-bit PICs. Even Microchip MPLABX uses different Compilers for the 8- and 16-bit parts. I think I can speak with 99.99999999% certainty that PBP will NEVER support 16-bit PICs.

[amgen]

Ahhh, so you think there 'is' a chance for PBP to support 16 bit stuff ???!@#$

[mpgmike]

My suggestion is if you find the need for 16-bit PICs and dsPICs, take the plunge and learn how to use MPLABX and XC16. Microchip University has tutorials on these topics. It will involve a learning curve, but if I can do it, so can you (at least that's the saying). One nice feature MPLABX offers is Microchip Code Configurator, or MCC for short. You can activate SFRs, set BAUD rates, configure TRIS and other basic Registers, and even assign aliases to different pins. It makes transitioning from BASIC to C much easier.

[Ioannis]

The MCS IDE is one easy to use environment.

PBP has no need for peculiar header files or other strange includes.

So, one using PBP has a very easy IDE to develop a flashing LED in no time!

Compare that to the unbelievable MPLABX with many settings just to write one line of code...

Too complicated and scary. What all those files and settings do? A lot of time to discover...

Ioannis