Debuger, registry browser, many other extras, realy look cool. In regards to STVD, I quite agree – very complex comparing to Arduino’s GUI, but man, options that one gets can’t be compared with Arduion’s offer. Might be some truth in my thinking that they did hardware release to soon without having the “soft” side ready. Kind of positivelly surprised with quality of the package (documentation, help file, package). Just today, I found two REALY nice additions to the repository (3BEEP and PWM).
RAISONANCE FREE C COMPILER FOR ST8 CODE
I have decided to put my exitment on hold for a week or two and give them (ST) a chance to catch up with documentation and code samples. Posted in hardware Tagged debugger, kit, microcontroller, programmer, st-link, stm, stm8, usb Post Frustrated (and others)
RAISONANCE FREE C COMPILER FOR ST8 FULL
But for cost-conscious hackers and for educators needing to equip a whole classroom (or if you’re just looking for a stocking stuffer for your geeky nephew), it’s hard to argue with seven bucks for a full plug-and-play setup. The development tools are for Windows only, and novice programmers won’t get the same touchy-feely community of support that surrounds Arduino.
The Discovery board features a small prototyping area and throws in a touch-sense button for fun as well. The ST-LINK USB programmer/debugger comes attached, but it’s easy to crack one off and use this for future STMicro-compatible projects clearly a plan of giving away the razor and selling the blades. The STM8S microcontroller is in a similar class as the ATmega328 chip on latest-generation Arduinos: an 8-bit 16 MHz core, 32K flash and 2K RAM, UART, SPI, I2C, 10-bit analog-to-digital inputs, timers and interrupts and all the usual goodness. A complete microcontroller development kit for little more than the cost of a bare chip? That’s what STMicroelectronics is promising with their STM8S-Discovery: seven dollars gets you not only a board-mounted 8-bit microcontroller with an decent range of GPIO pins and functions, but the USB programmer/debugger as well.