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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
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).