Re: FIRST IDE?
 

Re: FIRST IDE?
 

I believe that he means using Visual Studio .NET 2005 an editor, which calls the C18 compiler. After all, it's not like Microchip is going to let anyone have access to the proprietary information needed to write a new compiler for their chips.

Re: FIRST IDE?
 

Its designed to call the mcc18 compiler that microchip gives out.

Re: FIRST IDE?
 

Whew had me worried for a second. By the way, though extremely complicated, all information needed to make a C compiler is included in every microprocessor's datasheet.

The compiler just converts C instructions into one or a series of assembly instructions, then the linker takes the fragments of code generated by the compiler, converts the assembly to machine code, and places the required memory offsets.

All the assembly commands are available in various books and online sources. The machine code (hex) bytes required to access those commands are located in each processor's datasheet/manual.

It sounds pretty simple.... but it isn't really. definitely NOT something I'm going to do anytime soon

-Q

Re: FIRST IDE?
 

Since I am a Mac user, I use TextMate for my programming, and it simplifies so much stuff by letting me use macro's. For example, to add the IFNDEF stuff around a header file, all one has to do is type: once<tab> and it is done.


If there is a FIRST ide, i think that would be one of the things I would want for me to use it.