Small Device C Compiler

Infobox_Software
name = Small Device C Compiler
developer = Sandeep Dutta and others
latest_release_version = 2.8.0
latest_release_date = March 30, 2008
operating_system = Linux, Windows, Mac
genre = C Compiler
license = GPL
website = [http://sdcc.sourceforge.net sdcc.sourceforge.net]

The Small Device C Compiler (SDCC) is an open source, partially retargetable [Rainer Leupers, Peter Marwedel: "Retargetable Compiler Technology for Embedded Systems: Tools and Applications", page 126. Springer, 2001] C compiler for microcontrollers. It is distributed under the GNU General Public License. The package also contains a linker, assembler, simulator and debugger. As of March 2007, SDCC is the only open source C compiler for Intel 8051-compatible microcontrollers. [According to a Google search for: [http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&safe=off&q=8051+open+source+C+compiler&btnG=Search 8051 open source C compiler] ]

The SDCC compiler was used by the FreeRTOS project to port its real-time operating system to the 8051-based Silabs (formerly Cygnal) series of microcontrollers.

Supported target architectures

* Intel 8051 and its derivatives.
* Zilog Z80 and binary compatible derivatives such as Z180 and eZ80.
* Freescale (Motorola) HC08Work is in progress on:
* Microchip PIC16 and PIC18

See also

* Retargetable compiler
* Microcontroller

References

External links

* [http://sdcc.sourceforge.net SDCC home page]
* [http://sdccokr.dl9sec.de/resources.htm SDCC Open Knowledge Resource]
* [http://www.freertos.org/portcygn.html A port of FreeRTOS to 8051]
* [http://www.8052.com/users/robotics/sdcc.phtml Using SDCC on the AT89C52 (8051 derivative)]