Hi,

There are no "best" compiler, only "popular" or "my favourite". You
may can try Jal which is not Basic but Pascal-like and the v2 produces
a quite good code. Or sdcc, which is an open source C compiler and
gives you a fair results (in terms of code optimization). Both of them
are free and are good for hobby use.

Tam=E1s

On 3/13/10, HuwD <HuwD@vieswebdesign.com> wrote:
>
> I'm new at using Microcontrollers. I'm interested in using them in Roboti=
cs
> and bought a book called "PIC Robotics". The software the book recommends=
 is
> the "PIC Basic compiler". However it appears to come on a 3.5 inch floppy
> disk and uses the either the serial or parrallel port on the PC to interf=
ace
> with the Microcontroller. This seems a little antiquated and I was wander=
ing
> if there was anything more recent and ideally free to download. I would a=
lso
> be good if I could connect to the microcontroller via USB.
>
> Whats the best current software for programming the PIC Microcontroller?
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