What’s new in mikroPascal PRO for PIC
IDE build 5.8.0.
Command line build 5.8.0.
New features and enhancements in the following areas will boost your productivity by helping you complete many tasks more easily and in less time.
For a complete version history of mikroPascal PRO for PIC, visit the following link : http://www.mikroe.com/download/eng/documents/compilers/mikropascal/pro/pic/version_history.txt
Compiler Changes
New Features :
- Additional 19 MCU supported:
- P12F1501
- P16F1455
- P16F1459
- P16F1508
- P16F1509
- P16LF1455
- P16LF1459
- P16LF1503
- P16LF1507
- P16LF1508
- P16LF1509
- P16LF1782
- P16LF1783
- P16LF1847
- P18F24K50
- P18F25K50
- P18F45K50
- P18F66J99
- New and Dispose memory management routines (Built-in routines).
Fixed :
- Unknown preprocessor directive handling
IDE Changes
New Features :
- Live update support
- Added shortcut button for Package examples
- Pointer handling in watch window shows data it points to.
- Function pointers show the name of the function currently pointing at.
- Value hint in debug mode for pointers shows data it points to.
- Code assistant (CTRL+SPACE) for pointer to structures.
Fixed :
- Issue with setting MCU frequency
- Creating project with empty name
- Creating project which name which starts with a digit
- "File Save As", "Project Save As" and "Save Project Group" give wrong file filters.
- Active comment starts with a digit caused IDE to crash
- It is not possible to save a project group when projects were added from Project Explorer
- Statistics window did not always stayed on top
- In debug mode changing focus between editor and watch list was not momental (Insert, Delete key...).
- Closing file while compile is in progress caused IDE to crash
- Search paths was not refreshed on starting IDE if "Search Path" window was opened when IDE was closed.
- Removed space characters in front of line code When a bookmarked line is displayed in bookmark window.
Libraries Changes
New Features :
- Low level TFT Library functions are now open source, available for user editing (located in __Lib_TFT_Defs).
- Additional TFT controllers supported:
- - HX8347G (16-bit communication)
- - ILI9340 (8-bit communication)
- - ILI9481 (8-bit communication)
- Flash library for P12F1840, P12LF1840 and P16F721
- ADC libraries for P18F24K50, P25K50 and P18F45K50
- Flash library for P12F1501
- PWM libraries for P12F1501, P16F1455, P16F1459, P16F1508, P16F1509
Improved :
- T6963C, SPI_T6963C and S1D13700 libraries supporting invert color.
- Added new function for setting state of CANTX pin in CAN Library.
- USB library, now is possible to use more than 3 string descriptors.
- PIC18F6273 now support 2 MSSP modules
- PPS library for PIC18F27J53 now return correct value
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