[news.eclipse.dsdp] Re: 8051 microcontroller C/C++ compiler support for

["Adam J" <ajdz1@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

Thanks Martin. Its appreciated. I co-worker also suggested a company called 
H-tech software (htsoft.com) but haven't confirmed that. I will try posting 
on the other group and look into those links as well.

Best Regards,

Adam
"Martin Oberhuber" <martin.oberhuber@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message 
news:44CDD33F.4020609@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
> Hello Adam,
>
> have you tried the CDT newsgroup yet (news:org.eclipse.tools.cdt)?
>
> If you find an open source/gcc compatible compiler supporting the
> 8051, that would be supported by the CDT right out of the box.
> I've googled for "8051 gnu compiler" and found a couple of links,
> but I cannot judge their quality.
>
> If you prefer a commercial compiler, adding support for that
> compiler to the CDT might not be tremendously hard. I know that
> Intel is shipping a CDT plugin for their compiler, and support
> for IBM XLC compilers has been added to the CDT just recently.
>
> By looking at what the developers have done for XLC, it might
> be easy to add support for other compilers similarly.
>
> Thanks,
> Martin
> --
> Martin Oberhuber - WindRiver, Austria
> +43(662)457915-85
>
>
> Adam J wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> I am new to Eclipse and haven't had luck finding C/C++ compiler plug-in 
>> support for 8051 embedded microcontrollers. The device I am using is a 
>> Honeywell HT83C51 (or MCS-51 standard instruction set compatible) device.
>>
>> I've seen vendors like Keil tools offer C lang support for the device, 
>> but my employer has a strong affinity towards trying to use Eclipse 
>> environment and hence need a compiler plug-in.
>>
>> Any help or pointers would be greatly appreciated.
>>
>> Best Regards,
>>
>> Adam Jachniewicz
>>