Lpc2000

Hi Joe,

overall I think most of us violently agree that the software developer
needs to know the peripherals and read that.. Datasheet or Users
Manual to write the code that goes into a production circuit.
A big however, before you decide which device to go with, you want to
evaluate the devices in question. Having a tool like that from
Imagecraft or the more complex tool from IAR during such a phase helps
big time. Even afterwards, using the generated code as a template gets
you going faster. 
For evaluation purposes a code generator is extremly useful for
production code it is a template generator. 

My experience is that needing to read the manual to get an example
running that relates to your application often takes too long.
Starting with a proof of concept gives you a much better feeling to
make the right choice using a particular micro. 

Cheers, Bob

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "Joe Hlebasko" <jhlebasko@i...> wrote:
> I have not used ImageCraft's Application Builder.  My thought is if I am
> developing an Application, I'd better know the peripherals
performing the
> work. You *WILL* eventually need to read the datasheet to know
what's going
> on. As someone earlier said there is no such thing as a free lunch.
> Although tools like this can be a kickstart for learning a new chip.
> 
> Joe
> 
> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: Lasse Madsen [mailto:lasse.madsen@e...] 
> > Sent: Tuesday, January 04, 2005 9:43 PM
> > To: lpc2000@yahoogroups.com
> > Subject: RE: [lpc2000] Re: Imagecraft ARM compiler release beta1
> > 
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