As useful as Makefiles are, a lot of people are mortally afraid of them. Admittedly, their syntax is somewhat quirky, and not knowing in advance in what exact order during execution may seem somewhat disconcerting, but they are an invaluable tool not only in multi-file projects but also whenever you want to compile programs in […]
BIVBlog #40: Microcontroller Compiler Suites
With the programmer hard- and software taken care of in the previous episode, the last components missing are the compiler suites for the various platforms. Once we’ve taken a look at the GCC variants for the Atmel AVR and Texas Instruments MSP430 and the SDCC for the Microchip PIC families of microcontrollers, our set of […]