On Feb 7, 2008 4:18 PM, Matt Pobursky wrote: > On Thu, 7 Feb 2008 11:05:49 -0500, William Couture wrote: > > On Feb 6, 2008 11:30 PM, Matt Pobursky wrote: > > > >> Look at Rowley Crossworks for AVR if you want to see a truly > >> outstanding tool set. Their tools for the MSP430 and ARM are equally > >> high quality. I have no affiliation with them, just a satisfied > >> customer and user. > >> > > > > Have you tried the IAR compiler / debugger? How do they compare? > > Yeah, TI distributes a limited version of it with their MSP430 "Kickstart" > kits. > > IAR produces very compact code, best of all the tools or very near it. I > don't care for their debugger and user interface as much, it seems a bit > disjointed (the debugger runs separately from the Compiler/IDE). It's a > quality tool set from a solid company that's been around a long time. I > think it's overpriced compared to the quality of some other 3rd party > tools. Large company guys seem to feel comfortable with IAR much in the > same way corporate IT guys are comfortable with Dell or IBM. > > As a quick summary, this is how I'd rate the MSP430 tools: ... > You didn't mention mspgcc. I just switched a project over from IAR when we hit the code size limit. The code from gcc is about as compact as IAR was. The closed-source debugging stuff is a little flaky, but gcc seems solid as usual. Regards, Mark markrages@gmail -- Mark Rages, Engineer Midwest Telecine LLC markrages@midwesttelecine.com -- http://www.piclist.com PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist