[sdiy] Microprocessors, was: Electronic organs revisted: using organ manuals and pedals for synth DIY projects, etc

[Ingo Debus]

Am 18.09.2011 um 19:20 schrieb aankrom:

> How easy is it to do if you use a MacBook Pro with OSX 10.6?

Incidentally, that's exactly what I'm using.
I use CodeBlocks as IDE:
www.codeblocks.org

As compiler for 8051 family processors I use SDCC (Small Devices C Compiler):
http://sdcc.sourceforge.net/

Both programs are free.

Probably Apple's Xcode could be used as IDE too, I haven't tried that yet. I'm happy with CodeBlocks so far.
When I met Thorsten Klose on last years synth meeting in Munich, I found that he too uses a MacBook for all his stuff. So it can't be such a bad choice ;-)

> My biggest fear with microcontrollers is having a project become orphaned due to deprecated and obsolete parts.

Yes, that's one of the reasons I still stick with 8051 processors. Unlike PICs and AVRs, there are many manufacturers.

Ingo