Lou Calkins wrote: > > I hate asking these questions, and I get tired seeing these kinds of > subjects posted, but they are really beneficial to a lot of people. Now > its my turn I guess. > > I would like to look into getting a C compiler for the PIC (any of several > versions) and I would like to know what others would recommend as a good > compiler. In the past couple of years, things have seemed to be changing > fast in this area with quite a few compilers now available. I really would > appreciate any sincere advice anyone has to lend. Before Andy Kunz jumps in, (Hi Andy!) I'll quickly give you my (opiniated) opinion. I have legal copies of MPLAB-C, CCS, NITPIC, and MPC. There are only two 'serious' compilers today : MPC, and Hitech. There are plenty of PIClisters who swear by CCS and other cheapies, but that is the way of frustration and despair. Neither are cheap, but they are worth the money (I am assuming this for Hitech). The authors of both are present on the PIClist, and will support you with (real) issues. I am shamelessly biased towards MPC, because it supports ALL the PICs, works great with MPLAB, and I haven't seen a bug in it for ages. You can use the C code examples on Mchip's site virtually without changes. Just to confuse you (and to not disappoint me), Andy Kunz will now tell you why he gets off on Hitech. Take it away Andy.... -- Friendly Regards /"\ \ / Tjaart van der Walt X ASCII RIBBON CAMPAIGN mailto:tjaart@wasp.co.za / \ AGAINST HTML MAIL |--------------------------------------------------| | WASP International | |R&D Engineer : GSM peripheral services development| |--------------------------------------------------| | Mobile : tjaart@sms.wasp.co.za (160 text chars) | | http://www.wasp.co.za/~tjaart/index.html | |Voice: +27-(0)11-622-8686 Fax: +27-(0)11-622-8973| | WGS-84 : 26¡10.52'S 28¡06.19'E | |--------------------------------------------------|