foggysail
Newbie level 6
I downloaded MicroChip's C18 last spring, used it to learn/familiarize self for Pic18F programming in C. The time trial passed before I even learned what a function was.......but I plodded onward with the limited capabilities still available to me. Things were fine until........ I needed two interrupts! POOP happened!!!
No matter what approach I tried I got only:
The procedural abstraction optimization is not supported
in the academic version.
Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Executing: "C:\Program Files\Microchip\mplabc18\v3.40\bin\mplink.exe" /p18F4550 /l"C:\Program Files\Microchip\mplabc18\v3.37.01\lib" "18f4550_g.lkr" "my pic.o" /u_CRUNTIME /u_DEBUG /z__MPLAB_BUILD=1 /z__MPLAB_DEBUG=1 /o"my pic.cof" /M"my pic.map" /W
MPLINK 4.40, Linker
Device Database Version 1.3
Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Microchip Technology Inc.
Error - section 'low_vector' can not fit the absolute section. Section 'low_vector' start=0x00000018, length=0x00000006
Errors : 1
Link step failed.
Yes, I am satisfied with Microchip's C18 but that is my only exposure to Pic compilers. And that product is $500 big ones! Hi-Tech is in the same price category. CCS also has one in the same price category. I do not want another experiment with another LITE compiler.
I checked out SourceBoost Compilers for a reasonable <$100 price. Claim to be fully compatible with C18............but I learned from one of their forums, it takes 15+ minutes to compile and link!!!! Unreasonable!
MiKroC also has compilers for $250....not free but much less expensive than $500! I have about 700 lines of current code, maybe another 4-500 needed. The last thing I want to do is purchase anything that proves to be inadequate. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS??? If my options are limited, guess I will have to purchase one of the expensive compilers.:roll:
Foggy
No matter what approach I tried I got only:
The procedural abstraction optimization is not supported
in the academic version.
Errors: 0
Warnings: 0
Executing: "C:\Program Files\Microchip\mplabc18\v3.40\bin\mplink.exe" /p18F4550 /l"C:\Program Files\Microchip\mplabc18\v3.37.01\lib" "18f4550_g.lkr" "my pic.o" /u_CRUNTIME /u_DEBUG /z__MPLAB_BUILD=1 /z__MPLAB_DEBUG=1 /o"my pic.cof" /M"my pic.map" /W
MPLINK 4.40, Linker
Device Database Version 1.3
Copyright (c) 1998-2011 Microchip Technology Inc.
Error - section 'low_vector' can not fit the absolute section. Section 'low_vector' start=0x00000018, length=0x00000006
Errors : 1
Link step failed.
Yes, I am satisfied with Microchip's C18 but that is my only exposure to Pic compilers. And that product is $500 big ones! Hi-Tech is in the same price category. CCS also has one in the same price category. I do not want another experiment with another LITE compiler.
I checked out SourceBoost Compilers for a reasonable <$100 price. Claim to be fully compatible with C18............but I learned from one of their forums, it takes 15+ minutes to compile and link!!!! Unreasonable!
MiKroC also has compilers for $250....not free but much less expensive than $500! I have about 700 lines of current code, maybe another 4-500 needed. The last thing I want to do is purchase anything that proves to be inadequate. ANY RECOMMENDATIONS??? If my options are limited, guess I will have to purchase one of the expensive compilers.:roll:
Foggy