Re: Which PIC18 C Compiler?

From: Rolavine (rolavine_at_aol.com)
Date: 07/12/04 

Date: 12 Jul 2004 12:47:03 GMT

>Subject: Re: Which PIC18 C Compiler?
>From: TP name@usenet.com
>Date: 7/11/2004 11:01 AM Pacific Daylight Time
>Message-id: <0jv2f0le57n06ogv444ohnshqaqussi3jl@4ax.com>
>
>On 8 Jul 2004 22:32:36 -0700, tronnort@yahoo.com (David L. Jones)
>wrote:
>
>>"Talal Itani" <titani@airmail.net> wrote in message
>news:<cckb50$cl9@library2.airnews.net>...
>>> Hello,
>>>
>>> I currently have an ICD2 from Microchip. I use it to develop PIC16 code
>>> using the MPLAB debugger and assembler. I need to move to the PIC18 parts
>>> and C language, but I am struggling figure out the development tools to
>get.
>>> Do you have any experience with the CCS compiler running with MPLAB and
>>> ICD2? ($175 solution)
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>> Talal
>>
>>I don't have experience with the 18 series compilers, but for the 16
>>series the HiTech ones beats the pants off the CCS compiler, much more
>>professional. At the time I needed to do floats in printf() and the
>>CCS compiler wouldn't do it.
>>The HiTech compiler also sensibly uses the acutal register names as
>>used in the data***, so you can simply go PORTA=123 etc. I would
>>avoid any compiler which doesn't allow this as standard.
>>
>>The 18 series HiTech compiler uses their new HiTide windows interface.
>>Gotta be better than the DOS version on the 16 series compiler.
>>Although I now integrate the PIC-C compiler with the MPLAB program,
>>it's painless.
>>
>>If you can afford it, go for the HiTech compiler. Although the CCS one
>>will probably do you just fine if you are on a budget.
>>
>>Dave :)
>
>I've used both HiTech and CCS compilers and prefer the CCS. The
>main reason is that at the time HiTech operated in a DOS window and
>you could only see something like 14 lines of code at a time and long
>comments would extend past the limits of the DOS window. I am using
>CCS now with both 16 and 18 series PIC microcontrollers with no
>problems. The issue of CCS not using the actual register names
>is a disappointment but is remedied by creating a header file that
>assigns those names. This is how HiTech does it--you just have to
>provide the file yourself if you use CCS and want to use the register
>names verbatim. I used the HiTech header file as a guide to create
>one for CCS.
>
>TP
>
Can you send me this header file, or post it someplace where others can
download it?

Thanks

Rocky

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