Hi, i am currently working with Microchip chips to build synthesizers.
The big problem is they dont give the full optimized compiler for free, so i cannot get the best out of theyr chips.
Currently i can only build a monophonic synthesizer with the unoptimized DSPICFJ128GP802, i would like to build a polyphonic synthesizer.
Sometimes i read about cortex chip being the fastest, so i signed up here with my questions :
Do i get here fully optimized C/C++ compiler for free ?
Are your chips also in DIP package ?
How many pins are the DIP package maximum ?, with Microchip i only get 28 pin DIP, i would like to have 40 pin.
Does one of your chips has build in audio DAC ?, i currently use DSPICFJ128GP802, i am very happy because it has a build audio DAC.
Does your chips have hardware UART build in ?, i need this to receive MIDI data.
Thanks in advance, greetings
I haven't experience of this area but have you looked at Microchip's own line of ARM chips, they own Atmel now -look for SMART ARM or SAM, as they may have worked through any problems of connecting their own stuff up together? Even if they haven't worked through that yet Atmel is worth a look. There's free gcc and llvm compilers for ARM chips.
Hi, i dont even know what ARM processor is,
what i do know is that Microchip dont gives optimized pro compliler, so why take a look if i cannot use 100% of the chip power ?
I need a 40 pin DIP chip with build in audio DAC and hardware UART, just checking if this is possible from other brands ?
Assuming it's an ARM core, GCC and LLVM are both free and don't require to be sourced from Microchip. Both of these are production grade optimizing compilers, used in multiple commercial devices (e.g. Android phones use GCC historically, and Apple phones use the clang frontend to LLVM).
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