Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compilers

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Vote for top 3 features you would like to see in mikroC, mikroBasic or mikroPascal

Far function pointer for dsPIC, PIC24, PIC18 (reaching far function without handler table)
6
1%
Far pointer for P16 and P16ENH, automatic handling of IRP bit when dereferenced
12
2%
Weak attribute declaration
4
1%
mikro compilers on Apple platform (OS X)
26
4%
mikro compilers on Linux platform
41
6%
RAM memory organization with command like orgall
10
2%
orgall for files
3
0%
Option for write constants into EEPROM while compiling
26
4%
Relocation of the vector table
7
1%
Ethernet PING routine
18
3%
Enable ENC24j600 clock out
0
No votes
DMA library (all architectures)
67
10%
Improvement of the "sprintf" routine (%c in sprintf() routine)
13
2%
Option for auto hide "Messages / Quick converter "panel
4
1%
Project manager improvement (option for customization of folders)
8
1%
Bootloader command line
12
2%
UDP terminal source port
6
1%
Make MCU name editable (Edit project improvement)
6
1%
HID Terminal constant data sending
7
1%
Library for HX8357 display controller
7
1%
SQI library in PIC32 compiler
8
1%
Quadrature Encoder Interface (QEI) on PIC18
21
3%
I2S library for dsPIC and PIC32 compilers
10
2%
Support for LPUART on STL0x chips
1
0%
I2S library for ARM
11
2%
Stop Build option of one project
2
0%
Option for search and sort project based on the MCU
3
0%
String comparison by the pattern
6
1%
TFT Get Pixel routine in the TFT library
10
2%
OLED library
30
5%
CRC (cyclic redundancy check) function
18
3%
DOT operator for addressing bits in variables (type longlong)
12
2%
Ability to set fuses via compiler directives rather than Edit Project
9
1%
FSMC support for STM32 library
9
1%
COFF file compatible with Proteus and Atmel AVR Studio for AVR's
7
1%
Ability to declare and initialize variables at the same time (mikroBasic & mikroPascal)
10
2%
Support for High Endurance Flash Memory (HEF)
1
0%
Improved/corrected documentation
30
5%
Universal GPIO library for setting pin/port states and receiving pin/port logic states.
13
2%
IR communication library for MCUs with IR receiving units.
1
0%
RTC library for MCUs with built-in RTC modules.
24
4%
Display controller libraries for MCUs with built-in display controllers like STM32F429.
10
2%
CRC, AES and DES libraries for MCUs with built-in capabilities.
10
2%
USB library for ATXMega and AVR MCUs that have built-in USB hardware.
6
1%
Support for RTOS in mikroC PRO for AVR
4
1%
Graphical clock configuration tool for MCU that have multiple clock sources.
12
2%
Support for TFT and OLED controllers ST7735, ILI9325, SSD1306.
31
5%
Support for STC microcontrollers in 8051 compilers.
2
0%
Compiler puts output files in the separate folder.
4
1%
Bootloader supports HEX file from MPLAB and Keil
3
0%
Current location in the calling tree while debugging.
3
0%
Directive for aligning variables in RAM in all compilers.
2
0%
Package manager integral part of the IDE
7
1%
Support for inline functions.
8
1%
Enhancement of FAT32 to support multi device and the exFAT.
4
1%
More GUI objects in Visual TFT (lists, drop down lists,menus,grids, graphs).
26
4%
Support for Nordic Semiconductor nRF51 and nRF52 Series SoC
4
1%
 
Total votes: 655

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srdjan.misic
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Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compilers

#1 Post by srdjan.misic » 08 Sep 2016 17:06

Cast your vote: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for mikroC, mikroBasic and mikroPascal

You are looking at a curated list of suggested enhancements for our compilers. We are putting them up to
a vote to determine what to tackle first. Many of these ideas originated from this forum. Others are from
Tech. Support tickets, phone calls and live chats. Enhancements range from small fixes to bigger new features.

Please review the list. You will find that some features are nice to have, while others may seem as essentials.
The trick is that you can vote for three items only. It may be a hard choice but it will help us narrow our focus and deliver better results.

The results of the vote will only serve to arrange these suggestions by priority.

