new PIC32MX

[roger]

Thanks David,

Great News

Roger

[David John Barker]

BETA release...

http://www.firewing.info/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=97

[roger]

Hi David,

Wow, my first Christmas present!!

I have just unearthed my Uno board, and hope to try it out this afternoon under MPLab.

However, I note that to view the attachments on the information pages require passwords. Where can this be obtained?

Thanks again David

Roger

[David John Barker]

> I have just unearthed my Uno board, and hope to try it out this
> afternoon under MPLab.

There is no debugging support so you would be better running from the IDE, keep it simple for now.

> However, I note that to view the attachments on the information pages require
> passwords. Where can this be obtained?

I'm not sure what you mean - which attachments are you referring to?

[roger]

>
There is no debugging support so you would be better running from the IDE, keep it simple for now.

> However, I note that to view the attachments on the information pages require
> passwords. Where can this be obtained?

I'm not sure what you mean - which attachments are you referring to?

David,
When I first went to the new site downloads something went screwy, I think. I closed everything and reopened and the problem seems to be resolved.

Thanks for the heads up on debugging, I will start with the ide.

Roger

[David John Barker]

If you have been using chipkit in MPLAB, you will probably need to re-program your chipkit loader firmware back into the UNO. The Firewing loader can interface directly to the chipkit loader (avrdude) so you can do everything from the IDE:

http://www.firewing.info/pmwiki.php?n=Firewing.Firewing32Beta

Let me know how it goes...

[roger]

Thanks, yes, I did overwrite the original loader.

[David John Barker]

You probably already know, but you can download the chipkit loader firmware from here:

http://www.digilentinc.com/Products/Detail.cfm?NavPath=2,892,893&Prod=CHIPKIT-UNO32

with an installation guide. I used "arduino-bootloader.X.Uno32_8-19-11.zip" for testing with Firewing.

[roger]

I have only ever used Uno, Pinguino and Max32 boards from within MPLAB and never used MPIDE, but I think I am beginning to understand that by using Firewing language within the MPIDE environment, with the specified bootloader, I can compile and load directly to the development board(s?) noted above.

Am I correct?
Thanks

[David John Barker]

Not quite. You don't use MPIDE. You use the Firewing IDE. For example, set the compiler for "Firewing 16" and board to "Firewing R1" then press F9:

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You have now built your program using the 16 bit compiler, targeted for a Firewing R1 board. Pressing F11 will program the *.hex file into your board. Now change your compiler to "Firewing 32" and your board to "chipKit UNO". Press F9 again:

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You have now re-built your program using the 32 bit compiler, targeted for a chipKIT Uno board. Just press F11 to program!