Freescale HAL licencing + processor selection help

[Isaac Gutekunst]

Apologies for the confidentiality block. I didn't notice. Please 
disregard the confidentiality block in my previous message.

Isaac

On 06/12/2015 01:01 PM, Isaac Gutekunst wrote:
> Thanks for bringing that up.
>
> It's been on the edge of my mind.
>
> I'm certainly sad about the fate of Luminary, as it's unclear what TI is
> going to do with the new "Tiva C Series'. I'm reluctant to go near them,
> as I don't know if they plan on improving the line much, or just holding
> onto it for a while.
>
>
> Do you think there is much risk in the Kinetis line disappearing? Or are
> you saying that the LPC and Kinetis lines might get merged at some point?
>
>
> I'm more concerned about compatibility in the next year or two.
>
>
> Isaac
>
> On 06/12/2015 12:57 PM, Mr. Andrei Chichak wrote:
>> I’m not going to answer any of your questions (hah), just give you one
>> extra piece of information.
>>
>> Things are not as clear as they might appear. Freescale was recently
>> purchased by NXP, so the super-conglomerate will now have two ARM
>> lines. Currently Freescale has declared their Coldfire and 68K
>> processors as being not recommended for new designs. At some point a
>> whole bunch of people will have that “It’s Just Business” talk and
>> their resumes will get polished up.
>>
>> When TI purchased Luminary Micro, well Stellaris got absorbed into
>> Sitara maybe.
>>
>>> 3) For cortex M series, what kind of experiences have people had with
>>>     A) Atmel SAMV
>>>     B) Freescale Kinetis
>>>     C) NXP (LPC line)
>>>     D) STM32
>>
>> A
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