The poll will be permanently opened. Suggestions and ideas that don't get any votes for a longer period of time will be discarded.

p.erasmus
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#2 Post by p.erasmus » 08 Sep 2016 19:46

Again the ARM bias mikroE

The PIC users has been asking for RTOS on PIC32 since the very first release (there was not even talk about ARM compilers at that time)and from your list it only a valid option for ARM

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filip
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#3 Post by filip » 09 Sep 2016 11:53

Hi,

Thank you for your feedback, it is nice of you to take part in the forming of this list, we will immediately add your wish.
If you feel that we have forgotten something important and crucial, please inform us and we will modify the list ASAP.

Regards,
Filip.

ilferrari
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#4 Post by ilferrari » 09 Sep 2016 12:08

RTOS for dsPIC has also been requested for a long time (here and here for example)

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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#5 Post by janni » 09 Sep 2016 12:52

Fixing the code editor is absent in IDE improvement proposals :( .

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filip
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#6 Post by filip » 09 Sep 2016 14:09

Hi,

We had an accident and resetted the poll votes, it happened when we added a new item to the list.

For all users that gave their votes, please be so kind and vote again.

Regards,
Filip.

p.erasmus
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#7 Post by p.erasmus » 09 Sep 2016 14:32

No problem Filip Thank you for adding RTOS for PIC32 :D
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Toley
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#8 Post by Toley » 09 Sep 2016 23:42

Hi mikroe Team, something very important is missing in that list. A tool to generate defs files for new MCU. This has been requested many times. Then we don't have to wait 2 years or more to use new devices.

I understand files generated with such a tool cannot be supported by mikroe, but once it can generate all the registers and be recognized by the compiler it will be enough to start a project.

Another thing that would be useful is the capability to set fuses by code.
Serge T.
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fred85
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#9 Post by fred85 » 10 Sep 2016 01:39

Toley wrote:Hi mikroe Team, something very important is missing in that list. A tool to generate defs files for new MCU. This has been requested many times. Then we don't have to wait 2 years or more to use new devices.

I understand files generated with such a tool cannot be supported by mikroe, but once it can generate all the registers and be recognized by the compiler it will be enough to start a project.

Another thing that would be useful is the capability to set fuses by code.
Second that. It would be nice to use new PICs within 6 months to a year anyway, I don't care if they have libraries or not.The ability to set fuses would be nice also.

pandra
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#10 Post by pandra » 10 Sep 2016 06:57

Support for RTOS in mikroBasic PRO for PIC32

Toley
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#11 Post by Toley » 11 Sep 2016 23:43

Hi again, I would like to have a clarification. In my opinion porting the IDE to Apple or Linux means a whole new IDE or the use of and existing one like Eclipse. Then it applies to Windows too and becomes the most requested feature to add.
Serge T.
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hexreader
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#12 Post by hexreader » 12 Sep 2016 00:54

Top of my list would be the ability to set configuration registers in code.

oops... just spotted that Toley already mentioned it
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LJStefan
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#13 Post by LJStefan » 13 Sep 2016 17:57

Hi ME-Team,

FSMC lib for ARM-Pascal would be also good on the list...

Best regards,
Stefan

gadelhas
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#14 Post by gadelhas » 13 Sep 2016 19:26

Hi really think that MicroE Team must look to this stats and think about their future.

When this poll was made the option of having RTOS for PIC32 not even was there. It was @p.erasmus that suggested in first place.
We can see now from the stats that is the most voted option. ( Until the time of this post )

Assuming that was not even considered at first time, in my opinion this is a big lesson for MicroE Team, because this just proves that MicroE team should ear more often the MikroE software/hardware users.

By the way, 2 of the most voted options are for PIC Compilers related, and 1 option (I2C timeout ), for both PIC and Arm compilers. In my opinion this also means something.
Thanks and Regards
Gadelhas

giufini
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Re: Most desired upgrades and enhancements for MikroE compil

#15 Post by giufini » 13 Sep 2016 19:42

Hi MikroE, please don't forget to release the new versions of mikroC compilers with integrated Visual TFT module!
This is a very important feature we've been waiting for several months from its announcement...

Thank you.

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