I have many years of experience with the Motorola/Freescale 8 bits line of microcontrollers and C language. The Metrowerks compilers have been for me a reliable solution for many years now, with a great compiler and a good programming / debugging tool.
I need to get started with 32 bit architectures but I am a complete newbie to the 32 bit ARM family of microcontrollers and I want to just jump to a different manufacturer. I find NXP's ARM very interesting and the Keil evaluation board appears to be a very nice product.
I would like to start with the lpc2368 processor and the MCB2300 Evaluation Board from Keil. It seems to me that a evry good compiler ( as I heard - no experience with it ), a FLASH programming tool and a debugger comes in the box.
Dear friends, my questions are mainly oriented at the development tools:
1. Are there any license or code size limitations for the generated code ? 2. Has the MCB2300 a full featured C ( not C++ ) compiler ? 3. The kit is enough to get started or I would have to buy extra parts, cables, software, etc ?
You oppinios are very valuable for me. I am sorry for such simple questions.
Kind regards
Roberto
Thank you Andrew for your kind reply to my post. I have asked Keil for a quote.
However I find the information in the website a little confusing for me as a newbie to the chip and brand, and finally I didn't came clear if the compiler, programmer, etc. is included with the evaluation board ( not a standalone board ). IMHO an evaluation board should bring at least a few elements to generate, program, run and debug an application program.
So I will wait for the Keil's representative reply and ask all this.
I am located in Buenos Aires, Argentina where there are not many NXP or Keil seminars. For more than 30 years Motorola / Freescale and other major brands have priority in the market and they constantly present its seminars, etc.
Thank you again and greetings from Buenos Aires.