gnupic: Compiler for 16F872?
Subject:
Re: Compiler for 16F872?
From:
####@####.#### (Byron A Jeff)
Date:
14 Aug 2001 12:35:27 -0000
Message-Id: <200108141235.IAA22973@cleon.cc.gatech.edu>
>
> Hi all,
>
> I'm trying to get started tinkering with PICs, and the 16F872 looks like a
> nice and cheap platform for my project. Being used to high-level languages
> (C and such) and the comforts of "real computers", I'd very much like to
> avoid coding the chip in assembly. I've been looking around and found a
> couple of C-ish compilers, but none seem to list the 16F872 as a supported
> target. If someone could point me at a compiler that turns C or some other
> sane procedural language into 16F872-compatible code, I'd be happy.
I've just started taking a look at JAL:
http://www.xs4all.nl/~wf/wouter/pic/jal
Wouter's language is high level, procedural, and will generate code for the
16F87X series chips. I'm still trying to determine how efficient it is in
terms of processing expressions and statements. But at first glance it seems
reasonable for PIC work.
It also has quite a widespread set of libraries for manipulating common
I/O devices. Lastly it will inject assembly language directly into the
code for those times when nothing but assembly will do.
>
> I'd also like to hear about "known to work" combinations of programmer
> schematics and software with the 872, I'm a bit confused about which pic
> is compatible with which programmer.
Since this is the GNUPic list and linux is welcome I can point you to my page:
http://www.finitesite.com/d3jsys
which has my trivial PIC programmer. It does low voltage, and consist of
$2 of Radio Shack parts plus the parallel port cable. Works fine with
Brian Lane's picprg2.3a, which is a version that my students and I modified
for the 16F87X series chips.
Hope this helps,
BAJ
