
Make Your Own Compiler This Way
Targeting for PIC16 and STM8 MCUs
Mengjin Su(Author)
Mengjin Su (Publisher)
Published on 26. February 2026
Book
Paperback/Softback
420 pages
978-1-969818-28-8 (ISBN)
Description
Make Your Own Compiler This Way is a hands-on, engineering-focused guide that walks readers through building a working C compiler toolchain for 8-bit microcontrollers, with primary emphasis on Microchip PIC16 (enhanced PIC16) and a dedicated section on STM8. It breaks the compiler into practical, buildable components, preprocessor, parser, assembler, and linker, and explains how each piece fits into a complete workflow that produces deployable binaries for target MCUs.
The book teaches compiler construction using real tools and a real build environment, including GNU toolchains (MinGW) and the classic parsing stack Flex + Bison, making it especially valuable for embedded developers who want to understand what happens "under the hood" between C source code and microcontroller machine code.
A full section extends the same concepts to STM8 compiler tools, highlighting architectural differences and how those differences shape compiler design decisions.
More details
Language
English
Dimensions
Height: 280 mm
Width: 216 mm
Thickness: 27 mm
Weight
1559 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-969818-28-8 (9781969818288)
Schweitzer Classification