- 0.3 First public version (2003)
- 0.3.1 Add internationalization support in source code, cleaner tarball,
better installation process (the .xml kate syntaxfile is now automatically installed),
bug fix.
- 0.3.2 Improved installation, improved programmer widget.
- 0.3.3 Since KDE 3.1.0, Kate uses the "katepart" directory
(instead of the "kate" one to store syntaxfiles (.xml). Installation procedure
has been modified accordingly.
- 0.3.4 Bug Fix in configuration widgets. Include path
for gpasm can now be relative
to the source path.
Parallel ports are now automatically probed.
Configuration widgets are now documented by tooltips.
The asm configuration widget now explicitly signals devices supported
by the PiKdev programmer.
- 0.4 Asm configuration widget now allows to use parameters specified
in source code by a LIST or PROCESSOR directive (No need to reconfigure when
you assemble files for different target devices).
Add support for 16F870, 16F871, 16F872, 16F873, 16F874.
Support for 16F876 is now tested (but other devices of the same family are not,
feedbacks about these devices are welcome).
Support for 18Fxxx devices now exists.
The concerned devices are 18F242 ,
18F248, 18F442, 18F448, 18F252, 18F258, 18F452, 18F458.
Thanks to Manwlis Giannos (mgiannos2000@yahoo.gr) who
wrote the programming code. This support is tested for 18F452 device.
As usual, send feedback to alain.gibaud@free.fr.
- 0.4.1
Timing bug fix in 18F support.
Verification of programmed devices is now also implemented for 18Fxxx.
"Must be 0" or "must be 1" bits in CONFIG registers are now automatically forced to the correct value.
This feature prevents spurious error messages during verifications.
The hardware configuration widget now allows you to test your configuration. Just click on the
desired checkbox, and verify the voltage with a multimeter on the device pins.
You can also continuously send data to the interface and verify with an oscilloscope
- 0.4.2
Support for 18F1220, 18F1320, 18F2220, 18F2320, 18F4220 and 18F4320 devices.
- 0.4.3
Bug fix in the hardware configuration widget (permuted checkboxes)
Important
The programming engine of PiKdev now comes with a non graphical user interface.
This programm is named pkp (PiK Programmer) and is intended for use by people
who do no use KDE or are not able to compile PiKdev because they have an old Linux distribution.
pkp has a simple command line interface and have exactly the same programming capabilities
as PiKdev, on the same devices.
For lazy people, a pre-compiled version of pkp is available in the pikdev-[VERSION] directory
which sould work with recent gcc 3.2 based distributions.
Please see the installation section for details about compilation of pkp.
(No KDE or Qt libraries needed).
Compilation with pre-3.0 gcc compiler is possible but may raise problems with
namespaces. Please report such problems, I will modify the code to make it
more nonstandard-C++ tolerant.
- 0.4.4
New devices supported :16F873A, 16F874A, 16F876A, 16F877A.
Gerardo (gpuga@gioia.ing.unlp.edu.ar) sent me a patch to process
command line, so PiKdev can now be lauched by a click on an .asm or .hex file.
- 0.5
This is a "major" release
New devices supported :12F675, 12F629 (tested).
Word editors in the programming widget have been modified to behave in
a more natural way: typed values are automatically validated when you leave the widget
and you are not obliged anymore to hit the return key.
I now provide a RPM version of PiKdev because some people
had problems compiling and installing it. This RPM has been tested for
Mandrake 9.1 and RedHat 9.0 distributions.
PiKdev now supports projects and uses relocatable mode with gpasm/gplink.
Projects can be managed from popup menus in the project widget, or by a traditionnal
menu/toolbar way.
The following project-relative functionnalities have been added:
- Create Project
- Open Project
- Open Recent Project
- Edit Project
- Close Project
- Add file (source, object or library) to Project
- Add current source file to Project
- Remove file from Project
The old absolute mode (all the code is located in only one file) is still available
and is selected when there is no open project.
Project is assembled/linked with only one click, and assembly occurs only if object file
is not up to date. Provisions for compilation of "high level" languages (C, JAL, GPAL, other) already exists
in the code.
- 0.6
Another "important" release
Serial (JDM like) programmers are now supported.
I added this support because this type of programmer is very popular.
Moreover, you can use an USB to serial adapter on machines without serial port. PiKdev theoritically
autodetects this kind of ports, but this feature is not tested because I do not have such an adapter.
