I know assembly inside and out, and I have been doing this way for a couple
of years now.  I now want the option of doing it in C, but being a 5th year
student doesn't allot the needed budget to purchase High-Tech.

I am looking for real alternatives that are free!



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From: pic microcontroller discussion list
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU]On Behalf Of Olin Lathrop
Sent: Wednesday, June 26, 2002 7:19 AM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [PIC]: Best, FREE way to program a PIC in C? Linux?


> I always used MPLAB and the High-Tech C compiler in the lab at school to
> program the 16F877.  Now that I am doing this stuff at home, I am tired of
> always having to program in assembly!  I am still a student and I can't
> afford the ~$850 for the High-Tech compiler... What can I do?

Get better at assembly.  Especially since you are a student, this will be a
worthwhile learning exercise.

It IS possible to do projects in assembler as fast as others do them in a
high level language, but you get the added bonus of knowing exactly what's
going on, smaller code size, etc.  We have developed an extensive PIC
development and build enviroment for this purpose, the basics of which are
available for free.  See http://www.embedinc.com/pic/.


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