On 13/10/2012, at 4:52 AM, Dick Hollenbeck <d...@softplc.com> wrote:
> On 10/12/2012 12:52 AM, Hans Henry von Tresckow wrote: >> On Thu, Oct 11, 2012 at 3:39 PM, Vesa Solonen <vesa.solo...@aalto.fi> wrote: >>> 11.10.2012 18:09, Dick Hollenbeck kirjoitti: >>> >>> >>>> More immediately, I need a template for this StellarisLM4F120 Launchpad >>>> board: >>> >>> I've been eyeing on it for some serious smps and induction heating control. >>> The only thing that is less than clear is there a fully open toolchain >>> available. I'm not going to invest much for a proprietary programming tools. >>> >>> The price and features are impressive. Might jump off the AVR ship... >>> >>> -Vesa >> I'll let you know how the Codesourcery toolchain works out when mine >> finally get here....(Ti says Nov 16... Pre order my foot.) > > I can testify that it works just fine. It is gnu gcc/g++ from Mentor, and is > free. > I've been using it for 6 months. Firmware development has never been easier > with these > Cortex-M3 and M4 chips, along with free tools like Codesourcery Lite from > Mentor. Where > else can you get 256 kbytes of 32 bit program code space, 10 or 15 > peripherals, for $4 - $5 ? > And they run at 50 MHz to 200 Mhz. > > And there are about 6 vendors who are all beating themselves silly on price. > This is the > sweet spot for embedded work. > > Dick I've been using the STM32 series micros for the last few months with the CodeSourcery compiler. Same deal - 32 bit ARM M4, up to 1M of flash and 192k of RAM with USB, CAN etc. Clock speeds in the same range I can also recommend the Chibios RTOS, if you need one. Craig _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers Post to : kicad-developers@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~kicad-developers More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
