PICdude wrote:
> I'm finally going to start really using a higher (than 8-bit) PIC and
> also looking into Atmels and C instead of assembly (for the PIC too).
> Since there will be optimizations, how would timing-specific code
> (such as bit-banging) be done?  Are these pieces put into inline
> assembly, or is there a way to use C code with known timing?

High level languages have no guarantee exactly what instructions will be
used and therefore what the timing will be.  Often you can guess and get it
right, but that's bad programming.

If you need instruction-level known timing, write it in assembler.  That ca=
n
be either inline assembly or subroutines in a seperate assembly module.  I
really don't understand the reluctance to use assembly when required.


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