CCS is a very good "low cost" compiler. However if you want to use 
Microchip's zigbee stack then you have no choice : You HAVE to use either 
Microchip C (recommanded as this will give you a one-shop solution) or 
Hitech (which is also supported I guess). Except if you like to convert and 
debug a quite complex protocol stack with another compiler... Personnaly I 
don't like Hitech as it is impossible to link Hitech C code with plain 
microchip asm code (you have to use hitech's assembler too).

Friendly,
Robert

<johannblake@yahoo.com> a &#4294967295;crit dans le message de news: 
1137344574.370442.188870@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I'm in the process of choosing between either using Microchip's C18
> compiler or the CCS compiler. I've read the comparisons as far as
> features go and both are comparable although CCS does seem to have
> somewhat more features.
>
> But one of the really big factors is simply how big the developer
> communities compare. How much sample code is there on the web for both
> compilers. When I google the keywords "C18" "code" and "sample" I come
> up with 180,000 results, but when I google "CCS", "code" and "sample",
> I come up with nearly 1,000,000. This doesn't really tell me that there
> is more code out there for CCS but after visiting several web sites, I
> almost get the feeling that there is.
>
> Another issue is whether it is even possible to take C code written for
> the C18 and compile it with the CCS compiler. Is this possible or will
> there be major problems?
>
> One of the things I wanted to include in my first project was support
> for Zigbee (the new low power wireless protocol). Microchip not only
> has a free stack but includes sample code and schematics on how to
> interface to 2 vendor chips. CCS has nothing although I did find code
> on the web from one developer. CCS did mention that they will provide
> Zigbee support the first quarter of this year but I'll believe it when
> I see it.
>
> So while CCS does seem to have more code in general, it is obvious that
> they do lack in some areas.
>
> Any thoughts or experience that you can share on what to go with. If
> you've worked with either compiler, please let me know your experience.
>
> Thanks
> Johann Blake
> 

HiTech C for PICs is proven reliable.
Microchip had some troubles developing C compilers some years ago, so 
suspect.
IMO. CCS isn't in the same league as HiTech.

HiTech is expensive, but you save alot of money in the long run going with 
proven tools.


<johannblake@yahoo.com> wrote in message 
news:1137344574.370442.188870@g44g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> I'm in the process of choosing between either using Microchip's C18
> compiler or the CCS compiler. I've read the comparisons as far as
> features go and both are comparable although CCS does seem to have
> somewhat more features.
>
> But one of the really big factors is simply how big the developer
> communities compare. How much sample code is there on the web for both
> compilers. When I google the keywords "C18" "code" and "sample" I come
> up with 180,000 results, but when I google "CCS", "code" and "sample",
> I come up with nearly 1,000,000. This doesn't really tell me that there
> is more code out there for CCS but after visiting several web sites, I
> almost get the feeling that there is.
>
> Another issue is whether it is even possible to take C code written for
> the C18 and compile it with the CCS compiler. Is this possible or will
> there be major problems?
>
> One of the things I wanted to include in my first project was support
> for Zigbee (the new low power wireless protocol). Microchip not only
> has a free stack but includes sample code and schematics on how to
> interface to 2 vendor chips. CCS has nothing although I did find code
> on the web from one developer. CCS did mention that they will provide
> Zigbee support the first quarter of this year but I'll believe it when
> I see it.
>
> So while CCS does seem to have more code in general, it is obvious that
> they do lack in some areas.
>
> Any thoughts or experience that you can share on what to go with. If
> you've worked with either compiler, please let me know your experience.
>
> Thanks
> Johann Blake
>
> 

I'm in the process of choosing between either using Microchip's C18
compiler or the CCS compiler. I've read the comparisons as far as
features go and both are comparable although CCS does seem to have
somewhat more features.

But one of the really big factors is simply how big the developer
communities compare. How much sample code is there on the web for both
compilers. When I google the keywords "C18" "code" and "sample" I come
up with 180,000 results, but when I google "CCS", "code" and "sample",
I come up with nearly 1,000,000. This doesn't really tell me that there
is more code out there for CCS but after visiting several web sites, I
almost get the feeling that there is.

Another issue is whether it is even possible to take C code written for
the C18 and compile it with the CCS compiler. Is this possible or will
there be major problems?

One of the things I wanted to include in my first project was support
for Zigbee (the new low power wireless protocol). Microchip not only
has a free stack but includes sample code and schematics on how to
interface to 2 vendor chips. CCS has nothing although I did find code
on the web from one developer. CCS did mention that they will provide
Zigbee support the first quarter of this year but I'll believe it when
I see it.

So while CCS does seem to have more code in general, it is obvious that
they do lack in some areas.

Any thoughts or experience that you can share on what to go with. If
you've worked with either compiler, please let me know your experience.

Thanks
Johann Blake