In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, oliverb wrote:

Hi Russ,
I've worked extensively in SX Basic and PIC Basic Pro. I didn't see you mention if you use the Microcode IDe or use PIC Basic Pro from within ME LAB so I will assume MicroCode because it would be very close to the SX/B IDE. In the MicroCode IDE, SX Basic would be almost idential to the BS2 extensions in PIC Basic Pro. Interrupt handlers are similar but not identical. There are basically two reasons assembly seems to have a higher emphasis than SX basic. First, SX BASIC is a recent development (within the past 2 or so years) and because the SX is so established, new book versions have not been released in print that cover SX BASIC. Note that I said in print. There is a book on the Parallax web site that has been updated in PDF format only to cover both assembly and SX BASIC. I've read it and it is well written and through.

PIC BASIC Pro is also a "wrapper" around PIC assembler. In fact PIC BASIC Pro actually creates tigher and faster assembly code thn PIC C. SX/B while not as mature is very code efficient as well. The difference is that SX/B generates assembler which cannot be single stepped debugged in BASIC. 

If your comfortable with PIC BASIC Pro and/or PBASIC for the BASIC Stamp, you should not have a difficult time learning or becoming comfortable with SX Basic as the differences are easy to remember and minimal.

Regards,
Oliver Bailey

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