Here is some informations about the hardware I use.
As a consequence, the programmer
configuration widget has been revamped and now allows choice of a "standard" board in a predefined list.
This list is currently reduced to 3 items but is intended to grow :
please send me
feedbacks about the programmer you use, with its configuration (schematics are welcome).
A button allows you to save your own pins configuration.
PiKdev maintains a separate configuration for parallel and serial ports so you can change from one to other
with a simple click, whithout reconfiguring pins.
Pins selection has been improved : only relevant pins
are proposed and combo boxes now contain pin names (and not only pin numbers).
Port can be dynamically selected, so you can simultaneously
use different programmers on different ports.
An "open recent file" function has been added to the "file" menu.
Device autodetection is now implemented
(for devices supporting device ID).
The programming widget systematically tests the detected type against the current type
and report mismatches.
- 0.6.1
New devices supported :16F630, 16F676 (thanks to Sean A. Walberg).
Command line parsing has been improved
and now supports project files. As a consequence, PiKdev can be run
just by clicking project files.
A project can be opened by dragging project files from Konqueror to
project widget
(A previously opened project is closed). A file can be added to an opened project by the same way.
One can create several projects in the same directory.
This is useful in the case of already existing directory
trees.
Include (ie: .inc) files can now be inserted into projects.
They are not assembled but they are part of project,
so they appear in the project widget and can be edited.
Editor now includes an "autowrap lines" features (F12), as Kate does.
Useful for long comment lines.
Native DOS source files are automatically recognized
(they use CR-LF instead of LF),
and are saved with their original end of lines. EOL status of any editor buffer can be changed at any moment.
This feature allows to work in a mixed-OS environment.
Many minor improvements, bug fixes or security checks.
- 0.6.2
Bug fix: an horrible uninitialized pointer randomly prevented
project management from working properly.
I strongly encourage users of version 0.6.1 to install version 0.6.2 because this bug can crash
PiKdev.
Thanks to Mike Rothon for the bug report.
New devices supported :
p16c61
p16c62
p16c620
p16c620a
p16c621
p16c621a
p16c622
p16c622a
p16c62a
p16c62b
p16c63
p16c63a
p16c64
p16c64a
p16c65
p16c65
p16c65a
p16c65b
p16c71
p16c710
p16c711
p16c716
p16c72
p16c72a
p16c73
p16c73a
p16c73b
p16c74
p16c74
p16c745
p16c74a
p16c74b
p16c76
p16c765
p16c77
p16c773
p16c774
p16c923
p16c924
p16cr62
(CAUTION: 16C745 and 16C765 have been successfully tested, but other devices of
this serie are not. Testers are welcome.)
Programmer timings have been changed to cope
with some programming cards. Thanks to Don Kessler who pointed out
these problems and tested fixes.
However, it seems that problems remain with P16PRO40 programmers and
18Fxxx chips.
New standard pin configurations have been added.
- 0.6.3
New devices: 16F818/16F819 (tested) 16F87/16F88 (NOT tested).
Please report your experiences with these devices.
New timings and clock rates : Some device/programmer couples (especially
with 18F devices) cause problems with PiKdev. This version has been reported to fix problems mentionned with version
0.6.2.
- 0.6.4
New devices: 16F627A, 16F628A, 16F648A. (Tested)
Better support for missing/misconfigured ports : The programmer configuration widget
does not crash anymore when a port is missing, and PiKdev gives better warning messages.
Disassembler (gpdasm) support : Allows to disassemble an existing hex file. Assembler configuration
widget has been extended to support disassembler configuration.
Editor upgrade : Adding "Find next" and "Find previous" functionnalities.
Editor upgrade : Adding "Print file" functionnality.
- 0.6.5
New devices: 16F73/74/76/77 : Thank you to Keith Baker who wrote these two classes.
Support for programmers with data direction control line :
Thank you to Mirko Panciri who wrote this support (mainly for Asix Picolo programmers).
Minor bug fixes.
More standard programmer configurations..
- 0.6.5c
Bug fix: A already fixed bug that caused crash in programmer configuration box
reappeared because of bad integration of Mirko's work. Refixed now.
Bug fix: Pin polarity management for serial port programmer
was totally missing, and prevented non JDM serial programmer from working.
