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Favorite microcontroller language?

I like C++ a lot, specifically I love OOP and the STL. If I had to write everything in plain C I would end up writing a lot of boilerplate code ('\0' supporting strings structures and functions; and container-alike structures and functions), time I would rather like to spend on the system functionality. Still, C++ is not well supported on microcontroller, as plain C has been the defacto for a long time.

 

What is your favourite language when programming microcontrollers and why?

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  • My oldest and probably most used over the years is MeLabs PicBasicPro.  I've been using that for well over a decade now.

     

    What language I use is usually driven by the project and especially the people I need to work with. I'll use what they know  to speed up things.

     

    For most things PIC I can get anything done in picbasicpro. I've even taken a project from mplab ide and rewrote it..... I think the real reason is so much code I've  already written is there waiting for me... Tons of reusable stuff and what seems like almost bulletproof Interrupt driven USB routines from Darrel Taylor.

     

    I hate to admit it but I still use the old 16c5X OTP chips. The flash chips are great for development but when I'm done if I can cram it in a 12c509, 16c54 or 16c57 I will. I even have a few 16c711's left for simple USB stuff. My old Galep III still get used for these. I keep an XP machine around with a parallel port just for this. .....

     

    I will use the arduino IDE for hacker stuff. Its great for playing around. I spend a lot of time tweaking the libraries though.  I guess that means my second favorite is C

     

    I do have the MPLAB IDE loaded up and kept current for any official or "fancy" PIC stuff. And ATMEL Studio for the 328PB Xplained boards I'm playing with right now....

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  • My oldest and probably most used over the years is MeLabs PicBasicPro.  I've been using that for well over a decade now.

     

    What language I use is usually driven by the project and especially the people I need to work with. I'll use what they know  to speed up things.

     

    For most things PIC I can get anything done in picbasicpro. I've even taken a project from mplab ide and rewrote it..... I think the real reason is so much code I've  already written is there waiting for me... Tons of reusable stuff and what seems like almost bulletproof Interrupt driven USB routines from Darrel Taylor.

     

    I hate to admit it but I still use the old 16c5X OTP chips. The flash chips are great for development but when I'm done if I can cram it in a 12c509, 16c54 or 16c57 I will. I even have a few 16c711's left for simple USB stuff. My old Galep III still get used for these. I keep an XP machine around with a parallel port just for this. .....

     

    I will use the arduino IDE for hacker stuff. Its great for playing around. I spend a lot of time tweaking the libraries though.  I guess that means my second favorite is C

     

    I do have the MPLAB IDE loaded up and kept current for any official or "fancy" PIC stuff. And ATMEL Studio for the 328PB Xplained boards I'm playing with right now....

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