Latest PICs - how to program them?

[tumbleweed]

What did I miss here?

As Ioannis pointed out, PBP updates for new devices is pretty much over.
PBP uses the assembler (mpasmx v5.87) from MPLABX v5.35, and mchip has replaced mpasm with a new assembler PIC-AS, which is not compatible.

Can you give more details on this please?

Positron interrupts work much like they do in SF. Also, it now has support for procedures and functions but the syntax for declaring parameters and "local" variables and how they actually work leaves a lot to be desired.

[flotulopex]

So then,

Since PBP doesn't seem to go on for newer PICs,




...what are the options?

Is there any "new" BASIC compiler out there that will take over from PBP?

[Ioannis]

For 18F series only Mecanique's Swordfish BASIC https://www.sfcompiler.co.uk

For all chips (16F, 18F, 24F, dsPIC) Positron Compiler https://sites.google.com/view/rosetta-tech/home

Ioannis

[tumbleweed]

For all chips (16F, 18F, 24F, dsPIC) Positron Compiler https://sites.google.com/view/rosetta-tech/home

Except that for the 8-bit chips Positron doesn't really support anything much newer that PBP does (see my previous posts).
They've been promising an update "Real Soon Now" since 2022...

There's also Great Cow Basic (open-source, free).

All of these are much different than PBP so be prepared for some changes.

[flotulopex]

Thanks for the links