Thanks for the replies. I wasn't aware that the student edition was
available for non-students! I will have to give it a try.

--Max

On 3/18/08, Xiaofan Chen <xiaofanc@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 3/19/08, Max <maximusrex@gmail.com> wrote:
>  > I recently ordered a dsPICDEM2 board from Microchip based on the
>  > dsPIC30F4011. All of the sample code that is supplied with it is
>  > written in their C30 C language. Since I am not one to spend money
>  > needlessly I don't want to pay $895 (Microchip Direct price) for a C
>  > compiler when I could do everything in ASM.
>
>
> Do you know that C30 student version is free (even for commercial
>  purpose)? Initially it will be fully functional. After "expiration", it will
>  still produce code (basic optimization from gcc is still available) and
>  the only missing  only the procedure abstraction optimization.
>
>  So if your purpose is of hobbyist nature (or even one-off commercial
>  project), C30 student version is good enough.
>
>  If you are doing some commercial work, $895 for C30 compiler is
>  quite reasonable. Do not forget you get life time free upgrade for
>  compilers from Microchip (C18/C30/C32).
>
>  You can of course use assembly if you want to go that route.
>
>
>
>  Xiaofan
>
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