If it's limited I think it doesn't really count.
One may spend years getting to know it and growing with it only to have to spend thousands when the limit is reached.
One may spend years getting to know it and growing with it only to have to spend thousands when the limit is reached.
To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com
From: martinjaymckee@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 08:37:20 -0600
Subject: Re: Free IDE for any micro-Controller family (was: [AVR-Chat] Where has everyone gone?)
From: martinjaymckee@gmail.com
Date: Sat, 3 May 2014 08:37:20 -0600
Subject: Re: Free IDE for any micro-Controller family (was: [AVR-Chat] Where has everyone gone?)
Actually, the LPCXpresso IDE is quite usable and stable, at this point ( version 7.0 ). It is Eclipse based, so there is some bloat and it's not as quick as it absolutely could be, but it handles the creation of C and C++ applications and libraries well, debugging progresses without incident, and it is updated regularly to fix bugs and support the latest devices. Of course, it isn't all roses. It only supports the NXP LPC series ARM devices, so you are stuck with those ( although, I like them, and am perfectly willing to pay the slight premium for my low-volume work ). Also, the free version is debug limited to 256k. In cases that smaller devices are sufficient ( almost all of the work that I do ), that is well more than enough; were it not, one can buy the Pro version, but it certainly isn't free. Against that, there is the fact that ( being Eclipse based ) it runs on Windows/Mac/Linux, and installation ( on Linux, at any rate ) is dead simple. It just works.
Martin Jay McKee