What can be better than this?

RE: What can be better than this?

e14 Contributor — Sun, 03 May 2015 17:48:17 GMT

I've had an mbed lpc1764 for a few years now and at first hated the online compiler, it took a while for me to get past the blockage I had in my head about not fully being in control of my own code storage but once I did get past it, the system is very useful and of course, there's no linking or toolchain needed, it's all done for you.

Anything that I do produce there, I also copy and save the source code locally. It just feels more comfortable to keep my own copy (even though their servers are probably better equipped to recover data in the event of loss).

It's something that people should give a try but I do wish there was an application that could be utilised offline, it's just where my comfort zone is...as i'm sure is the reason that puts most people off mbed devices.

Lucie

RE: What can be better than this?

xever — Sat, 11 Apr 2015 11:03:19 GMT

Very good quick round up of mbed. Don't want to burst any bubbles and have tried this in the past and felt the IDE has great concepts but a bit clunky and doesn't scale nicely on some displays. Another downside is it doesn't have offline capability ready to compile a code during an aha moment but there is no internet connection. Still, I think it's worth a try especially that there a number of code recipes available, could be a good starting point for enthusiasts.

qrys

RE: What can be better than this?

DAB — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 19:08:10 GMT

Hi Clem,

I was aware of this capability, but I should caution everyone. If you use this online capability, you will lose control of your IP.[View:/resized-image/__size/16x16/__key/commentfiles/f7d226abd59f475c9d224a79e3f0ec07-248cca02-c84d-4f37-96b1-280b839d846d/contentimage_5F00_4751.png:16:16]

So as long as you are doing projects to share, no problem.

However if you are doing a project for profit, avoid these capabilities at all cost.

Just a thought,

DAB

RE: What can be better than this?

gadget.iom — Fri, 10 Apr 2015 13:43:46 GMT

Interesting stuff. Find out more here: Development Platform for Devices | mbed