It occurs to me that better known the compiler, the more consultants you'll have to choose from. On Fri, Mar 15, 2013 at 8:34 PM, John Samperi wrote: > At 10:17 AM 16/03/2013, you wrote: > >So you're anti mikroC, and anti PIC. I would abandon both if you could > >convince me, but it may be hard since I've already got time and money > >invested in both. > > Just to be clear I'm not anti Microchip as a company, I think it's one > of the best company which looks after their clients as far as obsolescenc= e. > I use several of their products apart from their controllers. > > As mentioned before my experience with the AVR version of the mikroE > compiler > wasn't great, the resulting code was not the best as far as size or speed= , > they seem to use their own version of C, but then so do some others. > > Their boards however seems to be excellent for learners and experimenters= , > I never needed any myself as I can develop my own boards. > > Now that I think of it maybe I'm somewhat anti C.... :-) > > >What are your reasons? > > Any reason given, for or against, would just end up in the usual PIC > vs the world > war. > > On a, I hope, helpful note I can point you to a SD card library > widely used by many > in case you are not aware of it http://elm-chan.org/fsw_e.html look > at the FatFs > (full SD card support) and Petit FatFs (a reduced size version), > there is an example > on how to use it with a PIC24. > > Don't know if it will compile with the mikroE compiler but it should with > other > "standard" C compilers. > > Regards > > John Samperi > > ******************************************************** > Ampertronics Pty. Ltd. > 11 Brokenwood Place Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153 AUSTRALIA > Tel. (02) 9674-6495 > Website http://www.ampertronics.com.au > *Electronic Design * Custom Products * Contract Assembly > ******************************************************** > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .