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According to FIRST last year, we received an MPLAB IDE that was not officially released yet, and we were getting it for free where other people had to pay. Well, that's not the case I have found. MPLAB IDE is actually free! Yes folks, you heard me right. FREE!!
http://www.microchip.com/stellent/id...&part=SW007002 2 versions are available, Innovation FIRST, Inc. recommends 7.20 as the 7.22 version has some bugs in which the default code will not build? Well, now I know I can get updated MPLAB IDEs without waiting until the CD comes with our kit ![]() |
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Re: Oh my! MPLAB is free!
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Re: Oh my! MPLAB is free!
The no cost compiler is not an optimizing compiler. Your program could be larger and slower with the free compiler.
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Re: Oh my! MPLAB is free!
there are two different things here. The software development environment, and the assembly code compilers have always been free from Microchip
the C compiler is not free. If I remember correctly, you can download it for free for a 30 day trial. As far as I know there is only one version of C compiler from Microchip. |
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"The Student Edition has all the features of the full compiler and libraries. After 60 days, the optimizations related to procedural abstraction and to the extended instruction set of the newer PIC18XXXX devices will be disabled. Code compiled after the expiration date will function but may occupy more memory space." The version included in the kit is yet another version. It is a version of C18 which has no time limit and all optamizations enabled but only works for the 18F8520. |
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Re: Oh my! MPLAB is free!
Oh, see I thought it was that everything you had to pay for, my mistake I suppose. Last year at the kickoff they put a link on the FIRST website for downloading the updated IDE and then 2 weeks later removed it, so I thought it was something special just for us. Guess not.
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Re: Oh my! MPLAB is free!
So soon we forget
PICmicro 18Cxx C compiler v2.40 was the latest special release through FIRST. |
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Re: Oh my! MPLAB is free!
N.B. C18 ver. 3.0 was recently released (including an update for people who had 2.4), HOWEVER, compiled libraries (like the IFI libs) are NOT compatible with the 3.0 version of C 18.
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