Thanks Barry. On some good advice from helpful PIClist members I have switched over to MPLAB X. -- Sincerely, James Burkart *Filmmaker & Documentarian* *Burkart Studios* 800.396.0227 | Phone 925.226.4910 | Fax *Web:* burkartstudios.com *Blog:* burkartstudios.com/blog *Twitter:* twitter.com/burkartstudios *Facebook:* facebook.com/burkartstudios On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 2:16 PM, Barry Gershenfeld wrot= e: > 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 > obsolescence. > > 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 wi= th > > 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 > > > -- > 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 .