Subject: Re: Programin PIC With Basic | Piclist

I agree with Steve. I have MELabs basic compiler and MBasic. Mbasic is limited in the PIC chips it can support. A real disappointment. Like a sports car with no tires. Proton from Crownhill Has several good test boards for experimentation and they also have no problem porting to experiment boards made by MELabs. > > Message: 5 > Date: Tue, 24 Jun 2003 16:14:36 -0000 > From: "Steve" <> > Subject: Re: Programin PIC With Basic > > I own and recommend Proton+ 2 Basic compiler from Crownhill. > > http://www.picbasic.org > > There is a forum there for Proton and Proton+. Proton is a simpler > version of Proton+, the really cool thing is if you buy Proton and > decide later you need the many extra functions in Proton+, they only > charge you the difference. And unlike MELabs PBP, which costs for each > and every minor update, updates are free. I don't know if MBasic > updates are free or not. > > You can download demo versions of Proton and Proton+, the limits on > the demo of Proton+ are: "Fully useable compiler, supporting 16F877, > 16F84 and 12C508 PIC devices. Limited to 35 lines of code and NO > graphics LCD. For evaluation and non-commercial use." Note that you > can still use text LCDs with the demo version. It also contains the > complete Help file. > > Proton+ has graphic LCD support (128x64), sin, cos, etc math > functions, 32 bit floating point calculations, all kinds of cool > stuff. It is 125 pounds which is about $210 USD, plus 10 pounds (about > $15) shipping to the US. MELabs PBP is $300 USD. > > Proton+ is being consistently upgraded. It has USB functions, > ethernet, PWM, Serial, I am still learning the capabilities of Proton+. > > Here's their blurb about Proton+, including links comparing it to > other PIC Basics and a list of devices supported: > http://www.picbasic.org/about.php?PHPSESSID=76eedb136901cb0ee47e2dd7ba9f1c23 > > They ship very speedily. Even from the UK to the west coast of USA, it > takes only about a week for my orders to get here. > > Steve Greenfield, no connection but a happy customer. > > --- In , "zeyad rezk" <zeyad_rezk@l...> wrote: > > Hello, > > I am starting programing PIC mcu , i prefer using basic languagh , i > searced > > on the net , i found two compilers PICBASIC from micro engineering and > > MBASIC from basic micro , can any one suggest which one is better , > and why > > ?thanks for help > > regards > > zeyad rezk > > ________________________________________________________________________

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Subject: Re: Programin PIC With Basic - MAG - Jun 26 10:47:00 2003