GCBASIC now support EEPROM block and EEPROM TABLE data

[Anobium]

Massive change to GCBASIC compiler to support EEPROM operations for AVRs

A huge update to the compiler to properly support AVR ( legacy and Dx ) microcontrollers.

You can now easily create and manage reference data in EEPROM using TABLE or EEPROM instructions.

AVR microcontrollers operations now support
- Automatic EEP file creation
- Table data being saved to EEPROM EEP file.
- EEPROM - END EEPROM data saved to EEPROM EEP file.
- New programmer to enable very fast programming - no need for Microchip Studio.

Specific to ASM
- AVR ASM .ESEG section for EEPROM data
- AVR ASM labels support creation of EEPROM and TABLE data blocks
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Specific to GCASM
- Add ESEG handler for AVR EEPROM
- Sets ORG correctly
- Metadata now handles ESEG ASM
- Updated LST file to show ESEG sections
- Change HEX file address to handle ESEG DATA as bytes
- Change ORG error handling to appropriately handle ESEG error messages
- Add automatic creation of EEP file for ESEG DATA

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New programmer

The new programmer uses the nEDBG using UPDI interface. This means the PROGMEM and EEPROM can be programmed from GCSTUDIO.

[tool = atprogram3]
desc = ATMEL nEDBG using UPDI with EEP
type = programmer
useif = 
progconfig = 
command = %atmelATPROGRAMdir%\ATprogram.exe
params = -t nEDBG -i UPDI -d ATMEGA4809  chiperase program  -f "%FileName%"  erase -ee program -ee --format hex -f "%FileNameEEP%"
workingdir = %atmelATPROGRAMdir%\

Add this to you USE.INI if not already present in your specific USE.INI

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Here is a video of the operations.

This shows using EEPROM reference data, the ASM files, using Microchip Studio ( slow!) and a proper use case for using the EEPROM reference data.

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@angel-spartan

There are two items that we need change in GCSTUDIO.

1. Add the programmer to the default use.ini - I will do that before the next release.
2. Change the GCCODE clean script to remove EEP files.

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Huge change - enjoy.

[Angel Mier]

Surely, take it for granted.

An outstanding work both of you are doing, clearly it's a lot of work you are putting in, on a very short time.

Angel