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Compilers

Topic last updated 05 Jul 2010, by Igor Skochinsky. 1 reply
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05 Jul 2010

Hi,

Sorry I know isn't really an mbed question but not too sure where else to ask and google isnt being very helpful.

I have an mbed and have been using it for the past few months, but I have also been looking at developing a system using the NXP LPC2478 Microcontroller.

I am getting myself very confused in terms of programming the unit.

I was wondering about compilers.

Does anyone know what compiler I can use for this device?

Can I use a standard C compiler like gcc or does it have to be one specially for the LPC2478?

Any other information surrounding this topic would be helpful as well.

Thanks

Igor Skochinsky
05 Jul 2010

A good resource for LPC microcontrollers is the LPC2000 Yahoo group. Any ARM compiler (including GCC) will do, but you will need device-specific header files and linker scripts. I would recommend getting an evaluation board first, those usually come with necessary tools and source code.