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Not enough RAM for all variables problem

 
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Not enough RAM for all variables problem
PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 7:19 am     Reply with quote

Hello i am facing the compiler error "Not enough RAM for all variables"

As i saw at compile's help it says that i have to split big functions e.t.c.
I 've done that but nothing happens.Also i removed any uncessary variable.

Here is my code:


Code:



#include "C:\SmallPicTimer\16F876A.h"
#include <string.h>
#fuses XT,NOWDT,NOPROTECT,NOBROWNOUT,NOLVP  //INTERNAL OSCILLATOR NO CLOCK
#use delay(clock=4000000)




//#bit rele1=5.1
//#define rele1   GPIO.1

//#define rele2   GPIO.2

#bit G_RES   =   PORTB.1
#bit G_RS    =    PORTB.2
#bit G_CLOCK =    PORTB.4
#bit G_DATA  =  PORTB.5


#bit button1 = PORTC.7
#bit button2 = PORTC.6
#bit button3 = PORTC.5

int16 Button(int16 ,int16 ,int16 );
void Bin2Bcd(char);
void init(void);
void lcdinit(void);
void send(int8);
void delay(void);
//void display(void);
//void entire_display_on_off(void);
//void blink(void);
void Show_Numbers(char ,char);
void Get_Numbers(char );
void lcd_clear(void);
void lcd_clear_line(char);
void set_page(char);
//void send_pulse(int1 );
void Get_Middle(char word);

void othoni1(void);
void Menu(void);
void code(void);



void set_column(char);

unsigned char data;
unsigned int n,c;
unsigned char x,BcdHigh,BcdLow,test=0;

char  Ringel[]=" RINGEL       ELECTRONICS ",
Space[]=" ",WaterText[]="W A T E R =    m{" ,
FreqText[]="F R E Q =   KHz";

char HydroText[]= "H Y D R O M E T E R",
FreqMeterText[]= "F R E Q . _ M E T E R",
MenuText[]="S E T T I N G S";




/*

   };

*/

#include "C:\SmallPicTimer\graphics.c"





void main(void)
{





delay_ms(500);
init();

lcdinit();


Menu();





glcd_text57(WaterText, 1);

loop1:
set_column(12);



Bin2Bcd(test);
Show_Numbers(BcdHigh ,BcdLow);
delay_ms(1000);
if(test==99)
test=0;
test++;

goto Loop1;

//goto lp;
//blink();
//delay_ms(1000);
//}
while(1);

}




void init(void)
{



PORTA=0;
PORTB=0;
PORTC=0;

TRISA=0;
TRISB=0;
TRISC=0b11100000;

return;

}


void send(int8 var)

{

char d0,d1,d2,d3,d4,d5,d6,d7;

d0=(var & 0b1)/1;
d1=(var & 0b10)/2;
d2=(var & 0b100)/4;
d3=(var & 0b1000)/8;
d4=(var & 0b10000)/16;
d5=(var & 0b100000)/32;
d6=(var & 0b1000000)/64;
d7=(var & 0b10000000)/128;


G_DATA=d7;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d6;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d5;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d4;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d3;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d2;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d1;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d0;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
/*
send_pulse(d0);send_pulse(d1);
send_pulse(d2);send_pulse(d3);
send_pulse(d4);send_pulse(d5);
send_pulse(d6);send_pulse(d7);
*/
}
/*
void send_pulse(int1 p)
{
G_DATA=p;
G_CLOCK=1;
G_CLOCK=0;
}


G_DATA=d7;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d6;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d5;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d4;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d3;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d2;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d1;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
G_DATA=d0;G_CLOCK=1;G_CLOCK=0;
*/


//delay();
//}

void delay(void)

{
for (n=0;n<20;n++)
{
}

}


void lcdinit(void)
{
char k;
//OSCCON=21; //117
//CMCON0=7;
//ANSEL=0;
//TRISIO=8;
///////// G_RS=RS (REGISTER SELECT)(pin5)
///////// G_CLOCK=CLK (pin3)
///////// G_DATA=SID (DATA) (pin2)
///////// G_RES=RESET (pin6)
G_RES=0;
G_RS=0;
G_DATA=0;
G_CLOCK=0;

for (k=0;k<200;k++)
{
delay();
}
G_RES=1;
delay_ms(10);
//////////// Initialization of Lcd /////////

send(0xE2); // SOFTWARE RESET
delay_ms(10);
//delay();delay();delay();//

send(0xA1); // ADC SELECT
send(0xC0); // SHL SELECT
send(0xA2); // LCD BIAS SELECT

send(0x2C);delay();// VC ON
send(0x2E);delay();// VR ON
send(0x2F);delay();// VF ON

send(0x26); // REGULATOR SELECT 26
delay();delay();delay();//
send(0x81); // REFERENCE VOLTAGE MODE
delay();delay();delay();
send(0x10); // COEFFICIENT
delay();delay();delay();

