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6.18 PICBASIC Pro program written in CodeDesigner

118 CodeDesigner defaults to writing code for the PIC 16F84 micro-
controller. This is the microcontroller I recommend you start with.
To change the device, simply pull down the device menu and select
the appropriate microcontroller.
To compile the program, either select compile under the Compile
menu or hit F5. CodeDesigner automatically starts the PICBASIC
Pro compiler to compile the program. Before you attempt to com-
pile a program, set up the “compiler options” under the Compile
menu. CodeDesigner needs you to tell it where (which directory)
to find the PICBASIC Pro program, and where to save the com-
piled and source files.

Once the program is compiled, we can go to the next step of loading
the program into a PIC microcontroller chip using the EPIC pro-
grammer. Follow the instructions for the EPIC program described
previously for the PICBASIC compiler.

The EPIC programmer and CodeDesigner

If you prefer, you could also program the chip from CodeDesigner.
Select “launch programmer” from the Programmer menu, or hit F6.
CodeDesigner automatically starts the EPICWIN.exe Windows
software.

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