Software Updates
To get the firmware see the download section
PIC32-Basic 2.05 Released 5 August 2010
| Updates |
| Bug Fix: to 'opencom' See the notes here at 'opencom' for changing the Baud rate |
PIC32-Basic 2.04 Released 31 July 2010
| Updates |
| Bug Fix: to second SD card, Added 'mount' keyword |
PIC32-Basic 2.02 Released 28 July 2010
| Updates |
| Interrupts: Added interrupt functionality and timer interrupts. The ZIP file now incorporates the latest version of BV-COM. |
PIC32-Basic 2.00 Released 16 July 2010
| Updates |
This is a major new release of Basic that
improves the file handling and I2C interface. It no longer runs on
Micro-BOS and so a new application loader is required. This is a beta
release so please report any bugs you find to
 The instructions for upgrading are in the zip file in the downloads section and also here. This release requires a new application loader and so can olny be upgraded with a PIC Programmer, once the new application loader is in place the programmer is not needed. If you do not have access to a programmer (i.e. PICkit) then please email the above and it can be done free of charge, you will just need to pay for the postage to get it here. |
For information on how to load or re-load the PIC32-Basic application on the BV513 see the reload section in PIC-32 Basic. From release 1.446 onwards updates are available in the download section.
PIC32-Basic 1.474 Released 23 November 2009
| Updates |
| Error Reporting When an error occurs an attempt is now made to print out the function that caused the error and also '>>>' is places at the point in the function where it occurred. |
PIC32-Basic 1.473 Released 19 October 2009
| Updates |
| Exit Function(bug fix) The 'exitf' and 'exitif' early exit to functions caused a LB Stack error when used in a functions that was called from a loop structure, Fixed. |
PIC32-Basic 1.472 Released 8 October 2009
| Updates |
| Scheduling Fix to a bug that
caused the system tick to stop when the schedule was servicing a
function. Timer 4 is now used for the scheduler and set to 1ms Timer 5 is used for the system tick which increments every 200us Serial Input A software buffer (FIFO) has now been implemented for both UARTS that is 128 big. The input is on a high priority interrupt, along with the buffer this has meant some changes to the way some keywords behave. adc() Fixed, it would only work on one channel. |
| New Statements (keywords) Added / Changed |
| inp() Has now changed slightly,
the timeout is in ms whereas before it was an arbitrary period. Key?() Will return the number of characters in the buffer. ------- New words inpbuf$() Will get a string representing the contents of the buffer but will not clear the buffer. inpstr$() Returns a sting in the buffer, a string must be terminated by CR (13) + optional LF(10) inpput() This will place a character in the buffer, if a character is removed by key() it can be put back by this. Error codes added for bufffer full and UART overrun |
PIC32-Basic 1.470 Released 26 August 2009
| Updates |
| Scheduling Fix to conversion
problem. I2C The master did not clock stretch properly leading to some clock errors when sending streams of data to slower devices. |
| New Statements (keywords) Added |
| The following new words have been added. plugin, ccall(), ccall#() ccall$() Enables C plug in mechanism |
PIC32-Basic 1.461 Released 9 August 2009
| Updates |
| Minor fix to floating point values |
PIC32-Basic 1.460 Released 3 August 2009
| Updates |
Ports: Both setport and portb(w) have been updates so
that when port B is selected it will automatically be set to a digital
port. At reset port B is set to analogue. Tick() Now updates every 200uS on a high priority interrupt which can now be used for accurate timing. Scheduler The scheduler (process) will now run every 1mS on a high priority interrupt. |
| New Statements (keywords) Added |
| The following new words have been added. openadc, closeadc & adc() Simplifies using the ADC without resorting to setting registers. this gives basic functioality. |
PIC32-Basic 1.446 Released 24 July 2009
| Updates |
| Just one fix to key() which was broken in release 1.445, This is also now
available in the downloads section. key() Fixed. |
PIC32-Basic 1.445 Released 20 July 2009
| Updates |
| Updates to extend the opencom statement and also new statements to make the
setting, reading and writing of ports less cryptic. The original portb and porw
statements to remain as they are more flexible. opencom Has now been extended to include CTS and RTS hardware handshaking on any chosen port. setport New statement to set a port to either input or output port & port() New statements out$ This has an extended syntax to allow character contents after the port specifier. print Fixed the problem with brackets i2ctest() Fixed, this is now simpler to use, returns 0 if the i2c channel has not been opened and is more reliable. |
| New Statements (keywords) Added |
| The following new words have been added. rand() returns whole random number between two limits |