how to declare a 1-dim-array that sizes 1536 elements ?

[julien lochen]

Hello,

I am using CCS with MPLAB IDE.

I declared my own ASCII table which is a 1-dim-table which contents 1536 elements.

It says
"
*** Error 87 "D:\LCP_PIC16F886_CCS\LCP_font_8x16.h" Line 2(32,33): Data item too big"

Is there a declaration to do (#define xxxx ? PRAGMA ?) to allow the use of a table that sizes more than 256 elements ?

thanks, julien

[PCM programmer]

1. When you have a question about a line of code that causes an error,
always post the line of code.

2. Post your compiler version.

3. Also, read the PIC data sheet to see how much RAM is available.

[julien lochen]

I use MPLAB IDEV8.0 with a PIC16F886

368 bytes of RAM are available.

The data-sheet of the compileter says you can use the directive:
" #device ANSI" to set the pointer size to 16 bits if the part has RAM over 0FF.

That's the case with the PIC16F886. So at the top of my standard header file I put :

"#device PIC16F886 *=16
#device ANSI"

but MPLAB says: "Error 74 "PIC_16F886.c" Line 372(0,1): Not enough RAM for all variables"

[SherpaDoug]

So are you trying to store 1536 elements on a chip that only has 368 bytes of RAM? How big is each element? If they are bigger than booleans it ain't going to work.
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[julien lochen]

so, I am trying to store the table in ROM using the synthax:

rom const char tab_font_8x16[1536] = {0x0 ...}

it says:

Executing: "C:\Program files\Picc\CCSC.exe" +FM "PIC_16F886.c" +DF +LN +T +A +M -Z +ICD +Y=9 +EA
*** Error 87 "D:\LCP_PIC16F886_CCS\LCP_font_8x16.h" Line 2(36,37): Data item too big

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