Hi all,

I am now trying to learn to do more things on Linux (Ubuntu 5.04 now on a
Dell600M and an Amd64 desktop). Now on Linux I can do most of what I usually
do in Windows. However I also want to do some electronics design (including
MCU development) from Linux. At work I am involved mainly in electronic
circuits design (mainly analog circuits) and some 8-bit MCU development.

For PIC I know the good GNUPIC webpage. However the thing we have is not so
good as in Windows. At least MPLAB ICD2 is not supported now. Hitech C is
supported but it is expensive. SDCC is far away from its prime time in
Linux. I hear that there are users using Wine with MPLAB and MCC18. Today I
also saw a post of working C30 (without library) in the Microchip Forum. It
would be nice that GNUPIC can include more things.

For MCS51, there may exist some working Linux compiler like SDCC. However
nothing like Keil is out there. Could someone point out a good web site on
this topic?

For AVR, it seems we have very good Linux support (AVR-GCC and others). The
AVR-GCC list is very good, there are no OT junks there.

For Freescale HC08, it seems the support is limited as well.

For MSP430, MSPGCC exists but it seems that the new version are only out for
Windows.

For higher end MCU like ARM, it seems that Linux support is quite good.

For electronics circuits design, SPICE simulation tools exist but nothing is
as good as PSPICE (using version 8 and 10 at work and the free student
version at home). For layout design, it seems Eagle is what people use under
Linux. At work we are using P-CAD. Any good web page out there?

Best regards,
Xiaofan
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