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Hello Jim,


                      I used MCU 8051 IDE earlier although my experience with 8051 was limited and have no idea with new developments in core(integration of RF and other modern peheriperals and higher clock frequencies last I heard).
 
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On Sunday, May 4, 2014 6:35 AM, Jim Wagner <wagnejam99@comcast.net> wrote:
 
  
To dredge up an old-horse, of sorts, any recommendations for free IDE for 8051 family? Or, even a compiler and programming mechanism that works?


Thanks


Jim Wagner
Oregon Research Electronics




On May 3, 2014, at 5:55 PM, Martin McKee wrote:


  
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>And, it's not the same, of course.  But it is a debug/emulation limit.  It will happily compile projects of any size.  It's then up to the user to get it into the product though.  And you'd better hope it works.  But, it might still allow for fewer Pro seats needed.
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>On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 12:42 PM, <larryvc@hotmail.com> wrote:

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>>LPCXpresso Pro is only US $495.00 for a single user license, not the thousands that you mention.  We have done some very large projects here and have yet to need the Pro version.
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>>@JS, I am still alive and well.  Super busy these days.
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