Hi Blake, IAR is definitively too much expensive, I used Quadravox for a lot of time and it was better supported for an acceptable price, also competitor like rowley sell for less at a good quality but this moment CCS is lowest cost. TI don't promote it? I am currently using IAR demo version for educational purpose and on small code project but never I used on huge project. I Installed a 30 day demo version for MSP and ARM, licensing run on a collision also requiring XP reinstallation and a lot of time so I hate everything is requiring lock.

Cracking practice drive protection to a risk of breaking also who is at right side too. I own an old beautiful CAD, it use a parallel dongle as lock, developer firm closed down, I still own a valid licence but I cannot use it due to parallel port obsolescence. At last I cannot believe someone asking for illegal practice like crack buy something cheap so never buy expensive one too. Well, I got lifetime free MSP tools two years ago, so it isn't completely impossible.:) However, I did something for it first.

And I didn't ask for it. As for the compiler costs, well, I can understand that teh full icense of IAR (or CCS) is way too high for a hobby coder. It isn't (or at least shouldn't) for profesional work. But then, there's always the option of using MSPGCC, which is quite good, free, and has a good support (Peter Bigot does his best to fix bugs asap). It is, however, not as convenient and requires some learning. It's not a click-and-run compiler.

If the LaunchPad costs $5, why spending 200 times as much for the compiler? Even if you just paid $150 for a big experimentes board and another $100 for the FETUIF, why spending so much for the software to actually use the hardware you bought? I can get a whole PC with Windoze and a free version of C++ studio (not code-size limited) for less. I don't say the compiler is overpriced. But it is a big chunk to swallow, especially for people who don't have the money for expensive hobbies (no matter which one).

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