SW500008 Microchip Technology, SW500008 Datasheet - Page 99

• Manufacturer Part Number: SW500008
• Description: PICC-18 STD
• Manufacturer: Microchip Technology
• Type: Compilerr
• Series: PIC18r

Specifications of SW500008

• Supported Families: PIC18
• Core Architecture: PIC
• Software Edition: Standard
• Kit Contents: Software And Docs
• Mcu Supported Families: PIC18
• Tool Function: Compiler
• Tool Type: Compiler
• Lead Free Status / RoHS Status: Not applicable / RoHS Compliant
• For Use With/related Products: PIC18 Series
• Lead Free Status / Rohs Status: Lead free / RoHS Compliant
• Other names: 015; 778-1001; 778-1001

Chapter 4
Macro Assembler
The Macro Assembler included with HI-TECH PICC-18 STD assembles source files for PIC18
MCUs. This chapter describes the usage of the assembler and the directives (assembler pseudo-ops
and controls) accepted by the assembler in the source files.
and an object code converter.
4.1 Assembler Usage
The assembler is called ASPIC18 and is available to run on Windows and UNIX machines. Note
that the assembler will not produce any messages unless there are errors or warnings — there are no
“assembly completed” messages.
assembler source files as input, however the options for the assembler are supplied here for instances
The HI-TECH C Macro Assembler package includes a linker, librarian, cross reference generator
Typically the command-line driver, PICC18, is used to envoke the assembler as it can be passed
Athough the term “assembler” is almost universally used to decribe the tool which con-
verts human-readable mnemonics into machine code, both “assembler” and “assembly”
are used to describe the source code which such a tool reads. The latter is more com-
mon and is used in this manual to describe the language. Thus you will see the terms
assembly language (or just assembly), assembly listing and etc, but assembler options,
assembler directive and assembler optimizer.
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