Using C or Assembly?

[rkim01]

Hi, everyone. Just another newbie here
Got some questions as you know.
I have bought pic16f84 and pic16f627 with programmer kit but i found that mplab does not support C for 16f.
So i thought just buy an 18f452 so i can use C.
Or should I just stick with 16f and use hi-tech picc compiler which i just downloaded?
To be honest, I want to use assembly but I have been studying a lot and still have absolutely no idea what to do. Because I have better understanding in C I thought just stick with C or unless if there is dead easy tutorial I should try with.
So I've got few choices.
1. Use 16f with C with some new compiler (hi-tech picc)
2. Use 16f with assembly
3. use 18f with C with mplab

Oh just about the C compiler that I couldn't just use normal C compiler that use for normal programming such as GCC?
Because my programmer kit requires a hex file and i just assume any type of hex file is ok? not sure this one though...

Thanks people

 

[Nigel Goodwin]

Hi, everyone. Just another newbie here
Got some questions as you know.
I have bought pic16f84 and pic16f627 with programmer kit but i found that mplab does not support C for 16f.
So i thought just buy an 18f452 so i can use C.
Or should I just stick with 16f and use hi-tech picc compiler which i just downloaded?
To be honest, I want to use assembly but I have been studying a lot and still have absolutely no idea what to do. Because I have better understanding in C I thought just stick with C or unless if there is dead easy tutorial I should try with.
So I've got few choices.
1. Use 16f with C with some new compiler (hi-tech picc)
2. Use 16f with assembly
3. use 18f with C with mplab

Oh just about the C compiler that I couldn't just use normal C compiler that use for normal programming such as GCC?
Because my programmer kit requires a hex file and i just assume any type of hex file is ok? not sure this one though...

All a C compiler does is produce assembler code, but it MUST produce assembler for the correct processor - no good compiling a PC C program to 8088 assembler and expecting it to run on a PIC!.

So it's essential you use a compiler that produces PIC code.

Personally I would suggest you learn PIC assembler, it's probably simpler than C anyway? - and you can't use a C compiler effectively without at least a minimum knowledge of assembler. After you've got a basic understanding, by all means move to a C compiler - and at least you'll understand what you're doing then!.

 

[Mike - K8LH]

The Elmer 160 tutorial is a good place to start for newcomers interested in PIC assembly language programming.

Good luck. Mike