Limitations

Keil development development tools without a current product license run as a Lite/Evaluation edition and have the following restrictions:

MDK-ARM Lite Edition

• Programs that generate more than 32 Kbytes of code and data will not compile, assemble, or link.
• The debugger supports programs that are 32 Kbytes or smaller.
• The compiler does not generate a disassembly listing of the machine code generated. The -S, --asm, and --interleave compiler command-line options are disabled.
• The compiler and assembler do not generate position-independent code or data. The --apcs /ropi /rwpi /pic/ pid compiler and assembler command line options are disabled.
• The assembler and linker create Symbolic Output Format objects which cannot be linked with third-party linker utilities. Fully licensed tools generate standard ELF/DWARF files which may be used with third-party utilities.
• The linker does not accept scatter-loading description files for sophisticated memory layouts. The --scatter command line option is disabled.
• The base address for the code and constants in memory must be 0x000080000, 0x000100000, 0x000200000, 0x000300000, 0x000400000, 0x010400000, 0xXX000000, or 0xXX800000 (where XX is a Hexadecimal number from 00-FF). When the base address is 0x0 the linker places the code at the start of on-chip Flash of most ARM processor-based microcontrollers.

C51 Evaluation Tools

• The 8051 compiler, assembler, linker, and debugger are limited to 2 Kbytes of object code. Source code may be of any size.
• Programs that generate more than 2 Kbytes of object code will not compile, assemble, or link.
• The debugger supports programs that are 2 Kbytes or smaller.
• The startup code generated includes LJMPs. Code generated cannot be used in single-chip devices that support 2 Kbytes or less of program space.
• Programs start at offset 0x0800. Programs generated with the evaluation software may not be programmed into single-chip devices with less than 2 Kbytes of on-chip ROM.
• No hardware support for multiple DPTR registers is provided.
• No support for floating-point arithmetic and no support for user libraries is provided.
• No support for in-line assembly using #pragma ASM.
• The following components which are present in the PK51 Full Version are not included in the Evaluation Version: Linker for Code Banking, Library Manager, and RTX51 Tiny Real-time Operating System.

C251 Evaluation Tools

• The 251 compiler, assembler, linker, and debugger are limited to 2 Kbytes of object code. Source code may be of any size.
• Programs that generate more than 2 Kbytes of object code will not compile, assemble, or link.
• The debugger supports programs that are 2 Kbytes or smaller.

C166 Evaluation Tools

• The C166 compiler, assembler, and linker are limited to 4 Kbytes of object code. Source code may be of any size.
• Programs that generate more than 4 Kbytes of object code will not compile, assemble, or link.
• The debugger supports programs that are 8 Kbytes or smaller.