Proteus and CCS COFF File

glenjoy · Joined: 18 Oct 2004 Posts: 21

Posted: 09 Aug 2005 1:48 Post subject: Proteus and COFF File

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I am simulating my sourcecode using Proteus and my sourcecode's COFF file, I noticed that for sometimes or most of the time, proteus stops simulating and says a BREAKPOINT is reached eventhough I am not putting any breakpoint into my sourcecode, anybody has encountered this, or what is the meaning of this?

I noticed also when that occurs and I use my sourcecode's hex file instead of the COFF file, the microcontroller runs but very unstable, sometimes crashes or reboots in the simulation.

I am using PIC microcontroller in Proteus and CCS C, could it be that, micro got confused on my sourcecode or another bug in CCS C that cannot handle large programs that occupies about 25% RAM resources and about 8% ROM.

I am using PIC16F876 in proteus but PIC16F876A in CCS, I am not sure if they are really compatible for both.

Guest · Posted: Mon Aug 08, 2005 10:06 pm

Perhaps the Proteus simulator is buggy. Did you try running it using MPSIM? Or is there a problem if you run it on real hardware? Or is it PLBMAC?

Guest · Posted: Wed Aug 10, 2005 5:18 pm

I used Proteus 6.3 and CCS cof files files and I have not problem.
It works well with .cof or .hex files. If you want to use cof files without debug, you can press Ctrl-F12. Or if you want no debug just put .hex file instead of .cof. I dont know another proteus releases.

Good luck