C compilers for embedded micros

Now available in the UK from Computer Solutions are three new low-cost C compilers for embedded micros from HI-TECH, which allow high-quality code to be generated in a fraction of the time required for handwritten assembler code.

The compilers, for the Texas Instruments MSP430, the Microchip dsPIC and the ARM architecture, include a powerful development environment known as HI-TIDE, which features project management and editing capabilities to provide a fully featured front end. HI-TIDE also provides the debugging environment either via JTAG linkage or via chip simulation, supporting chips such as the PIC18 and providing simulated peripherals such as switches, LEDs and LCDs.

HI-TIDE includes a code wizard known as C-Wiz, which can cut development time significantly. C-Wiz generates the C code needed to initialise the microcontroller, its internal peripherals and its interrupts based on selections made by the user. The code is updated in real time as the options are changed, so the user can see the code evolve with each setting. Generated code can then be saved to file and included as part of a HI-TIDE project.

The compiler for the MSP430 includes both Windows development capabilities and interactive debugging facilities via the JTAG development hardware supplied in the TI development kit. The industrial-strength ANSI C compiler includes support for 32-bit IEEE standard floating-point and 32-bit long data types. It makes use of specific MSP430 features and, using an intelligent optimiser, can generate high-quality code easily and quickly.

The compiler for the ARM architecture implements full ISO/ANSI C, allowing code portability, and programs may contain any mix of ARM or Thumb functions. This package includes a USB based JTAG interface to simplify hardware debugging.

 

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Computer Solutions Ltd. is the UK's premier supplier of microprocessor development tools. It supplies a wide range of software and hardware tools that support over 100 different microprocessor families. Hardware products include: BDM and JTAG interfaced debuggers, In-circuit emulators , EPROM emulators USB, Ethernet, RS232 & CAN analysers and device programmers. Software tools include: assemblers, debuggers, compilers, real-time executives, TCP/IP stacks and other high-level protocol libraries.

With 25 years' experience, Computer Solutions Ltd. has unrivalled expertise in embedded tools, consultancy and support.

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