William "Chops" Westfield wrote:
> The subject says it all.  Why isn't SDCC for PIC more widely used?   
> There are questions here on piclist "frequently" about various  
> commercial C compilers for PIC (an frequently about the free versions  
> thereof), but I hardly ever see or hear of anyone using SDCC ...
>
> BillW
>
>   
I recently started working with the PIC18F4550 for a project, my first
real hobby embedded project. I managed to get SDCC working well with the
microchip bootloader over USB (also compiled with SDCC) and will
probably continue using it for future PIC18F projects.

It may not be optimized as much as some commercial compilers and the
device libraries need some work, but if  you know how to read the
datasheet, it's perfectly workable. My project used two software UARTs
(TX only) and the hardware SPI device. I've also used the hardware I2C
device.

If you have any questions about my configuration or would like code
examples, I'd be happy to provide them.

-Joe
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