Astrobe is a rapid integrated ARM software development system running on Windows. It has a multi-file, fully featured, syntax-aware programmer's editor, native code ARM compiler and linker. Use it to develop reliable software to run on the powerful NXP / Philips LPC2000 family of ARM-based microcontrollers.
Astrobe uses the programming language Oberon-07. You can now develop efficient high- and low-level 32-bit native code ARM software without having to use assembler or C. The Power of Oberon is such that the compiler, linker and runtime system were able to be implemented using the language.
Astrobe identifies many common programming errors at compile / link time before you even run your program; most others are automatically trapped at runtime. The system identifies the point of failure by module name and source code line number so valuable time is not wasted chasing spurious Side-Effects.
The library modules and linker included with Astrobe support the following families of ARM7 microcontrollers from NXP (Philips):
* LPC2101 / 2102 / 2103
* LPC2104 / 2105 / 2106
* LPC2142 / 2144 / 2146 / 2148
* LPC2212 / 2214
* LPC2364 / 2366 / 2368 / 2378
Source code of the startup files and library modules is available.
There are four different Editions of Astrobe available - Evaluation, Personal, Standard and Professional. Check the Features Matrix to see what is available in each edition. Download the free Evaluation Edition to try it out.
Try the ready to compile and run LPC2000-specific source code examples distributed with Astrobe - such as the example code for a simple LED-blinking program. Download Oberon programming text books for source code examples used to solve general programming tasks.
