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IntroductionThe introduction of the versatile PIC microprocessor by Arizona Microchip in the early 1990's spawned an explosion of assemblers for the IBM compatible PC. A while later ones started to appear for the Acorn platform, often ports of others from the PC. PICsuiteHowever, few attempted to write one from scratch with the Acorn in mind, and PICbasic is just one of those. It reads in (from disk) a tokenised BASIC file containing mnemonics in exactly the same way as you would use them if writing ARM assembler or 6502 assembler on the BBC. PICsuite consists of three programs:
Product detailsAvailable to order now is a universal PIC programmer board and software. The software includes program, verify, blank check and dump capability. Configuration bits, user ID, EEPROM data memory and of course code memory can all be read or programmed and saved in a variety of formats - either for you to read or for PICdiss to turn back into source code. Delivery takes approximately three weeks as the boards are manufactured abroad. Any availability questions you may have should be emailed to us. Technical questions can be emailed direct to the author. Comparable products include part VH00A from Maplin Electronics in Essex costing £149.99 or 631-760 from Farnell Electronics in Leeds for £143.94. PICsuite, however, costs much less (all inclusive):
The above pricing includes printed manual, and some text files on the distribution disk which are subject to frequent change as Arizona bring out new devices. ALL minor software upgrades are free, by returning the original disk. Please see this guide for details on how to pay. Hardware projects to tryThere is a simple "get you working" project to try which takes the input voltage on line ADC0 and converts it to a VU bar style display. Or, complete with diagrams, is a slightly more complex project that acts as a maximum/minimum temperature display with screen saver and user adjustable alarm points which could then be used to (for example) open a window or buzz a buzzer. PICsuite FAQ's
2. Does PICbasic output to Intel hex object format files or similar?
3. Which of the microcontrollers are supported by the current software?
The programmer driver is capable of handling the following micros, though physically some may not fit into the on-board ZIF socket, so a simple adapter may be required (details are supplied on how to build these):
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