Hi All, I will be using 8051 based micro-controller for my project. I want to choose C complier for it between Keil and IAR. Anybody who has experience on these compilers please help me in doing this and share your experiences with these compilers. Let me also know any benchmarks, comparisons about the performances of these compilers. Thank you. Regards, Shailendra
IAR v/s KEIL for 8051
Started by ●June 30, 2005
Reply by ●June 30, 20052005-06-30
Keil is an welll-integrated toolkit.Now its name is uVersion 2.Once I used SyncMOS 51 chipset to build a voice terminal. I think you can do everything in Keil uVersion 2, coding, compiling, debugging, managing your project file. There is one issue, when I use hardware emulator to debug , I can't debug in source code level because all the source code is invisible. The performance of compiler, how to evaluate it? I think the code we design decide the performances.Ineffective code causes poor performance. Maybe you can lookup 8051 microcontroller FAQ in www.faq.org, it include detailed info. Good luck
Reply by ●June 30, 20052005-06-30
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 09:23:15 +0200, "Mehta Shailendrakumar" <shailendrakumar.mehta@de.bosch.com> wrote:>Hi All, > >I will be using 8051 based micro-controller for my project. >I want to choose C complier for it between Keil and IAR. >Anybody who has experience on these compilers please help me in doing this >and >share your experiences with these compilers. Let me also know any >benchmarks, comparisons >about the performances of these compilers.I used a version of IAR back around 1990, and a version of Keil around 1999. Based on that experience, I'd lean towards Keil, if given the choice. However, both products have advanced in the intervening years, and I don't think you'll go much wrong by choosing either one. Regards, -=Dave -- Change is inevitable, progress is not.
Reply by ●June 30, 20052005-06-30
"robbie chen" <robbiecn@gmail.com> wrote in message news:1120125988.497402.219050@f14g2000cwb.googlegroups.com...> Keil is an welll-integrated toolkit.Now its name is uVersion 2.Once I > used SyncMOS 51 chipset to build a voice terminal. I think you can do > everything in Keil uVersion 2, coding, compiling, debugging, managing > your project file. There is one issue, when I use hardware emulator to > debug , I can't debug in source code level because all the source code > is invisible. > > The performance of compiler, how to evaluate it? I think the code we > design decide the performances.Ineffective code causes poor > performance. > > Maybe you can lookup 8051 microcontroller FAQ in www.faq.org, it > include detailed info. > > Good luck >Keil is now uVision 3. I highly recommend it. The built-in simulator is fantastic. Scott
Reply by ●June 30, 20052005-06-30
"Mehta Shailendrakumar" <shailendrakumar.mehta@de.bosch.com> wrote in message news:da06l4$r72$1@ns2.fe.internet.bosch.com...> Hi All, > > I will be using 8051 based micro-controller for my project. > I want to choose C complier for it between Keil and IAR. > Anybody who has experience on these compilers please help me in doing this > and > share your experiences with these compilers. Let me also know any > benchmarks, comparisons > about the performances of these compilers. > > Thank you. > > Regards, > ShailendraBoth are well thought of. IAR are notorious for restrictions such as; dongle required and a special code that takes a week to get, you don't buy the IAR compiler, you buy the right to use it ... meaning you can not resell it. Keil is much less restricted and has put out a quality product for many years.
Reply by ●June 30, 20052005-06-30
On Thu, 30 Jun 2005 17:19:52 GMT, bitmaster wrote:> "Mehta Shailendrakumar" <shailendrakumar.mehta@de.bosch.com> wrote in > message news:da06l4$r72$1@ns2.fe.internet.bosch.com... >> Hi All, >> >> I will be using 8051 based micro-controller for my project. >> I want to choose C complier for it between Keil and IAR. >> Anybody who has experience on these compilers please help me in doing this >> and >> share your experiences with these compilers. Let me also know any >> benchmarks, comparisons >> about the performances of these compilers. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Regards, >> Shailendra > > Both are well thought of. IAR are notorious for restrictions > such as; dongle required and a special code that takes a week to get, > you don't buy the IAR compiler, you buy the right to use it ... meaning > you can not resell it. > > Keil is much less restricted and has put out a quality product for many > years.I have used Keil for the past two years and am quite pleased with it. I recommend spending the extra bucks and getting the uV3 IDE as well. I used to use the Keil tool set with Silicon Labs' IDE and it didn't work as well. Bob
Reply by ●July 1, 20052005-07-01
My Keil came with a dongle :-( "bitmaster" <geek@micros.xxx> wrote in message news:YQVwe.2555$RC6.1366@newssvr33.news.prodigy.com...> > "Mehta Shailendrakumar" <shailendrakumar.mehta@de.bosch.com> wrote in > message news:da06l4$r72$1@ns2.fe.internet.bosch.com... >> Hi All, >> >> I will be using 8051 based micro-controller for my project. >> I want to choose C complier for it between Keil and IAR. >> Anybody who has experience on these compilers please help me in doing >> this >> and >> share your experiences with these compilers. Let me also know any >> benchmarks, comparisons >> about the performances of these compilers. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Regards, >> Shailendra > > Both are well thought of. IAR are notorious for restrictions > such as; dongle required and a special code that takes a week to get, > you don't buy the IAR compiler, you buy the right to use it ... meaning > you can not resell it. > > Keil is much less restricted and has put out a quality product for many > years. > > >
Reply by ●July 1, 20052005-07-01
On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 08:16:29 +0000 (UTC), "Bill Davy" <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> wrote:>My Keil came with a dongle :-(Five or six years ago, when I was using Keil 5.5, it did not have any use prevention, er, I mean "copy protection", but I heard complaints on usenet about the European version being dongled. You are apparently in England. I don't know if the U.S. version is still dongle (and other impediment) -free, but if it is, that would be more than enough to recommend it above IAR, if IAR is dongled. Version 5.5 was more than "good enough," and I hear the newer versions are even better. Regards, -=Dave -- Change is inevitable, progress is not.
Reply by ●July 1, 20052005-07-01
On Fri, 01 Jul 2005 13:41:25 GMT, Dave Hansen wrote:> On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 08:16:29 +0000 (UTC), "Bill Davy" > <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> wrote: > >>My Keil came with a dongle :-( > > Five or six years ago, when I was using Keil 5.5, it did not have any > use prevention, er, I mean "copy protection", but I heard complaints > on usenet about the European version being dongled. You are > apparently in England. > > I don't know if the U.S. version is still dongle (and other > impediment) -free, but if it is, that would be more than enough to > recommend it above IAR, if IAR is dongled. Version 5.5 was more than > "good enough," and I hear the newer versions are even better. > > Regards, > > -=DaveI have version 7.50 (US) and there is no dongle or other impedimentia. Very pleased with it, too... Bob
Reply by ●July 1, 20052005-07-01
iddw@hotmail.com (Dave Hansen) wrote in news:42c545ae.670161500 @news.aioe.org:> On Fri, 1 Jul 2005 08:16:29 +0000 (UTC), "Bill Davy" > <Bill@SynectixLtd.com> wrote: > >>My Keil came with a dongle :-( > > Five or six years ago, when I was using Keil 5.5, it did not have any > use prevention, er, I mean "copy protection", but I heard complaints > on usenet about the European version being dongled. You are > apparently in England. > > I don't know if the U.S. version is still dongle (and other > impediment) -free, but if it is, that would be more than enough to > recommend it above IAR, if IAR is dongled. Version 5.5 was more than > "good enough," and I hear the newer versions are even better.The US version is still dongle free, and we have been extremely happy with it for developing 8051 code. -- Richard
