SW006011 Microchip Technology, SW006011 Datasheet - Page 13

• Manufacturer Part Number: SW006011
• Description: C COMPILER FOR 18XXXXX FAMILY
• Manufacturer: Microchip Technology
• Type: MPLAB® PIC18 C Compilerr

Specifications of SW006011

• Tool Function: Compiler
• Tool Type: Compiler
• Processor Series: PIC18
• Core Architecture: PIC
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• For Use With/related Products: PIC18 Series
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant

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ABOUT THE LANGUAGE TOOLS
The bin and mpasm subdirectories of the MPLAB C18 installation directory contain the
executables which comprise the MPLAB C18, MPASM assembler and the MPLINK
linker. The following is a brief description of these programs.
More detailed information on the language tools, including their command-line usage,
can be found in the MPLAB C18 C Compiler User’s Guide (DS51288) and the MPASM
User’s Guide with MPLINK and MPLIB (DS33014).
mcc18.exe
c18demo.exe
cpp18.exe
mplink.exe
_mplink.exe
mp2cod.exe
mp2hex.exe
mplib.exe
mpasm.exe
Executable
This is the C compiler. It takes as input a C source file (e.g.,
file.c), which is passed to cpp18.exe for preprocessing.
For demo versions of MPLAB C18, this file is called
c18demo.exe. mcc18.exe then compiles the
preprocessed output and generates a COFF file (e.g.,
file.o) to be passed to the linker.
This is the C preprocessor.
This is the driver program for the linker. It takes as input a
linker script, object files and library files and passes these to
_mplink.exe. It then takes the output COFF file from
_mplink.exe and passes it to mp2cod.exe and
mp2hex.exe.
This is the linker. It takes as input a linker script (e.g.,
p18f452
COFF executable (e.g., file.out or
COFF file is the result of resolving unassigned addresses of
data and code of the input object files and referenced object
files from the libraries. _mplink.exe also optionally
produces a map file (e.g.,
information on the allocation of data and code.
This is the COFF to COD file converter. The COD file is a
symbolic debugging file format which is used by the MPLAB
IDE v5.xx. mp2cod.exe takes as input the COFF file
produced by _mplink.exe and outputs a COD file (e.g.,
file
that displays the correspondence between the original
source code and machine code.
This is the COFF to HEX file converter. The HEX file is a file
format readable by a PICmicro programmer such as the
PICSTART Plus or the PROMATE II. mp2hex.exe takes as
input the COFF file produced by _mplink.exe and outputs
a HEX file (e.g.,
This is the librarian. It allows for the creation and
management of a library file (e.g.,
an archive for the object files. Library files are useful for
organizing object files into reusable code repositories.
This is the command-line assembler. It takes as input an
assembly source file (e.g., file.asm) and outputs either a
COFF file (e.g., file.o) or a HEX file and COD file (e.g.,
file.hex and file.cod). It also creates a listing file (e.g.,
file.lst) and an error file (e.g., file.err) which
contains any errors or warnings emitted during the assembly
process. Assembly source files may include assembly
header files (e.g, p18f452.inc), which also contain
assembly source code.
.cod). It also creates a listing file (e.g.,
.lkr), object files and library files and outputs a
file
.hex).
Description
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.map) that contains detailed
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.lib) that acts as
Overview
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