Yep, I know of gcc being free, but what I was suggesting was that if=20
Microchip did this with their ARM tool chain (to be competitive, or to=20
not change Atmel Studio's model) with their ARM offerings, I'd get the=20
benefit of having a real live FAE I can call from those rare but=20
important days when I lose hair over an issue.  Have you tried calling=20
STM or NXP for help?  Even for presales help (when I was choosing=20
processors for a project), I was originally told to register and submit=20
a support ticket and my (presales) questions would be added there.

Cheers,
-Neil.



On 5/9/2016 12:19 PM, Wouter van Ooijen wrote:
> For ARM chips GCC is totally free, with libraries and all (try gnu arm=20
> embedded / launchpad). Personaly I would like to see a range of Cortex=20
> chips in DIP housing. So far there are only two (from NXP). Wouter=20

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