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> The 8-bit PIC architecture lacked some features that frustrated writing a proper C compiler for the chips. But that wasn't a problem if you moved up to the 16
by jgalt212 7y ago
> The 8-bit PIC architecture lacked some features that frustrated writing a proper C compiler for the chips. But that wasn't a problem if you moved up to the 16- and 32-bit processors, which also had some lovely peripherals such as a 12-bit A to D converter.
Isn't this problem solved by writing C on a bigger machine that transpiles down to the assembler that PIC can work with?
- detaro 7y agoWriting a C compiler generating code for the PIC is what's difficult. Nobody wants to run the compiler for a microcontroller on the microcontroller itself.