Announcing the NEW and IMPROVED Forth-to-PIC compiler!
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Thanks to the many responses from users there is now
a new improved version of F2P, a Forth compiler for the
Microchip PIC16Cxx mid-range microcontrollers.

This version, 1.0, incorporates new features as well as
support for several PIC16Cxx-family microcontrollers. F2P
now generates code for multiple code and ram banks and
supports 16C61, -C64, -C620, -C621, -C622, -C71, -C73, -C74,  -C84 and the
flash -F84.

F2P is a compiler that reads Forth source for the PIC16Cxx
family of microcontrollers and generates a file ready to be
assembled by Microchip's MPASM. You *will* need MPASM or MPLAB to be able
to generate executable code. It is however free and may be downloaded from
Microchip's web site http://www.microchip.com.

F2P will help in structuring the code so that routines hopefully  can more
easily be reused, with gains in both smaller executable  and more rapid
program development.

The compiler generates subroutine threaded code without any normal  Forth
kernel, instead it incorporates code parts from an external archive  when
needed. So that, if you do not need a word it is not loaded and does  not
take any code space.

Details on the implementation are given in the revised and extended
F2P-READ.ME file included in the F2PIC10.EXE self-extracting executable.



Try it out!

It should be available via anonymous ftp at

     ftp://ftp.taygeta.com/pub/Forth/PIC/F2PIC10.EXE

The lastest version, 1.01, with incremental bug fixes can be  obtained
from

     ftp://lagrange.isy.liu.se/ftp/pub/F2PIC

As always, I am keen to hear from users. Suggestions for improvements are
welcome, as are bug reports and success stories...

Cheers,
Micke
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Michael Josefsson (mj@isy.liu.se)



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Linkvping University

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