PICaxe 18M WJEC Assembler

[So Cal Technologies]

A sample program shows a delay instruction.

Is that in a header file that gets included when you choose 18M WJEC Assembler in devices?

Are there other handy features there too?

 

[hippy]

Effectively, but it's all handled behind the scenes by the compiler itself and there is not a header file as such. The following page details what instructions, predefined constants and 'assumed subroutines' are available for WJEC Assembler -

http://www.picaxe.com/WJEC-Assembler-Getting-Started

By the way; the WJEC assembler is for the 18M2 only, not the earlier 18M.

 

[So Cal Technologies]

Thank you.

Okay.Best thing to do a project and learn about WJEC assembler and PICaxe 18M2 along the way.

Let you know when I get to that point.

Thank you again Hippy.

 

[hippy]

In my opinion there is not much usefulness in learning or using WJEC assembler unless one is undertaking a course of study which requires it. It is rather limited in its utility and not the best choice for programming a PICAXE for a real project.

You would be better off learning PICAXE Basic or coding with Flowcharts or Blockly. You may also find it better to choose a 20M2 or 14M2 rather than the 18M2 because ports and pins are somewhat better placed for those chips. A 20X2 is a drop-in replacement for the 20M2 if higher execution speed is required.