I've done some reading on the 1284p and know about: Since I'm a cheap SOB, I'm leaning toward a breadboarded 1284p. So I'm pretty sure I will need either a 1284p or a Mega2560 for the final project. The sketch balloons to 31,864 bytes just updating the new libraries and adding some simple tasks: check buttons, draw a line and put some text on the TFT, and do some simple RS485 comm.
#Mpide wire library upgrade
I plan to upgrade it to include the following: Sketch size=21,010 bytes (FWIW, I'm using the 1.0.5 version of the IDE.)
#Mpide wire library Bluetooth
#Mpide wire library mac
In fact, from the IDE side, Mac was much easier to do than Windows. I will be at Maker Fair at the Microchip boothĪLL of the development for pic32/chipkit was done on Mac. I did all of the porting of the core files for the PIC32 and I was the architect behind the multiple cpu implementation of the IDE. Here are various answers to various questions above Posted in Arduino Hacks Tagged arduino mega, max32, pic32 Post navigation
Either way we’ll be on the lookout to see what this performance bump can bring to table! It can certainly cut down on extraneous Arduino usage. Maybe it’ll just spawn some interesting gameduino upgrades. With a price point just below the Arduino Mega 2560 this looks like a great resource for anyone looking to upgrade their Arduino webserver, or just embarrass their Arduino Arduino shield. The board is also fully compatible with Arduino IDE and libraries as well as MPLAB and the PICKit3 in-system programmer/debugger.
Digilent also mentions utilizing the Pic’s built in USB 2 controller, 10/100 Ethernet and dual CAN controllers, but these will require shields specific to the chipKIT Max32. The PIC32MX795F512 is a 32-bit MIPS processor core running at 80Mhz, 512KB flash memory and packs 128KB of SRAM data memory. The board features a Pic 32 microcontroller, USB programmer and all the things you would typically expect from a development board. For those of you who are looking to put some power behind your Arduino shields, Digilent just released their chipKIT Max32 prototyping platform.