Lpc2000

Hi Leon,

> Having heard about the new Hi-Tech ARM tools I thought I'd 
> download the demo and try the software out. Where I used to 
> work we used their PICC-18 compiler which worked quite well, 
> unlike Microchip's own compiler for the 18Fxxx chips, which 
> had so many bugs that we gave up on it.
> 
> Like all their tools, the ARM software is DOS-based with an 
> optional Windows IDE, rejoicing in the name of 'HI-TIDE'. 
> They have written their own compiler, assembler, linker etc. 
> Unfortunately, HI-TIDE is written in Java, which makes it 
> rather slow and clunky. For some reason, the only sample 
> project which runs 'out of the box' is one for an OKI ARM 
> chip, which is, allegedly, very difficult to get hold of.
> 
> Has anyone else tried Hi-Tech's offering?

I tried Hi-Tech's offering for MSP430 (of course).  I must admit that I
was disappointed with it (code generation below par, horrible IDE), so
no competition to us.  If the ARM tools are the same, as I expect they
are, I think they're overpriced and not of sufficient quality.

I think our approach is right.  However, we're considering replacing GCC
with something a bit more capable.  That may change as there are things
afoot in the ARM world.

--
Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for MSP430 and ARM processors