Hello,

Oliver Praudisch wrote:

> I am looking at the pic basic compiler from Micro Engineering Labs. This
> will be my first time playing with micro controllers. I am hoping that the
> basic compiler will allow me to see cause and effect within the assembly
> language. As well as get started a bit faster since I have only some
> experiance with basic.
>
> Are any of you using the basic compiler from ME Labs?

> Does it get in the way of any of the possibilities that the pic is capable
> of?    ---  No

Iv'e been using both Microchip assembly code and PIC Basic with my
Diploma students.
Oddly enough they preferred the assembler.  We have been using both with
the Dontronics DT001
programmer and the Simstick boards with 16C84's, together with Nigel
Goodwin's downloader.

We have designed PIC controllers ranging from simple light chasers to
traffic light intersections.
Both programming techniques were fairly smooth to implement, once the
relevant literature was decoded!
The book Easy PIC'n by David Benson is a good place to start or Myke
Predko's Programming and
Customizing the PIC Microcontroller.

Hope this helps,
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