Comments on: PIC Development, Linux Style

By: transfinite

transfinite — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 20:05:47 +0000

For more information about JAL search wikipedia.org for:

JAL (compiler)

By: transfinite

transfinite — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 19:56:28 +0000

HT Soft PIC C Lite is limited to just a handful of devices, and it is not open source.

SDCC sdcc.sf.net is a better alternative. It is still improving, but it will compile for many devices, including the 18F series.

Another alternative is JAL . Jal is easier to learn than C for small programs, IMO. It is well established for the 12F and 16F series of PICs, and it has recently added support for the 18F series.

The JAL and SDCC compilers, being open source will run a wide range of hardware and OSes, including Linux, Windows, OSX, BSD, etc.

By: Daniel

Daniel — Wed, 30 Apr 2008 08:47:36 +0000

Nice but Stops working after the PIC17 series.

Personally I use the PIC18F series. Microchip has a free student C compiler, although I havent tested it yet, im still an assembly fanboy.

By: BrandonU

BrandonU — Wed, 23 Apr 2008 12:57:38 +0000

Nice information, Steven! I haven’t tried any PIC development in Linux yet, but have played around with some of the other electronic offerings for Linux, such as gEDA (www.geda.seul.org). I will be sure to play with this as soon as I get my new drive for the laptop…
Thanks