preferred C compiler?

[ManTic]

Hey... I've been playing a bit with PIC16F877A and C, but with the compiler I use, i cannot send variables to the LCD...

The function i use looks like this:

void lcd_display(const char *buf)
{	
	char i;
	i = 0;
	while(buf[i] != 0)
	{
		wrdata(buf[i++]);
	}
}

Where wrdata is:

void wrdata (char data)
// Write a Character to the LCD Display. 
 { trisb = 0;
   portb = data;
   
   porte = LCD_DATA_WR;
   porte |= E_PIN_MASK;
   nop();
   porte &= ~E_PIN_MASK;
   
   lcd_wait();
 }

And lcd_wait(), just waits for the busy flag to go down...

It works with constants.. of course - but it would be nice if I could write a variable to the LCD - results of calculations and stuff..

 

[Oznog]

Which compiler?

 

[ManTic]

SourceBoost C/C++ compiler, but I found a way around my problem, thanks anyway.

 

[bmcculla]

Its fairly easy to write a simple printf function to write to your LCD.

void xprintf(unsigned char* fmt, ...)
{
	va_list ap;				//Argument Pointer
	unsigned char* p;
	unsigned char Bval;
	unsigned int ival, temp;
	unsigned long lval;
	va_start(ap, fmt);
	p = fmt;
	while (*p)
	{

		switch (*p)
		{
			case '\n':
				EA = 0;
				putchar('\n');
				putchar(0x0D);
				EA = 1;
				break;
			case '%':
				
				p++;
				switch (*p)
				{
					case 'x':
						ival = va_arg(ap,int);
						//if ((unsigned char) ival >> 8)
						//{
							EA = 0;
							PrintHex((unsigned char) (ival >> 8));
							EA = 1;
						//}
						/*
						EA = 0;
						PrintHex((unsigned char) ival);
						*/
						EA = 1;
						break;
					case 'd':
						ival = va_arg(ap, int);
						EA = 0;
						putint(ival);
						EA = 1;
						break;
					case 'l':
						lval = va_arg(ap, long);
						//if ((unsigned char) lval >> 24)
						//{
							EA = 0;
							PrintHex((unsigned char) (lval >> 24));
						//}
						//if ((unsigned char) lval >> 16)
						//{
							PrintHex((unsigned char) (lval >> 16));
						//}
						//if ((unsigned char) lval >> 8)
						//{
							PrintHex((unsigned char) (lval >> 8));
						//}
						PrintHex((unsigned char) lval);
						EA = 1;
						break;
					case '%':
						EA = 0;
						putchar('%');
						EA = 1;
						break;
				}
			break;

			default:
				EA = 0;
				putchar(*p);
				EA = 1;
				break;

			}
			p++;

	}
	va_end(ap);
}

just replace all the putchars and printhexes with you LCD writing code

Brent