PBASIC to C evolution suggestions?
Mimewar
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I learned PBasic through the Parallax Basic Stamp homework board, and it went well. Now I want to program PICs, and build a few projects. Since Stamps are 50$ a shot, and I have the gear to program PICs, why not. In order to do this, I will either have to learn C, or buy an expensive compiler (Pbasic to C) Are there any resources similar to the Parallax method, to learn C? It seems to be a much much more complex language, and I am not interested in computer programming, only microcontrollers. PICBasic is 250$, but there has to be a free compiler/translater out there! Is there a way to program a PIC with PBasic, without using a compiler?
Help... Anyone...
Shane
Help... Anyone...
Shane
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Have you considered moving to the Propeller instead? Cheap and powerful, and an easy-to-learn language, PLUS no need to mess with interrupts and all of that headache. And you get the Parallax documentation/education advantage.
As I stated in the other thread that you started on the subject...
If you do not wish to use an Arduino because it isn't based on a PIC, but want to learn C specifically with a PIC, you should look into the suggestions given in the other thread that you started on the subject: http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?t=124284