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Thanks for the tl;dr, I'm left wondering about the state of the software to actually program and deploy code to the device though. From what I saw on HackADay,

Thanks for the tl;dr, I'm left wondering about the state of the software to actually program and deploy code to the device though. From what I saw on HackADay, it appears the two supported IDEs are Windows only (utterly unacceptable, for me). (I know, the gcc port is there, but it's pretty incomplete, from my understanding) Rule #1 of embedded development is you develop with the tools you have, not the tools you wish you had. Get a Windows box, or deal with gcc (and ideally help out the developers if it's still got some shortcomings.)

alnayyir 16y ago
>gcc (and ideally help out the developers if it's still got some shortcomings.) GCC has a long and storied development environment. I can't exactly just step in and start spewing code at them. It's not an easy culture to penetrate, nor codebase. >develop with the tools you have, not the tools you wish you had. I'm actually going to call tough shit on that, and respond with, "buy the dev kit/platform that supports more than one flawed platform" Regardless, I'm still going to buy a kit.
- CamperBob 16y ago
  I'm actually going to call tough shit on that, and respond with, "buy the dev kit/platform that supports more than one flawed platform" A valid strategy as long as you aren't building a million of something.
  - alnayyir 16y ago
    I'm a programmer messing around with dev kits. I think building a million of something is a Maserati Problem (TM), at this point.