On Thu, 23 May 2002 11:42:20  Warren Furman <wfurman@...> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Is anyone familiar with programming embedded microprocessors and
>whether I could use FB to do it?  Any info would be greatly
>appreciated.
>
>Warren
>http://HiTechArts.com/

Warren -

I do extensive work with embedded systems using PIC microprocessors from Microchip.  Although there is (minimal) support for these chips on the MAC, I use the Parallax version of their assembly code dialect and so am constrained to using Tech-Tools stuff for the PC:
 1. I write the source code in BBEdit on the Mac.
 2. I assemble the source code using CVASM16 under virtual PC on the MAC.
 3. I save the object code to a floppy, and load it into a 486 laptop running
      Windows 3.1 that talks to the TechTools downloader.
 4. I repeat the process until I get it right.
 
It would certainly be possible to write a FB program that would do steps #2 and #3 (and even step #1 if desired), but it would probably require quite a bit of a time investment.  If anybody has done it or knows of someone who has, I'd love to hear about it.

BTW - Most of these PIC projects talk to a host over a serial port, and for that I use FB extensively.

Walter Lenk

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Walter Lenk    Cambridge Ma    617-547-7781
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