Re: PIC Assembler.

ian field wrote:
"Tom2000" <abuse@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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On Fri, 26 Oct 2007 15:10:59 GMT, "ian field" <dai.ode@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
wrote:


To repeat an earlier question - would I find an earlier version of
MPLAB easier to get started, or would I seriously disadvantage
myself by denying myself of the advanced features of newer versions?

It seems a lot of people prefer to use a stand alone text editor,
I'd welcome any advice as to which choice to make.


While you're in the learning process, use MPLAB exclusively. And,
for that matter, the latest version.

If you screw around with oddball tools and toolchains, you're going
to spin yourself in circles, shooting at multiple moving targets, and
you'll never get anything done.

Anything else at this stage of your learning is just absolutely
crazy. Tom



Thanks, is there a C compiler that integrates into that?

If you really want to use C on a PIC, then I again recommend the 18F parts.
Microchip makes a C compiler available on a 90-day (IIRC) trial basis. At
the end of 90 days, you uninstall and reinstall. Microchip is fully aware
that allot of people are doing this, they don't seem to mind.

C on the 16F's is a crap shoot since the PIC wasn't designed to be used as a
C platform. There are a couple of decent compilers available but they are
not really cheap. My advice is to don't bother wasting your time with SDCC
unless you like checking the output of the compiler as part of the debugging
process.

:-)


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