//////////// DATA /////////////////////
send(0x40); // INITIAL LINE 40
send(0xB0); // PAGE B0
send(0x10); // COL ADDRESS 10 MSB
send(0x00); // 00           LSB   
send(0xAF); //DISPLAY ON AF
send(0xA6);   //Display gets Black and the letters appear white
G_RS=1;
}
/////////////////////////////////////////////////
void Menu(void)

{

   char CodeText[]="E N T E R C O D E : "   ;
         
   Get_Middle(MenuText);
   glcd_text57(MenuText, 1);

   set_page(2);
   
   glcd_text57(CodeText, 1);
   delay_ms(100);

   code();

   
}

 int16 Button(int16 k,int16 orioH,int16 orioL)

{
   
      
   if(button2==0)
{

   k++;
   //if(button1==0 &&button3==0)
   //k+=10;

   if(k>orioH)
   k=orioL;



}
else
   
   
   if(button3==0)
   
{
   k--;

   
   //if(   button2==0 &&button3==0)
   //k-=10;

   if(k<orioL || k>orioH)
   k=orioH;
}
return(k);

}



//////////////////////////////////////////////

void code(void)

{

   char y1,y2,y3,
      CodeCorrect[]="C O D E O.K";   

while(!button1)
   {
   y1=Button(y1,9,0);
   
   Get_Numbers(y1);
   }

   delay_ms(300);

   while(!button1)
   {
   y2=Button(y1,9,0);
   
   Get_Numbers(y2);
   }

   delay_ms(300);

   while(!button1)
   {
   y3=Button(y1,9,0);
   
   Get_Numbers(y3);
   }

   delay_ms(300);
   
   if(y1==1&&y2==2&&y3==3)
   {
   set_page(4);
    set_column(0);   
   glcd_text57(CodeCorrect, 1);
   }

}


///////////////////////////////////////////////
void Bin2Bcd(char x)
{

   
   BcdHigh=x/10;      ///Decades
   BcdLow=x%10;
   

exit:

return;
}


//////////////////////////
void Show_Numbers(char High,char Low)

{

   Get_Numbers(High);
   Get_Numbers(Low);
   return;
}

void Get_Numbers(char Num)
{
char r=0;

   
      
   for(r=0;r<5;r++)
   send(FONT[Num+16][r]);
   

   }
                     


//void Show Custom

void lcd_clear(void)
{

char l,b;

   for(l=0;l<8;l++)
   {
   set_page(l);
   for(b=0;b<26;b++)
   glcd_text57(Space, 1);

   }
}

void lcd_clear_line(char row)
{

char y;
   
   set_page(row);
   for(y=0;y<26;y++)
   glcd_text57(Space, 1);

}


void set_page(char pg)
{
   if(pg>7)
   pg=7;

   G_RS=0;
   send((pg+0xB0));
   send(0x10); // COL ADDRESS 10 MSB
   send(0x00); // 00           LSB
   G_RS=1;

}

//////////////////////////////////////////////////////
//Παίρνει ως είσοδο πόσα γραμματα -1 θέλει να μεταφερθεί
//Ένα γράμμα =5 pixel οριζόντια//////////////////////

///


void set_column(char colum)
{
   char debug;
   //colum-=1;
   
   colum*=5;  //convert to pixel
   
   if(colum>124)
   colum=124;
   
   debug=(( colum >> 4 ) & 0x0F);
   G_RS=0;
   
   //send(0x40); // INITIAL LINE 40
   //send(0xB0); // PAGE B0
   
   send(debug|0b00010000);   
   send((colum&15));
   G_RS=1;
   
}

void Get_Middle(char word)
{
char w_length;

   w_length=strlen(word);
   set_column(13-(w_length/2));
   
}


//////////////////////////////////

void othoni1(void)

{
   
   Get_Middle(HydroText);
   glcd_text57(HydroText, 1);
}


I also use this external file:


Code:

