Reporting program statistics

[alex]

Does anyone know of a good way to report statistics, like RAM usage and code space usage, using PBP? Perhaps an external program or an IDE exists which would do such a thing.

Alex

[Bruce]

Hi Alex,

You can see how much RAM is used, and what your compiled program size is by examining the .lst file generated after you compile your code.

If your BASIC file name is test.bas, you should have a file named test.lst after compile. Open this .lst file to see RAM allocation, and compiled program code size.

It will look something like this depending on the PIC type, and how many variables you use;

RAM_START       		EQU	00020h
RAM_END         		EQU	001EFh
RAM_BANKS       		EQU	00004h
BANK0_START     		EQU	00020h
BANK0_END       		EQU	0007Fh
BANK1_START     		EQU	000A0h
BANK1_END       		EQU	000EFh
BANK2_START     		EQU	00110h
BANK2_END       		EQU	0016Fh
BANK3_START     		EQU	00190h
BANK3_END       		EQU	001EFh
EEPROM_START    		EQU	02100h
EEPROM_END      		EQU	021FFh
R0              		EQU	RAM_START + 000h
R1              		EQU	RAM_START + 002h
R2              		EQU	RAM_START + 004h
R3              		EQU	RAM_START + 006h
R4              		EQU	RAM_START + 008h
R5              		EQU	RAM_START + 00Ah
R6              		EQU	RAM_START + 00Ch
R7              		EQU	RAM_START + 00Eh
R8              		EQU	RAM_START + 010h
FLAGS           		EQU	RAM_START + 012h
GOP             		EQU	RAM_START + 013h
RM1             		EQU	RAM_START + 014h
RM2             		EQU	RAM_START + 015h
RR1             		EQU	RAM_START + 016h
RR2             		EQU	RAM_START + 017h
_EADD            		EQU	RAM_START + 018h
_EDAT            		EQU	RAM_START + 019h
_X               		EQU	RAM_START + 01Ah

R0 to RR2 are PBP system variables. _EADD, _EDAT and _X are variables I created. From looking at my .lst file I know 27 RAM locations are being used by my program.

Program code size is also shown in the .lst file. Scroll down to the last line, and look at the hex number on the left.

+ 00D0- 0008  return

00D0h shows that my compiled program size was 209 words.

If you use an editor like MicroCode Studio, it will show the compiled program size on the lower left of the screen.