Small Device C Compiler
The Small Device C Compiler (SDCC) is a free-software, partially retargetable[1] C compiler for 8-bit 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.[2][3][4] In 2011 the compiler was downloaded on average more than 200 times per day.[5]
Developer(s) | Sandeep Dutta and others |
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Stable release | 4.0.0
/ January 30, 2020 |
Repository | |
Operating system | Microsoft Windows, OS X, Linux |
Type | C compiler |
License | GPL |
Website | sdcc |
Supported hosts
Sources, documentation, and binaries are available for Linux (32-bit and 64-bit), macOS (PPC and 64-bit), and Windows (32-bit and 64-bit).
Supported targets
The following include binary compatible derivatives:
- Intel 8031, 8032, 8051, 8052; Maxim/Dallas DS80C390; C8051
- Motorola/Freescale/NXP 68HC08 and 68HCS08
- Padauk Technology PDK14 and PDK15[6]
- STMicroelectronics STM8
- Zilog Z80, Z180, eZ80 in Z80 mode; Rabbit Semiconductor 2000, 2000A, 3000, 3000A, 4000; Sharp LR35902 (Game Boy processor); Toshiba TLCS-90; Z80N (ZX Spectrum Next processor).
Work is in progress on:
AVR microcontrollers used to be a supported target, but was made obsolete by avr-gcc in 2010 (SDCC 3.0.0).
SDCC suite is a collection of several components derived from different sources with different FOSS licenses.
See also
- Z88DK - a C compiler for a range of Z80-based systems
References
- Rainer Leupers, Peter Marwedel: "Retargetable Compiler Technology for Embedded Systems: Tools and Applications", page 126. Springer, 2001
- According to a Google search for: 8051 open source C compiler
- Lewin Edwards "Open-Source Robotics and Process Control Cookbook: Designing and Building Robust, Dependable Real-time Systems". 2011. p. 15.
- De-Shuang Huang, Phalguni Gupta, Xiang Zhang, Prashan Premaratne. "Emerging Intelligent Computing Technology and Applications". 2012. p. 383.
- SourceForge. "Usage Statistics For Small Device C Compiler". Retrieved 2010-02-16.
- Padauk website
- "SDCC - Small Device C Compiler". Retrieved 2013-01-20.
External links
- SDCC homepage
- Sandeep Dutta - Anatomy of a Compiler. A Retargetable ANSI-C Compiler. "Circuit Cellar", issue 121, August 2000, page 35
- SDCC Open Knowledge Resource
- SDCC Open Knowledge Resource
- FOSDEM 2015 presentation on SDCC
- A port of FreeRTOS to 8051
- Using SDCC on the AT89C52 (8051 derivative)
- Using SDCC for PIC on Windows with MPLABX