[sdiy] XMOS StartKit...

[Dan Snazelle]

can someone explain in a sentence or two what this platform is all about compared to something like MAPLE(ARM):arduino due ( ARM) or DSPIC33 or a straight DSP??


good for synthesis???

C programmable right?
free compilers??

  
thanks ??



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> On Dec 31, 2013, at 10:21 AM, "René Schmitz" <uzs159 at uni-bonn.de> wrote:
> 
> Am 30.12.2013 22:38, schrieb Joel B:
>> Just got my free StartKit in the mail, thanks to the original poster who mentioned this on the list!
> 
> I had mine in the mail on Dec. 18. Thanks to all that mentioned this here.
> 
> I only had time to briefly play with some of the community examples.
> 
> My first impression is that this is a very nice platform, and the pricetag for the board is very good. The XMOS C-extensions and the programming model will take some time to get used to, and fully explore, at least for me.
> 
> I notice the chip gets somewhat warm, I hadn't seen this on uCs before, but then again this has a lot more horsepower.
> 
> However there is one thing that I haven't yet figured out, how you're supposed to make the examples work that depend on other projects within that (aparently eclipse based) xTIMEcomposer. (Like the "glowing LED pattern" example) I know how to reference projects with eclipse in java, but doing the same here didn't help.
> I ended up copying header and source files, but that can't be right.
> Does anyone know how to set up these projects properly?
> 
> Cheers,
> René
> 
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