Where can I get a free C compiler for the Freescale DSP56000?
There are two separate compiler sources for the Freescale DSP56000. One is the port of gcc 1.40 done by Andrew Sterian (asterian@umich.edu) and the other is a port of gcc 1.37.1 done by Freescale and returned to the FSF. Andrew’s port has bowed to Freescale’s version. Both may be portable to gcc2.x.x with some effort required. Neither of these comes with an assembler, but you can get a free DSP56000 assembler elsewhere (see question 3.5.1, above). The Freescale gcc source is available for FTP from: ftp://nic.funet.fi/pub/ham/dsp/dsp56k-tools/dsp56k-gcc.tar.Z. From Andrew Sterian, asterian@umich.edu: “My DSP56K compiler, while not supported nor as well tested as Freescale’s, implements fixed-point arithmetic rather than floating-point arithmetic. This may be suitable for some applications. The 5615 compiler also implements fixed-point arithmetic. To the best of my knowledge, Freescale does not have a C compiler for the 5615 family, although alternatives may exist. As of this writing (Ja
