Have you checked that the coompiler/linker isn't skipping memory by using
the org 0xXXX statement ?  It may be you actually have run out of room...

Otherwise you may have used some assembler that disturbs the compilers
page-switching code.
(The 16F873 does have paged program-memory doesn't it ?)

    KreAture

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From: "cdb" <bodgy1@OPTUSNET.COM.AU>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Monday, May 12, 2003 11:11 AM
Subject: [PIC]: Program memory question


> I am using an 16F873, and so far have used 3616 program words.
>
> My problem is that as soon as I go over this, even 3617 words the Pic
> crashes.
>
> I don't have an ICD to check, where this happens, just a simulator
> where all is hunky dory.
>
> The program is not (theoretically) getting lost, the linker for the
> compiler has all the right calls, appearing in the LST file. The list
> file shows the program ending at 0x0E40, so I would have thought I
> still have another sub page to go to get to 0xFFF
>
> Have I misunderstood the amount of memory verses program words for
> the Pic. Normally most of my programs only take a max of 3200 odd
> words.
>
> The program is written in C, but only the fuction calls, most of the
> functions themselves have been written in assembler.
>
> Does anyone have any ideas. I have tried another brand new 873, just
> to make sure that my normal test one wasn't playing up.
>
> Just checking before I send one of my expletive ridden missives to
> the compiler's author.
>
> Colin
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> cdb, cdb@barnard.name on 31/03/2002
>
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