1) Advanced Toolchain Advice:
Using
the EVB-8720-NET with
- MP-LAB (IDE) Debugging
Tool
- Borland Codewright
Editor
- Microchip ICE-4000
- Make Utility
- HiTech PICC-18 Compiler
General
This particular toolchain is very effective when coding large
projects. I have been using Codewright for coding almost exclusively
for 6 years now. The exception is for Windows Development,
where I use the Visual Studio editor. This is because of its
tight integration with the C++ debugger.
MAKE I use Microsoft NMAKE for my development. I
have no strong opinion here. I have also used Borland MAKE, MAKER
(32-bit) and GNUMAKE.
MP LAB The MP LAB Software is working pretty well.
It doesn't synchronize very well on rebuilds. Perhaps they need
to add some keystroke macro capability. There are several steps
that I have to go through after each bug fix.
CODEWRIGHT
You should be able to BUILD and REBUILD from
inside of CODEWRIGHT, using the FTEE program.
(Later I'll put the
exact command line here, for all to see) NOTE: If you are using Codewright 6.6 or older:
FTEE and FTEE32 will not work
under
Windows
XP.
Download and install the free demo
of the latest Codewright. Simply move the FTEE or FTEE32 application
to the current working directory of Codewright.
ICE-4000
You must use the USB connection.
Contact the factory if you plan
on using the external memory bus of the PIC18F8720 chip. There's
an important modification that needs to be done to early versions
of the PMF18WA0 Processor Module (the plug-in to the ICE-4000).
I've done this, so you could call
me also.
Hi-TEch
PIC18 C Compiler
I use these compilers exclusively, for PIC
development. They're very good.
Use the .COF (COFF) output file, not the .HEX
output file. In MP LAB, use the File..Import command.
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