Hi Gerhard,

Thanks for your response. You are right, I am a beginner which is why =
these
libraries was attractive to me, but as you say, if the sources are there
(and it looks like they are included) I could adapt it for use in any
compiler.

Have you ever found you needed a 24 bit integer datatype and wished PICC =
had
support for it?=20

  _____ =20

Andr=E9 Miller =09

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From: pic microcontroller discussion list =
[mailto:PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU] On
Behalf Of Gerhard Fiedler
Sent: 31 March 2004 02:05 PM
To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
Subject: Re: [PIC:] Microchip C18, or HI-TECH PICC18?

> Reading some of the documentation I have made a short list of pro's=20
> and con's.
>
> Microchip C18:
> - PRO: Standard libraries include hardware peripherals (as well as=20
> software
> implementations)
>
> HI-TECH C18:
> - CON: Standard libraries only include ANSI functions, no PIC=20
> peripherals, such as PWM, SPI, ASUART, etc
>
> Currently I'm leaning towards Microchip's compiler mainly due to the=20
> fact that it has standard libraries for hardware peripherals.

I have been using HiTech PICC for a while. I'm not sure libraries for
hardware peripherals are of great help. I find that the exact way I use =
a
hardware peripheral depends a lot on the particular project: in one case =
I
poll the UART, in another I receive by interrupt into a long buffer, in
still another I need to watch timing closely and set timeouts. There are
some things that repeat themselves, for sure, but then you write them =
easily
and quickly. But probably you find them useful as a starting point if =
they
come with source code -- and if they work. (But then, if they come with
source code, you can use them as a starting point for the HiTech =
compiler
just the same.)

I can't comment on the Microchip C18, sorry, so no real contribution to =
your
question.

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