Hi Guys I have been using CodeWarrior for a long time now and it works really well. I now use almost exclusively Freescale MCU HC8 and HC12, tools are cheap look at Softec and the site you should look at is www.freegeeks.net. Best regards Luis -----Original Message----- From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On Behalf Of kravnus wolf Sent: 15 January 2006 13:40 To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. Subject: Re: [PIC] Come to the Dark Side (tm) - Free Code WarriorforfreeScaleprocessors (16 kB C) FreeScale "Official" development tools are expensive! I don't see one for students....... Are they serious in competing with Microchip? John --- Xiaofan Chen wrote: > On 1/15/06, Russell McMahon > wrote: > > I have a friend who is reasonably knowledgeable on > industry directions > > and every time I send him any Microchip 'ra ra' > material, while he is > > heavily committed in other areas, he recites the > same basic mantra - > > ie 'ARM is it, the whole world is going to ARM, > the future is an ARM > > future, those who are not already on the ARM > bandwagon are in danger > > of missing the future, ...' . > > > > Thoughts? > > > > (I've BCC'd this to him). > > I think he might be correct and PIC24/dsPIC may not > be able to > compete well with low end ARM in the 16bit/32bit > market. > > Maybe Higher-end 8-bit market will lose to low end > ARM as well. > It will take time though. > > Still in the 8-bit market, PIC and MCS51 clones will > rule. How long > will it take to get a 6-pin or 8-pin ARM MCU? ;-) > > Regards, > Xiaofan > > -- > http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Tired of spam? Yahoo! Mail has the best spam protection around http://mail.yahoo.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist