LX51 vs BL51, AX51 vs A51

[mr_creosote]

Hi,

I just noticed that my PTX and PRX projects use different assemblers and linkers -- not sure why. I got the sample projects from Nordic. What's the difference between LX51 vs BL51, AX51 vs A51? Which should I use?

Best,

Mahesh

[Håkon Alseth]

Hi Mahesh,

 

BL51 is the basic linker for 8051 cores, while LX51 is the enhanced linker.

The LX51 allows you do to drop unused functions for instance, by adding "REMOVEUNUSED" to the LX51 MISC option.

You can read more about it here:

http://www.keil.com/c51/lx51.asp

 

AX51 vs. A51 is the same approach as above, only for the assembler part.

 

Cheers,

Håkon

[mr_creosote]

thanks!