[sdiy] ST Discovery boards - Other Development Platforms

[Scott Gravenhorst]

I've changed the subject line so as not to hijack the Audio Weaver thread.

I was wondering if other development platforms can work with the Discovery boards - I'm interested
in possibly using Linux (for example) with gcc and whatever else might be needed.  I'm looking for
other free software methods and I'm not stuck on a need for libraries.  I would need both a way to
compile (such as gcc) and a way to send the executable data to the Flash memory on the board.  I am
still going to evaluate Audio Weaver, but I'd like to know about alternatives.  

Would I be forced to use Eclipse (not a fan of it)?  

Can I work with a simple editor like nano or joe and gcc?  

Also, I've no idea how to make gcc work for different CPU types, so I'll have to research how to do
that.  So far, my gcc experience is writing C programs for the linux system on which I am working
and in that case, gcc is magically already configured to work.

-- ScottG
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