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  1. The Last Psion | Alex @[email protected] ·

    RE: oldbytes.space/@thelastpsion/1

    And the results are in!

    1. Pico C
    2. Rust
    3. Free Pascal
    4. Joint with Pico C++, MicroZig and Yarg.

    So, what am I going to do? Well, I'm leaning towards porting the existing Arduino C code to the Pico C SDK. I'm currently using one class for encapsulation and abstraction, but I could replace that with structs and static functions. I'm not a great C programmer, but I'm pretty comfortable with it, so it makes sense

    However, before I do that, I see a bigger challenge of getting a good setup without using VS Code. I've been using #NeoVim for a while now, and I'd like to get a comfortable setup using that on #Linux.

    So, I'm going to try to build Blinky projects for at least Pico C, Rust and Free Pascal, using Linux and NeoVim. Hopefully this will give me a better feel for how well these languages actually suit me. I've never done any Rust before, either, so that's going to be quite the learning curve!

    If I have time, I'm going to give Yarg a go, too, because I think the premise is really cool. If I'm on a roll, I'll try #MicroZig too.

    And if I really feel like I have the capacity, I'll port the code to one of these other languages.

    I'm acutely aware of all the other projects I've given myself to do, such as the SIBO SDK and other small Psion-related projects, not to mention $dayjob and $reallife. So we'll see how things go!

    #Pascal #FreePascal #ObjectPascal #RustLang #YargLang #RaspberryPiPico #PiPico #PiPico2 #RP2040 #RP2350

    #neovim #linux #microzig #pascal #freepascal #objectpascal
  2. The Last Psion | Alex @[email protected] ·

    RE: oldbytes.space/@thelastpsion/1

    Only a couple of hours left for this poll.

    C is clearly out in front for my embedded project, but Rust and Pascal aren't far behind!

    #RaspberryPiPico #PiPico2 #PiPico #RP2040 #RP2350

    #raspberrypipico #pipico2 #pipico #rp2040 #rp2350
  3. The Last Psion | Alex @[email protected] ·

    Poll for a bit of fun. Feel free to boost!

    I've got a #RaspberryPiPico project written in #Arduino C. It talks to a Psion SSD and dumps the contents over USB serial. It can (theoretically) act as a full controller to tag an SSD, too.

    I feel like I should port it to the proper Pico SDK. But I also know there are other options. And I'm intrigued to know what Fedi would do.

    What should I rewrite this firmware in?

    #RP2040 #RP2350 #PiPico #PiPico2

    #raspberrypipico #arduino #rp2040 #rp2350 #pipico #pipico2
  4. poetaster @[email protected] ·

    Man, am I tired. After getting braids running on Peach (hacked) we (Felix from WGD) found a bug in Chambord, our sampler. Then, MMM arrived in the mail ... I've posted a little update: poetaster.org/news/2025-06-13/ There's an audio snippit .... #DIY #MutableInstruments #pipico2 A really big thanks to Niek and to the #RaspberryPi folk for all these years of great little machines!

    #diy #mutableinstruments #pipico2 #raspberrypi
  5. The Last Psion | Alex @[email protected] ·

    Good news! The #RaspberryPiPico 2 is a drop-in replacement for the original Pico in the #PsiDrive!

    It seems that the pulldown issue-that-is-officially-not-an-issue doesn't affect this version of the PsiDrive board. I've tried dumping a ROM SSD and it worked with no changes to the code.

    Very happy!

    #Psion #retrocomputing #rp2350 #PiPico2

    #raspberrypipico #psidrive #psion #retrocomputing #rp2350 #pipico2