Are you using C++ only for compile time strong type checking and for
templates only? Or it is too much of simplification of the complex library
you have built?

Tamas



On 3 March 2014 10:28, Wouter van Ooijen <wouter@voti.nl> wrote:

> Jason White schreef op 03-Mar-14 3:00 PM:
> > Cheap indeed, I have been eying ARM for a while. I would like to hear
> > the experiences of others on this topic. So far it seems like Martin
> > said NXP's LPC series is just about the cheapest on the market. But
> > the real question is toolchain support. I know there are some pretty
> > good commercial (expensive) ones. I had read that there is an open
> > source Eclipse based IDE bundled with GCC. Does it work alright? Also,
> > programming and debugging these ARM's requires a standalone JTAG
> > programmer. Are there any good tools (hardware or software like
> > openocd) out there to do that?
>
> I have switched almost totally to ARM, because I was fed up with the
> not-exactly-standard C for PICs, and the shock of MPLABX.
>
> I use mainly LPC1114 (DIP28) and LPC810 (DIP08), with C++ using a
> standard GCC (free from https://launchpad.net/gcc-arm-embedded), and
> serial download using LPC21ISP. I don't use a debugger, I prefer writing
> to std::cout (via the UART to the PC).
>
> I write my own linkerscript, support libraries etc. The last-year
> version can be found at http://www.voti.nl/bmptk , I am working on the
> next version. It supports coding in assembler, C and C++. (Which happen
> to be the languages I teach.)
>
> I use C++ because it can be used to write code, especially libraries, in
> a very abstract/configurable/flexible way, but without sacrificing
> run-time size or speed. An article on this (objects: no thanks!) can be
> found at
>
> http://www.embedded.com/design/programming-languages-and-tools/4428377/Ob=
jects--No--thanks---Using-C--effectively-on-small-systems-
>
> Wouter van Ooijen
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