PBP and IDE/programmer

[robertg]

Hi,

Been many years since I've used PBP but back into it
Just upgraded from my 2011!!! PBP gold to the pro. and dusted off my pickit3
Downloaded PBP and installed fine.
But seems like not much has changed since 2011 as melabs online help still referring to CDROM installtion.
Microcode studio that was installed with pbp also seems old considering the pickit 3 is no longer supported MCS only list the pickit2 from the programmer list!
Eyes also started to glaze over as MCS isn't supported anymore and I need MPLABX.

I'm sure this is a well warn path but what can use as a windows development environment that is compatile with picbasic.

Thanks,

Rob.

[pedja089]

This should point you to right direction
https://www.picbasic.co.uk/forum/sho...crocode-Studio

[robertg]

Thanks and appreciated.

It's a 10year old thread...hope it's still relevant.
What's happeend to picbasic? Besides the shopping aspect of the web site is still working all else has seemed to have ground to a halt?

[Ioannis]

That is true. People are getting old, things too!

Melabs will not develop PBP anymore and the latest version of PBP needs MPLABX assembler to work. Please DO NOT download the latest MPLABX. Only version 5.35 will work and obviously the PIC that this version supports.

Ioannis

[robertg]

Yes that is very true!

Hopefully some young enthusiast buys out PBP, I'd happy to be a VC for this. Keep me posted if you do hear of anything.

Haven't got a led flashing yet....but have managed to get MCS to run and download to the PIC so that's a start.


thanks again,

Rob.

[Ioannis]

We all hoped that PBP would find a way in the future but now I am convinced this will not happen.

People change, so microcontroller also do. Arduino, Pi, Python, and many many others are out there. PBP is considered outdated...

Ioannis