Should not be more than 2-3 weeks from release I just wanted to ask that :P OK, I am counting days. :twisted: I hope it's 2-3 weeks! Here's my To-Do list :) Create support web-site (Registered domain yesterday) Turn compiler into a web-service Add subversion support Finish bug testing Finish writin...

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Sorry for lack of updates, but I recently found out I'm going to be a dad :D I now have hex file generation completed - including a good 2-pass assembler! The system has also been updated to allow for many numerical formats (more than mB + MPlab support!), for example, you can use (for hex): 0x12345...

Hi Cashsale Use acetone instead of an iron. Dab it on with a cotton ball & the pattern transfers within a few minutes :) I can produce very fine smt boards without too much trouble. I tried several variations of this with terrible results. It was very difficult to get even penetration of acetone int...

Hi LGR True, but the benefit to using MPLAB is that they already have a simulator, and you also have ICD. But if you want to do you own, I'm sure the package would be a lot more tightly integrated. I haven't tried it myself, but I'm hearing good reports about the usability of ME's ICD. I haven't bee...

Hi LGR Why do you need to write your own assembler? Can't you simply write instructions to download MPLAB, and feed ASM into it? As long as you're not the one doing the distribution, I don't see how that would be a problem. That's how Linux distros get away with using Microsoft TrueType fonts. They ...

Hi Zristic I meant advantages of embedding your assembler into the IDE instead of using MpAsm as the back-end.. There are legal issues with this. Also, that extra step means a user has to install MPLAB (the latest version) with support for all PICs, new definition files, linker scripts... Too many t...

Hi Naveen Hi Niki I have been following 10f thread and was wondering at your speed.Just couldn't see u teasing zristic. I think u have started from scratch and build pretty quickly. Giving some competition to ME team? Do u plan to go beyond 10F. After zristc its me now "How soon can we taste it?" ke...

Ok, I've been thinking about MikroBASIC and here are the changes you would have to make to include 10F support: Remove Gosub/Return No functions or procedures No (mB) function calls within expressions Reduce stack usage to 8 bytes or less (easy with the above removed) That's the limitations I'm havi...

Hi Naveen

Naveen Tyagi wrote:I dont think its gona be v6 so soon. I think it should be something like V5.2 . And from last week or so it seems just
around the corner.

It's a joke message.. Read the 10f thread in the wish list to find out more..

When is v6 due out?

Or v7?

ok, I'll stop asking now.... (hi zristic)

If I may ask, what advantages/disadvantages did you find with implementing your own assembler in mB? It is not our own asm, it is much like mchip's asm, just that the names of variables are longer and clearer, for the sake of Easier reading/debugging. Btw, after you release the first version, when ...

zristic wrote:When is the version going to be released?

Took me 8 days to implement expressions & 20 minutes to turn it into a 2-pass compiler..

If I may ask, what advantages/disadvantages did you find with implementing your own assembler in mB?

zristic wrote:

Niki wrote:zristic: Ok, creating a compiler is a lot of hard work

He, he, just waiting to test it

Surely you mean "break it"

Not long now.. Hopefully within the next 2-3 weeks.

Another update: I've managed to include full expression support now :D The compiler converts all expressions to Reverse Polish Notation (A retlw table in PICs) and includes an RPN stack calculator to work it out. This method is about half the speed of mB's inline approach, but allows for greater cod...