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SDCC 3.4.0 Released

Submitted by GG on Sat, 04/12/2014 - 22:51

A new release of SDCC, the portable optimizing compiler for 8051, DS390, Z80, Z180, Rabbit 2000, HC08, STM8 and PIC microprocessors is now available. Sources, documentation and binaries compiled for x86 Linux, x86 and x64 MS Windows and x86 and PPC Mac OS X are available.

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SSR01 - Dual Solid State Relay

Submitted by GG on Sun, 12/01/2013 - 22:54

Many MCU applications use electro-mechanical relays to control AC loads. While this is an excellent solution for occasionally turning on/off a load it is not suited for frequent switching or PWM applications. SSR01 is an opto-coupled solid state relay that can control two AC loads up to 16A each.

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LCD Smartie official USB hardware powered by gglabs

Submitted by GG on Thu, 06/27/2013 - 22:30

We are proud to announce that gglabs was chosen by the LCD Smartie team to design a custom USB interface for text displays specifically designed for LCD Smartie. The result of our collaboration is the LCD Smartie official hardware. Beside purchasing the most advanced USB based LCD interface on the market, your money will serve good cause as part of the profits will go to the LCD smartie developers.

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SDCC 3.3.0 Released

Submitted by GG on Tue, 05/21/2013 - 15:36

The SDCC team is spoiling us with yet another great release. After a little less than one year of development and 3 release candidates the new 3.3.0 version is ready for download.

Besides the numerous bug fixes here is a list of the important changes since the release 3.2.0 (list taken from SDCC website):

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Freescale S08 Headers Under a Free Software License

Submitted by GG on Wed, 03/06/2013 - 13:53

Our staff has been working with Freescale to negotiate the release of S08 header files under a free software license to allow their inclusion in the SDCC distribution.
After more than one year of work and the superstar effort of Jim Trudeau at Freescale we finally received the package under the BSD 3-clause license.

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SDCC 3.2.0 Released

Submitted by GG on Tue, 07/10/2012 - 17:48

The SDCC team has been quite busy lately and they managed to put out yet another great release of the best free software compiler for microcontrollers. Version 3.2.0 adds S08 support (making our staff incredibly happy) and revives the support for gbz80.

Besides the numerous bug fixes here is a list of the important changes since the release 3.1.0 (list taken from SDCC website):

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Freescale S08JS SDCC Tutorial

Submitted by GG on Wed, 04/18/2012 - 01:32

Step by step guide to program the Freescale S08JS MCU in C using exclusively GPL tools. This tutorial uses SDCC, Make and SRecord to generate S08 binaries and flashjs to program the flash.

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maxtc - Breakout board for Maxim SPI thermocouple sensors

Submitted by GG on Thu, 03/15/2012 - 10:15

The Maxim MAX6675 and the newer MAX31855 thermocouple to SPI interface chips are very popular with electronics enthusiasts because of their extreme ease of use combined with good accuracy.
Both devices however are only available in SMD package making breadboard prototyping very difficult without using a suitable breakout PCB. Standard thermocouple connectors are also not breadboard friendly further aggravating the issue.

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Sensors

SDCC 3.1.0 Released

Submitted by GG on Mon, 11/28/2011 - 15:34

After about a year of development and 3 release candidates, the SDCC team has released the new 3.1.0 version of this great multi platform cross compiler for MCUs. This version supports: 8051, DS390, Z80, HC08, and PIC MCUs.

Besides the numerous bug fixes here is a list of the important changes since the release 3.0.0 (list taken from SDCC website):

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