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Arkadi Shishlov wrote: |
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> Isn't the arrival of really cheap ARM-s, like M0, puts PIC and AVR |
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> and the like in legacy category you won't ever look again? |
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Yes and no. For the very smallest jobs, I think the cheapest PIC |
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still will beat an ARM by a bit. The PICs are also much smaller, |
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physically. |
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But I tend to agree. Used PIC since 90s, since starting with ARM |
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don't really think that I will look back. |
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> not to deal with PIC brain-damaging architecture is so relieving. |
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Hahaha! :) I kindof like it. The skip instructions are funny. |
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> People say, PIC-s are very robust and can handle a lot with theirs |
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> bare pin-s, but still, does it really matter most of the times? |
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Also a good point, the pins can sure take a beating. |
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David Relson wrote: |
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> At least one of HiTech's C compilers is gcc based. Their 32-bit |
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> compiler documentation is a revised version of the gcc documentation. |
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> If recollection serves I think I saw a copy of the GPL, though I |
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> can't locate it right now. |
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Yes, they started out using their own fork of GCC for PIC32 (as |
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opposed to contributing support back into GCC) and since GCC is GPL |
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they are forced to publish their sources, which they also have done. |
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There was some community effort to clean it up and get it into GCC |
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proper, I don't know the status of that. |
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The C library is another story however. The C library that Microchip |
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released for their PIC32 to the public at no cost artificially limits |
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how large the application code can be. If you need larger you have to |
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buy the full version. They can do this because the C library is |
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separate from the compiler. |
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> James, I'd appreciate your posting your PIC open source references. |
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Here are some to get you started: |
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http://gputils.sf.net/ # assembler and linker |
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http://sdcc.sf.net/ # C compiler |
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http://gpsim.sf.net/ # simulator |
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http://www.linuxhacker.org/cgi-bin/ezmlm-cgi/1 # mailing list |
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http://pikdev.free.fr/ # a GUI IDE |
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The list is rather low volume, but has been around since 99. I would |
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suggest to post there any and all questions, and I believe you will |
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get good answers. |
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//Peter |
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