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There are so many great platforms for creating digitally enabled devices that its gotten hard to figure out which one to use. Arduino is maybe one of the most famous but it is based on ATMEL Microcontrollers. The goal of this project is to bring the simplicity of Arduino language to the PIC ©Microchip Microcontrollers with built-in USB hardware. Read more...

Download

Pinguino IDE is a rolling release (with some milestones) which supports both 8- and 32-bit Pinguino boards. You can get the latest development release from the Google Code Subversion (SVN) repository :

• from your SVN Manager using this URL : http://pinguino32.googlecode.com/svn/ide
• from your Terminal : svn checkout http://pinguino32.googlecode.com/svn/ide your-pinguino-directory
• from the IDE menu (if you alread have one launched with --dev true option) : Pinguino > Check for Updates

You will need to install the development environment applications and support libraries.

Pinguino IDE is also available as a complete package from Google Code. Note that packages may not exist for all platforms.

Please report bugs on the forum. Generally speaking you can find documentation such as IO mapping, datasheet, themes, etc., here. Current developments are listed in the Roadmap.

Hardware

Pinguino supports 8- and 32-bit ©Microchip microcontrollers :

• 8-bit
  • PIC18F2550, PIC18F4550 and PIC18F26J50

• 32-bit
  • PIC32MX (Mips family)

• Do-It-Yourself boards
• Commercially available boards
• I/O Mapping, Pin numbers
• Schematics

Software Installation

• On your Pinguino board: the bootloader
  • if you made your own Pinguino or if you crashed the bootloader, you need to download a bootloader
  • if you have a commercial Pinguino: the bootloader is already installed
  • for all boards, learn how to upload your programs, i.e put your board in bootloader mode
• On your computer: the Integrated Development Environment (IDE)
  • Windows (and Windows 7)
  • OS X (Snow Leopard, Lion, Mountain Lion)
  • GNU/Linux

• Programming your Pinguino without using the Pinguino IDE
  • Using the SDCC compiler toolchain
  • Using the Microchip toolchain (under development)
  • Using the MikroElektronika toolchain

Language Reference

• Basics
• C (programming language)
• Language Structures
• Data types
• Constants
• Functions
• Libraries
• Code examples
  • Training (in french) on wikiversity
• Interfacing
  • with Python | with LUA | with Processing | with Pure Data | with Minicom (Debug) | with Php
  • with Wii Nunchuck | with Wii Motion Plus | with Zigbee-MRF24J40MA | with Bluetooth

FAQ

What is Pinguino?	How can I enter in bootloader mode on 32-bit Pinguino ?
What are the strengths of Pinguino vs. Arduino ?	How can I make libraries for Pinguino?
What are the weaknesses of Pinguino vs. Arduino ?	How do I debug my program when it hangs ?
Is Pinguino 100% compatible with Arduino ?
Roadmap
External links