int8 const  FONT[51][5] ={0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, 0x00, // SPACE
                         0x00, 0x00, 0x5F, 0x00, 0x00, // !
                         0x00, 0x03, 0x00, 0x03, 0x00, // "
                         0x14, 0x3E, 0x14, 0x3E, 0x14, // #
                         0x24, 0x2A, 0x7F, 0x2A, 0x12, // $
                         0x43, 0x33, 0x08, 0x66, 0x61, // %
                         0x36, 0x49, 0x55, 0x22, 0x50, // &
                         0x00, 0x05, 0x03, 0x00, 0x00, // '
                         0x00, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x41, 0x00, // (
                         0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x00, // )
                         0x14, 0x08, 0x3E, 0x08, 0x14, // *
                         0x08, 0x08, 0x3E, 0x08, 0x08, // +
                         0x00, 0x50, 0x30, 0x00, 0x00, // ,
                         0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, // -
                         0x00, 0x60, 0x60, 0x00, 0x00, // .
                         0x20, 0x10, 0x08, 0x04, 0x02, // /
                         0x3E, 0x51, 0x49, 0x45, 0x3E, // 0
                         0x00, 0x04, 0x02, 0x7F, 0x00, // 1
                         0x42, 0x61, 0x51, 0x49, 0x46, // 2
                         0x22, 0x41, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36, // 3
                         0x18, 0x14, 0x12, 0x7F, 0x10, // 4
                         0x27, 0x45, 0x45, 0x45, 0x39, // 5
                         0x3E, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x32, // 6
                         0x01, 0x01, 0x71, 0x09, 0x07, // 7
                         0x36, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36, // 8
                         0x26, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x3E, // 9
                         0x00, 0x36, 0x36, 0x00, 0x00, // :
                         0x00, 0x56, 0x36, 0x00, 0x00, // ;
                         0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41, 0x00, // <
                         0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, // =
                         0x00, 0x41, 0x22, 0x14, 0x08, // >
                         0x02, 0x01, 0x51, 0x09, 0x06, // ?
                         0x3E, 0x41, 0x59, 0x55, 0x5E, // @
                         0x7E, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x7E, // A
                         0x7F, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x36, // B
                         0x3E, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x22, // C
                         0x7F, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x3E, // D
                         0x7F, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x41, // E
                         0x7F, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x01, // F
                         0x3E, 0x41, 0x41, 0x49, 0x3A, // G
                         0x7F, 0x08, 0x08, 0x08, 0x7F, // H
                         0x00, 0x41, 0x7F, 0x41, 0x00, // I
                         0x30, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x3F, // J
                         0x7F, 0x08, 0x14, 0x22, 0x41, // K
                         0x7F, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, // L
                         0x7F, 0x02, 0x0C, 0x02, 0x7F, // M
                         0x7F, 0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x7F, // N
                         0x3E, 0x41, 0x41, 0x41, 0x3E, // O
                         0x7F, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x06, // P
                         0x1E, 0x21, 0x21, 0x21, 0x5E, // Q
                         0x7F, 0x09, 0x09, 0x09, 0x76};// R

int8 const  FONT2[44][5]={0x26, 0x49, 0x49, 0x49, 0x32, // S
                         0x01, 0x01, 0x7F, 0x01, 0x01, // T
                         0x3F, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x3F, // U
                         0x1F, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1F, // V
                         0x7F, 0x20, 0x10, 0x20, 0x7F, // W
                         0x41, 0x22, 0x1C, 0x22, 0x41, // X
                         0x07, 0x08, 0x70, 0x08, 0x07, // Y
                         0x61, 0x51, 0x49, 0x45, 0x43, // Z
                         0x00, 0x7F, 0x41, 0x00, 0x00, // [
                         0x02, 0x04, 0x08, 0x10, 0x20, // \
                         0x00, 0x00, 0x41, 0x7F, 0x00, // ]
                         0x04, 0x02, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, // ^
                         0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, 0x40, // _
                         0x00, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x00, // `
                         0x20, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x78, // a
                         0x7F, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38, // b
                         0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, // c
                         0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x7F, // d
                         0x38, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x18, // e
                         0x04, 0x04, 0x7E, 0x05, 0x05, // f
                         0x08, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x3C, // g
                         0x7F, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78, // h
                         0x00, 0x44, 0x7D, 0x40, 0x00, // i
                         0x20, 0x40, 0x44, 0x3D, 0x00, // j
                         0x7F, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44, 0x00, // k
                         0x00, 0x41, 0x7F, 0x40, 0x00, // l
                         0x7C, 0x04, 0x78, 0x04, 0x78, // m
                         0x7C, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, 0x78, // n
                         0x38, 0x44, 0x44, 0x44, 0x38, // o
                         0x7C, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x08, // p
                         0x08, 0x14, 0x14, 0x14, 0x7C, // q
                         0x00, 0x7C, 0x08, 0x04, 0x04, // r
                         0x48, 0x54, 0x54, 0x54, 0x20, // s
                         0x04, 0x04, 0x3F, 0x44, 0x44, // t
                         0x3C, 0x40, 0x40, 0x20, 0x7C, // u
                         0x1C, 0x20, 0x40, 0x20, 0x1C, // v
                         0x3C, 0x40, 0x30, 0x40, 0x3C, // w
                         0x44, 0x28, 0x10, 0x28, 0x44, // x
                         0x0C, 0x50, 0x50, 0x50, 0x3C, // y
                         0x44, 0x64, 0x54, 0x4C, 0x44, // z
                         //0x00, 0x08, 0x36, 0x41, 0x41, // {
                         0x11, 0x15, 0x1F, 0x00, 0x00, //x3 {
                   0x00, 0x00, 0x7F, 0x00, 0x00, // |
                         0x41, 0x41, 0x36, 0x08, 0x00, // }
                         0x02, 0x01, 0x02, 0x04, 0x02}; // ~
                   //0x7F, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01, 0x01};// Γ

