On 8/28/2012 5:26 PM, John Ferrell wrote:
>
> Is the available documentation available in a form that I can read&
> understand?
> Are there any App Notes?
>
> The STM32F0 Discovery Board looks pretty good too, but the "Eclipse
> Compiler" looks like a pretty steep learning curve from where I am.
> There i a fellow working on it with a couple YouTubes that I am watching.
>
>

I have used the ST boards a couple times and while the hardware may be=20
capable the programming isn't enjoyable. It seems like the people at ST=20
went out of their way to make their ARM implementation as complicated as=20
possible.  The last time I felt this was about programming  was using=20
some of the freescale stuff. Both companies seem to enjoy making things=20
harder to understand.
I have used a lot of ARM devices and so far the NXP stuff is the easiest=20
to use and just works with lots of different environments.  Before=20
spending any money on the ST boards I suggest you download the=20
datasheets and look at some of the code samples to see if it is=20
something you are comfortable with.

For ARM stuff I am using the boards from embeddedarm.com , currently a=20
TS-7300 that has both an ARM9 cpu and a cyclone II FPGA on the board,=20
they have lots of other boards too. Their price isn't the cheapest but=20
they have an ftp site that has all the code, build environment, cygwin=20
and linux setups, including a linux virtual box image containing a=20
complete development environment so you can just load it and start,  and=20
lots of documentation , which to me makes the price worth it.

Mark


Mark

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