Welcome to our site! EDAboard.com is an international Electronics Discussion Forum focused on EDA software, circuits, schematics, books, theory, papers, asic, pld, 8051, DSP, Network, RF, Analog Design, PCB, Service Manuals... and a whole lot more! To participate you need to register. Registration is free. Click here to register now.
what i believe is cross compiler is a compiler which is using a already existing good compilers output to out in our destined controller's instruction format...
A cross compiler is simply a compiler which runs on one type of platform, e.g., Windows, Linux, MAC OS X, etc, which compilers code for another platform, e.g., PIC, AVR, ARM, etc.
Therefore, most embedded compilers are in fact cross compilers, e.g., Hi-Tech, KEIL, ARM-GCC, MikroC, etc.
The term platform in this case can refer to both a specific architecture, e.g., x86, ARM Cortex-M3, PIC16F, ATmega, etc, or an OS/RTOS.
In other words, a Windows PC system can use a cross compiler to compile code for a Linux PC system, while both may utilize an x86 based processor, in this case a cross compiler is required due to the different OSs.
Compiler has two types:
1) Native compiler: Works on some processor and compiles code to generate executable which runs on the same processor. (eg: Turbo C)
2) Cross compiler: Works on some processor and compiles code to generate executable which runs on the some other processor. (eg: keil)
There are a few pages on the internet specifying compailer, but I guess it is a typo mistake.
A compiler that runs on a processor and generate the executable image(hex,elf,obj,etc) of a code(asm,C,C++,etc) that runs on another processor is known as a cross compiler...
This site uses cookies to help personalise content, tailor your experience and to keep you logged in if you register.
By continuing to use this site, you are consenting to our use of cookies.
