Our team doesn’t have the CD that comes with our Robovation kit, so we figured that the downloaded version would be the same. Is there anyway to fix this compiler problem, or at least use another compiler to build our projects?
You can buy the CD off innovationfirst.com . You need that specific compiler to compile your code so it works with the robot. To my knowledge, no other compiler works for our type of thing. You can also try borrowing the compiler from a team nearby or so.
-B
I think i know wat u r going thru, wat u need is a C compiler for MPLAB. The one by microchip costs money but i know of one that doesnt. Its by Hi-tech software and is a freeware, check it out:
Your problem is that you only downloaded MPLAB and not C18 as well. MPLAB is the freeware microchip IDE. By itself MPLAB does not support programming in C, only assembly. You need to download C18 which is a C compiler pluggin. Follow Max’s link to get a 60-day trial of C18.
BTW i would try to stick to C18 and not the Hi-tech compiler. Each has slight deviations from ANSI standard C that may get you into trouble. There is a possibility that the default code will not even compile with the HI-Tech compiler. It also uses a different project file format etc. You may also run into a problem with the fact that there is a .o file included w/the default code and i doubt that the .o format is consistent btw the compilers.