- 0.6.6
Cosmetic:The programmer configuration widget has been modified
because some users was confused by the "standard cards" combobox.
Installation: Old user-infertace files (.rc) are now deleted when
a new version is installed, so interface changes are now immediatly visible.
Installation: RPM Conflict with recent KDE distributions
about file "picsrc.xml" file has been removed.
Editor: Editor is now fully configurable (fonts, colors, etc..)
Syntax HL: A new syntax hightlight file is provided with full
support for PIC18 instructions and recent gpasm directives.
Programming widget: has been revamped for users with
low-res screen.
CAUTION: PiKdev segfault on exit with recent KDE distributions.
This does not prevent you from using it, but is clearly the result of a bug.
Unfortunatly,
I cannot reproduce this error on my machine for the moment.
A fixed version will be released as soon as possible. Suggestions are welcome.
- 0.6.6a
Bug Fix: SegFault at exit with recent KDE distributions is now fixed.
- 0.7.0
This is the first version for Mdk 10.0 (and KDE >3.1). Backward source compatibility
with KDE 3.1 has been tested.
Precompiled binaries are NOT KDE 3.1 compatible.
Syntax HL: Because several syntax files provided with recent KDE versions
address .asm files, I had to force the "good" syntax scheme (XPicAsm) from PiKdev.
Before this fix, pic asm files was edited with Rockwell's 6502 microprocessor editing scheme :-(.
KDE >3.1: Various modifications to cope with KDE API changes.
Session management: Window size, Iconbar settings are now restored.
Previously opened files and project are also re-open when you run PiKdev.
External tool: JAVIER FERNANDO VARGAS G
(fernandovargas@cable.net.co) sent me PiKloops, a little utility which generates code for timing loops.
I partially rewrote the GUI (drag and drop support) to make it easily usable with PiKdev.
PiKloops can be launched from PiKdev, and generated code can be dragged to PiKdev editors.
Very easy to use, feedbacks are welcome.
PiKloops is available on my download page, with Javier's authorization.
- 0.7.1
Internationalization : Thanks to
JAVIER FERNANDO VARGAS G, PiKdev GUI is now translated to spanish.
I also translated it to french, so PiKdev now speaks three languages.
People insterested by doing translation to another language are invited to
contact me.
PiKdev mailing list :
A mailing-list is now open to connect members of the pikdev users community.
Please see contact page for details.
- 0.7.2
Internationalization : Thanks to
Andre Lohan, PiKdev GUI is now translated to german. Available languages are
english, spanish, french, german. Translators for other languages
are welcome, just drop me a mail.
New devices : The following new devices are now supported.
16F688, 16F684, 12F683, 16F636, 12F635.
Programmation widget and pic base class : Improved for better
support of devices with calibration words mapped in program or configuration memory.
User interface : Configuration widgets are now part of a config center.
This config center defines a framework to allow integration of (future) configuration
widgets dedicated to other programming languages.
- 0.8.0
New devices : The following new devices are now supported:
18F2550, 18F4550, 18F2455, 18F4455
Syntax highlight : Improved for better
support of .slb source library and support for SFRs coloring.
C language support : A first support for C development is available.
It has been designed for supporting cpik, my new C compiler for 18F devices.
With C projects, only one click is sufficient to compile, link and assemble an application.
Feedbacks are welcome.
- 0.8.1
Bug fix :
Support for 18Fxxx and 18FXX20 was broken since version 0.8.0. Fixed now.
- 0.8.2
Bug fix :
Loading .hex files was broken in a very rare situation. This is now fixed.
New devices :
16f685, 16f687, 16f689, 16f690 are now supported.
User interface :
Several users was confused by the availability of two distinct
configuration widgets (in project mode and single-file mode).
Depending on current mode, inappropriate widget is now locked,
so there is no room for being confused.
.lnk files support :
One can now include a .lnk (linker script) file into project:
in this case, this file replaces the standard one.
Automatic indentation :
PiKdev editor now provides automatic indentation of C source files.
(CTRL-I). This features needs the (excellent) astyle program
to be available in your system.
- 0.8.4
Partial rewrite of internal programmer driver integration framework :
This rewrite is intended to prepare support for external programmers.
The development of new device drivers have been simplified and is more
generic: one can now write less code to support more devices.
New devices :
Due to rewrite of driver integration framework, many new devices are now supported.
please consult the exact list here.
