Forum : ARM
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December 2, 2009 - 5:46pm
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so here's the deal - I'm looking for a new processor family to use having outgrown my current standard part (Atmel AVR). There are plenty of contenders, some mainstream and some not so. I keep coming back to look at the ARM range and in particular the Cortex-M3 and in particular the STM parts. We're a small company so spending lots of money on tools is difficult. It looks like the Raisonance offering of free IDE and C compiler, and a well priced entry-level JTAG (R-Link Standard) is almost too good to be true. Is it really the case that for 99 euros I can enter the world of ARM (OK, I'll need some development boards as well). For the current projects it feels like 32k bytes of code for debugging will be more than enough and I like the idea that I can upgrade later to unlimited code debugging for a reasonable price as well. And do I read it right that it also supports LPC2xxx series processors? |
Hi
I confirm what you have reported in this post.
To sum up here is what is offered:
1. Free
IDE from Raisonance, GCC compiler and Simulator from Raisonance.
2. For ~ 100E
IDE from Raisonance, GCC compiler and Simulator from Raisonance.
Full target programmationbut debug limited to 32k
3. For ~ 700E
IDE from Raisonance, GCC compiler and Simulator from Raisonance.
Full target programmation and full debug capabilit
Regards,
Matloub
Just a note:
The LPC2xxx family is not completely supported. Only ARM7 devices are supported for now, not ARM9.
However, in the future we plan to add support for new devices, in particular the Cortex-M3 based LPCs.
These updates will be available by a free PC software upgrade.
Oh, and it also supports ST7 and STM8, without any limitation. ;)
Best Regards,
Vincent
If you need a development board... take a look at the REva v.3 Starter Kits.
The REva v.3 board:
- Supports the major ST families of ARM core-based MCUs (STM32, STR9, STR7)
- Integrates the RLink (unlimited programming and debug up to 32 Kbytes of code)
- Implements daughter board mounted target MCUs so that you can use the board with a wide range of devices
- Has a complete range of evaluation features (http://www.mcu-raisonance.com/~reva-starter-kits-v3__microcontrollers__tool~tool__T018:4co6n9izwm3.html)
There are no LPC daughter boards (yet).
The REva is used with the same free software tools as the RLink (GCC C Compiler, Ride7, RFlasher)
@matloub
Thanks for confirming that. Seems like a very cost effective solution.
@VincentC
Thankyou. ARM9 is of no interest so that's OK.
@sgussenhoven
Thanks. I did think about the REva board but I'm more likely to buy a standalone RLink and some of the 'Stamp-like' boards with an M3 on. My interface hardware is quite specialised so I'm likely to wire a Stamp directly into an existing system.
I can feel an order coming on. :)