![]() ![]() I have only the XC16 compiler installed currently, but when I run MPLAB X IDE and click New Project and select a PIC18 as the device, it asks me for a toolchain to work with like so ( I'm given a choice between C18 and the XC8 all-in-one, though some PIC16's are only supported by XC8): The XC suite being the new one.įor you, I would recommend getting the MPLAB X IDE and then installing the MPLAB XC8 compiler, which supports PIC12, 16 and 18. ![]() NOTE: Microchip don't make it obvious, but the C18 compiler you linked is actually an older generation. I haven't tried any "free" PIC alternatives, but knowing the amount of pain I went through trying to set up a GCC for GNU compiler in Eclipse, I can say that MPLAB X is an absolute breeze to pick up for beginners. As far as I am aware, the only pitfalls I found were that the free version doesn't allow high compiler optimization of your code, but I didn't find it impacted negatively on what I was doing. I've personally found in my limited experience of PIC programming, that the Microchip MPLABX IDE and the XC compilers had all the functionality that I needed.
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