//const int8 Cust_FONT[1}[5]={0x05,0x07,0x07,0x00,0x00);



/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////





/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
// Purpose:       Write text on a graphic LCD
// Inputs:        (x,y) - The upper left coordinate of the first letter
//                textptr - A pointer to an array of text to display
//                size - The size of the text: 1 = 5x7, 2 = 10x14, ...
//                color - ON or OFF
/////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////


void glcd_text57(char* textptr, char page)

{
   int8    m;                       // Loop counters
   int8 pixelData[5];                     // Stores character data

   for(; *textptr != '\0'; ++textptr, ++x)// Loop through the passed string
   {
      if(*textptr < 'S') // Checks if the letter is in the first font array
         memcpy(pixelData, FONT[*textptr - ' '], 5);
      else if(*textptr <= '~') // Check if the letter is in the second font array
         memcpy(pixelData, FONT2[*textptr - 'S'], 5);
      else
         memcpy(pixelData, FONT[0], 5);   // Default to space

   
   
   for(m=0;m<5;m++)
 {
   //for(j=0;j<2;j++)
   //{
   //setpage(page+j);
   //set_column(m);
    send(pixeldata[m]);
   //}
 }
}

   }




Sorry for the code size.[/code]
Ttelmah
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 8:11 am     Reply with quote

Wrong error.....
Spliting up the functions, if for the 'not enough _ROM_ error', where it can be caused by the 'parts' of the program simply being too large to fit in the available ROM banks. The _RAM_ error, is different.
For the RAM error, there are three basic causes:
1) On '16' chips in particular, the RAM is organised into pages. These have large areas used by 'system' variables mapped into the same area (hardware feature of the chip - nothing you can do about this). The _largest_ array or variable you define, _must_ fit into the availble space in one bank.
2) Even if the individual variables fit, you can just run out of RAM. The PIC's don't have much...
3) How much RAM you can use, is also limited by the mode you configure the code to use. The limit is only the first page (96bytes), unless you add the *=16 option to your device declaration.

Fortunately, I cannot see the *=16 declaration anywhere in your code, so this should fix the problem, Currently, you just have 96byytes available, and your six text message arrays are using this, without leaving space for anything else....

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PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:05 am     Reply with quote

An additional hint on saving RAM:
Code:
char HydroText[]= "H Y D R O M E T E R",
This creates the data in RAM but it is very unlikely you ever want to change the text. Change to
Code:
const char HydroText[]= "H Y D R O M E T E R",
to read the data from ROM.

There is a restriction though... The CCS compiler can not handle pointers to ROM, only to RAM. This means you will have to copy the data from ROM to a temporary RAM buffer before you can pass it to a function like printf().

The v4.xxx compiler is suppossed to be capable of handling ROM pointers but I don't think this new feature is stable yet.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:52 am     Reply with quote

Thanks for the quick response.How can declare the *16 option?Please give me an example.
Also i dont know if this has to do with my problem but i read somewhere in this forum about enabling the 16bit pointers.What is that and can this help?
Thanks

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I have the feeling that *16 is the 16bit pointers am i correct?
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 9:58 am     Reply with quote

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I have the feeling that *16 is the 16bit pointers am i correct?
Yes

Example
Code:
#device PIC16F123
#device *=16

or
Code:
#device PIC16F123 *=16 ADC=10


Note that *8 (default) results in more efficient ROM code but is limited to using only the first RAM bank. *16 gives access to all available RAM but at the cost of using a bit more ROM.
This directive does nothing for PIC18 processors, these are always using 16 bit pointers.
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PostPosted: Wed Oct 03, 2007 10:18 am     Reply with quote

Thanks again for the response.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 8:42 am     Reply with quote

I have the same problem with a pic12CE509 with the use of only 25 variables. So the bank1 is not use by the compiler. What is possible to do tu use the 40 bytes of ram ?

I tried to add *=16 to device declration but the compiler don't accept it.

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PostPosted: Thu Oct 25, 2007 9:03 am     Reply with quote

#device *=8

The manual is very poorly written here. The 'options' section, should read something like:
Code:

Options are qualifiers to the standard operation of the device. Valid options are:
*=5 Use 5 bit pointers (for all parts - default on '12' chips)
*=8 Use 8 bit pointers ('12' and '16' parts - default on '16' chips)
*=16Use 16 bit pointers (for '16' parts - n/a on '18' parts)


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