This list contains up to 158 device references, so I am not able to
test all this stuff. All the devices support I have tested work, but I can't
offer any guarantee about the others.
I ask pikdev users to systematically report their experiences, so I will be able to maintain
a list of really tested devices on this site.
User interface: Improved programmer widget :
The programmer widget now display a progress bar and
user interface is no longer freezed during long programming operations.
Moreover, the config bits configuration widget now displays tooltips
documenting each bit of the config registers. This feature was technically already
here, but supported by a limited range of drivers. It is now usable with all
devices and is very handy.
pkp revamped :
pkp, the stand alone programmer build onto PiKdev programming engine now
supports a complete command line mode.
Old interactive mode is still available when one run pkp without any argument.
Remember that pkp doesn't need neither Qt nor KDE to work.
- 0.9.1
Support for PicKit2 programmer from Microchip. :
PicKit2 is supported trough Jeff Post's pk2 programming software. Access to pk2
is totally transparent for PiKdev users. Experimentation board from Microchip can directly be powered on/off
from programming dialog.
This support needs pk2 version 1.36 or newer. Thanks to Jeff for his collaboration.
Support for pkp as external programming tool :
This support seems strange because it doesn't add any functionnality to PiKdev,
because pkp and PiKdev share the same programming engine.
In fact, pkp is supported as a demonstrator of "how to support an external programming tool".
Programming tool authors who wish to have their software supported by PiKdev can look at
pkp support to evaluate PiKdev requirements.
- 0.9.1-4
pkp build is automatic :
pkp is now part of pikdev build, but the previous Makefile.pkp is still distributed: people who
don't want to use KDE can build it separatly.
italian translation is up-to-date Thanks to Michele Petrecca.
some installation issues fixed
- 0.9.2-1
Minor fixes :
Support for 18F2420/30 and more was broken, due to errors in Microchip device files.
- 1.0.0 (2008-12)
pk2cmd based support of picKit2 USB programmer :
This support is based on modified version of the Microchip pk2cmd tool and allows to program many new devices
which was not previously supported.
- 1.1.0 (2009-1)
pk2cmd and pikdev are now compatible :
pk2cmd (the command line tool provided by Microchip for Pic Kit2 programmer) and pikdev have been both modified
to become compatible.
It means that every ehancement of the pk2cmd tool (new device support for example) will be immediately
available under pikdev.
- 1.2.0 (2009-7)
New support A new 10F device is supported by the buit-in programmer
Netbooks support : Large dialog has been modified to be usable with machines equiped with a small screen (netbooks)
New support for C users (cpik compiler) : The project widget now allows a one click access to any function, variable or typedef in a project.
For this feature, the source code is continuously parsed during edition. This feature also works for ".slb"
(sources libraries) files, so any entry point in a source library can be reached. Really very handy when a project becomes important.
- 1.2.1 (2009-9)
Bug fix C parser caused an editor freeze, when a syntax error was located at the very end of a source file
Totally new config bits editor : This very handy dialog allows you to choose the config
bits needed by your application.
This dialog generates two files: config_bits.h and a config_bits.asm. You just have to include one of these files in your application, depending on the language you use.
Alternatively, you can drag the generated source code to the editor.
CONFIG bits status is part of the project configuration.
- 1.4.0 (2013-2)
PiKdev 1.4.0 is PikDev for Qt 4
This is the first version of PiKdev not based on KDE libs.
This version is easier to maintain than the previous ones. It is functionnaly equivalent but offers new features.
Updated config bits editor : it supports the CONFIG syntax that is specific to PIC18 devices. This feature is also supported by cpik 0.7.2. A new config bits description scheme has been implemented for this purpose.
Integrated browser for HTML documentation coming with gputils 1.0.0 : This documentation is automatically generated from various sources from Microchip and provides many valuable information about ALL PIC devices currently available.
- 1.5.0 (2022-12)
PiKdev 1.5.0 is PikDev for Qt 5
Qt5 and C++20 support
(The conversion from C++03 idiom to C++20 idiom is however still in progress.)
Improved browser for HTML documentation : This browser is now fully reconfigurable
and provides a tabbed interface to browse local or remote HTML documents.
It will be extended to PDF documents in the Qt6 version.
Improved "Open Recent" (file or project) menus. :
The menus entries can now be removed with a single click action.
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