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PIC16C --> Basic Stamp?

VaatiVaati Posts: 712
edited 2009-07-18 01:09 in General Discussion
I know it may be better to post this in the microchip forums, but since you people are so helpful...· cool.gif

Is it possible to do what Parallax does and program the PIC16C57C to recognize programming instructions in a different programming language?· I know it may be a bit redundant of the interpreter chips, but I would love to find a way to get a PIC to be programmed in something like spin...· smilewinkgrin.gif

One final question--I have heard that Parallax previously offered some sort of PIC16 programmer, but discontinued it or something...· If that does exist, where can I get one?



Thanks.

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  • dandreaedandreae Posts: 1,375
    edited 2009-07-16 19:51
    You can try "Tech Tools" for the programming tools.· www.tech-tools.com or 1-972-272-9392.· You may need to ask for the "PIC Writer Upgrade".

    Dave




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  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2009-07-16 19:55
    There are implementations of BASIC, C, and several other languages for the 8-bit PICs.

    Get a PICkit 2 if you want to develop PIC hardware.

    Leon

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  • VaatiVaati Posts: 712
    edited 2009-07-16 19:57
    Well, what I am really getting at is whether it is possible to mkae my own basic stamp interpreter chip.... Would the PICkit 2 enable me to do so?

    Thanks.

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  • LeonLeon Posts: 7,620
    edited 2009-07-16 20:20
    Developing your own interpreter etc. will mean a great deal of work, if you haven't done anything like it before. It's certainly possible, but will take you several months, at a guess.

    You will need something like the PICkit 2 for debugging and programming code during development.

    Leon

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  • icepuckicepuck Posts: 466
    edited 2009-07-17 02:48
    Do a search on google for pic bootloader, that will let you load programs onto a pic like a basic stamp does but you can use any language you want that will genaerate code for the pic.
    Look at some of the bootloader source code that's out there.
    Do a search for pic interpreter, there are some basic and C interpreters out there all ready that would be worth looking at first.
    Hope this helps..
    -dan
  • Mike GreenMike Green Posts: 23,101
    edited 2009-07-17 03:16
    There's an additional "burden" you would have in that the form and meaning of the Stamp Basic interpretive code is proprietary to Parallax. There are some 3rd party books where someone has painstakingly analyzed the binary output of the Stamp tokenizer (compiler) to see what the codes are, but there's no official verification nor will there be.
  • waltcwaltc Posts: 158
    edited 2009-07-18 01:09
    An alternative would be to use a BASIC compiler with a more up to date PIC like the PIC24 or dsPIC33 - they have lots more RAM and flash and are much faster than the old PIC16.
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