![]() ![]() Microchip invested in the Arduino IDE and released an open source compiler for PIC32. When Microchip dropped the chipKIT we were optimistic. ![]() We use Microchip stuff in open source, but Microchip isn’t always open source friendly. We think they make great chips, and PIC debugging tools are cheap and plentiful. Microchip parts are used in most of our projects. The compiler still replies on closed source, and there won’t be open drivers for key advertised features like Ethernet and USB. ![]() A review of the chipKIT situation today is disappointing. They wanted to tap the existing tutorials, enthusiasm, and customer base of Arduino community, and they were going to play nice with open source. Microchip jumped into open source last spring with the chipKIT Arduino-compatible development boards and open compiler/IDE. ![]()
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