Hi been using Delphi 5 and async pro for a few years. What we found is that up to windows 8.1 programs written with it, will work right of the box. I actually wrote a program to test if there were any loss of packets where I send data to a ARM uC and it echos back to the PC this is done at 115200 baud continuously. What we found was that after 2 days it did not drop one single packet. We tested the same thing with java using RXTX package and it regularly was missing packets. I am sure we will run out of steam with Delphi 5 at some stage, buy for the moment it works very well. I did try to use code typhon and lazarus but couldn't integrate async pro package. Code typhon does have a Cople of serial packages that I have not tried yet. Would be interested on the C/C++ routines/code you are using for the VS. Thank you. Best Regards Luis On 9 Nov 2015 16:07, "Neil" wrote: > So yes, I am tinkering with VS Express 2013 (I chose 2013 over 2015 for > now as there are lots of tutorials and books for 2013). Not > cross-platform I know, but considering how well documented it is, I'm > very swayable. > > Cheers, > -Neil. > > > > On 11/7/2015 9:25 PM, Bob Ammerman wrote: > > You can develop .NET apps with Visual Studio without purchasing any > Visual > > Studio stuff. There are two different 'free' versions of Visual Studio: > > Express and Community. The former is somewhat dumbed down, the latter i= s > the > > full professional version with licensing restrictions. Basically you ca= n > use > > Community to do anything you want, as long as you are an individual or > work > > for a small enough company. > > > > ~ Bob Ammerman > > RAm Systems > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: piclist-bounces@mit.edu [mailto:piclist-bounces@mit.edu] On > Behalf > >> Of Neil > >> Sent: Friday, November 06, 2015 6:49 PM > >> To: Microcontroller discussion list - Public. > >> Subject: Re: [OT] PC software development tools? > >> > >> Very nicely summarized list. > >> > >> Even though I know Java (as a language) fairly decently (though I will > > have to > >> re-learn the environment and resource files, etc), I still can't buy > into > > using it > >> for stuff that has any interaction with real-time applications. I nee= d > to > > re- > >> investigate to see if I can convince myself towards this route again, = as > > I've > >> used it previously for corporate applications, some Android dev, and > even > >> FIRST robotics. > >> > >> Mid this year, I got back into Android programming, and thought I'd go= a > >> different direction (rather than Java, Eclipse, etc), and came across > B4A > > (Basic > >> for Android), which is quite nice. I've only tinkered with it enough = to > > create a > >> basic bluetooth control app, but that went pretty smoothly and it's > pretty > >> well documented. For $59 it's a no-brainer. > >> Though I've put that on hold as the interface for my Maker Faire cooki= e- > >> printer project was developed quicker with Python. > >> > >> I will investigate MonoDevelop. From bits I've read, I can create ful= l > > apps > >> with this using the .NET libraries, and not have to purchase any Visua= l > > Studio > >> stuff... is this correct? > >> > >> Cheers, > >> -Neil. > >> > >> > >> On 11/6/2015 4:34 PM, Brian Hetrick wrote: > >>> Compiled languages targeting both Linux and Windows include C, C#, > >>> Java, and Visual Basic (the .NET version, a completely different > >>> animal than VB 6 or VBA; do not expect expertise to transfer). > >>> > >>> On Windows, the primary development environment is Visual Studio. > >>> Express and Community editions are free. Visual Studio does not > >>> support Java out of the box, but there are add-ins. MonoDevelop is > >>> commonly used on Linux, but is also available on Windows. MonoDevelop > >> is no cost. > >>> The primary development environments for the Java platform are > >>> NetBeans, Eclipse, and BlueJ. The primary development environments fo= r > >>> the Android platform (Java language, different libraries and > >>> ecosystem) are Android Studio, to some extent IntelliJ and Eclipse. > >>> Everything so far is no cost. There are commercial solutions for > >>> running .NET on Android, as well. > >>> > >>> Both the Java and .NET platforms supply standardized ways to talk wit= h > >>> serial lines. Windows and Linux talk with USB ports very differently; > >>> both Java and .NET operating-specific libraries exist and are no cost= .. > >>> > >> -- > >> http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > >> View/change your membership options at > >> http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > > -- > http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive > View/change your membership options at > http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist > --=20 http://www.piclist.com/techref/piclist PIC/SX FAQ & list archive View/change your membership options at http://mailman.mit.edu/mailman/listinfo/piclist .