Introduction

The Positron8 BASIC compiler, formerly known as the Proton Compiler, was written with simplicity and flexibility in mind. Using BASIC, which is almost certainly the easiest programming language around, you can now produce extremely powerful applications for your PICmicro™ without having to learn the relative complexity of assembler, or wade through the gibberish that can be C and C++. Being an assembler programmer at heart, I set out to make the Positron8 compiler produce very fast and very compact assembler code. So even the smaller microcontrollers are capable of remarkable things with it. The Positron8 compiler allows a few devices to be used without requiring registration, in a trial version. The supported Free devices are: Free Standard 14-bit core Devices: PIC16F84, PIC16F628, PIC16F628A, PIC16F877, PIC16F877A Free Enhanced 14-bit core Devices: PIC12LF1552, PIC16F1826. Free 18F devices: PIC18F25K20, PIC18F45K20. For full access to the 100s of microcontrollers available with the compiler, the full compiler will need to be purchased from here: https://sites.google.com/view/rosetta-tech/home

Contact Details

For your convenience. a forum site has been set up here; http://www.protoncompiler.com, where there is a section for users of the Positron8 compiler to discuss the compiler, and provide self help with programs written for Positron8 BASIC, or download sample programs. The web site is well worth a visit, either to learn a bit about how other peoples code works or to request help should you encounter any problems with programs that you have written. Should you need to get in touch for any reason our details are as follows: -

Web Sites

https://sites.google.com/view/rosetta-tech/home www.protoncompiler.com