Lpc2000

Hello Daniel,

if you have the budget for a trace emulator, it might really reduce
your development time but trace comes at a double cost. The emulator
is  more expensive AND you loose 10 pins. 
If your budget is restricted (like everyones ;-)  to get started the
MCB2130 from Keil in a package with the U-Link (JTAG hardware) gets
you going for $299 (www.lpctools.com).  Most likely though you need to
upgrade to the full compiler package, don't know the exact pricing but
in the neighbohood of $2k.

Lower cost, in regards to the compiler would be going with GNU
(www.gnuarm.com for a start). It all depends how much is your time
worth to yourself and how important is time to market. With a product
which needs to be fast to market you want to have tools that generate
optimized code AND a phone number to call if something does not work
as expeceted. 

We have made good experience with the Keil tools, though the compiler
is still work in progress.

hth, Bob

--- In lpc2000@yahoogroups.com, "danielator2004" <danielator@v...> wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> I plan to start with 2138 and I need to choose a dev. tool.
> 
> Can somebody tell me his development tool (IDE,compiler,debugger) 
> and above all his JTAG debugger (with appreciation) ?
> 
> Debuggers with trace recording seems very expensive !
> 
> Does simple JTAG probe (no trace, 2 hard breakpoints) sufficient for 
> debugging ?
> 
> Thank you
> D.