Comparing compilers/IDEs for development with nRF5x series devices

RE: Comparing compilers/IDEs for development with nRF5x series devices

Jacco — Fri, 09 Jun 2017 08:51:56 GMT

Hi Michael, Great post! Would it be possible to update the post with the numbers for the current versions of the compilers?

RE: Comparing compilers/IDEs for development with nRF5x series devices

Gordon Luk — Fri, 12 Feb 2016 06:40:05 GMT

Dear Michael, Nice comparing and tt should be great If you could post nRF51 result as well. Thank you.

RE: Comparing compilers/IDEs for development with nRF5x series devices

Michael Dietz — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:49:22 GMT

Hey Jan, I have been getting different suggestions for compiler/linker flags to use etc... Also have had to update compilers and tweak methodology of this comparison so the results aren't misleading. I have removed LLVM (the version in segger embedded studio) for now because our SDK won't work with it when compiling ble examples.

This post may change slightly still but the numbers are converging. For example I may update IAR to its most recent version and post those numbers. Also looking into www.keil.com/.../armcc_chr1359124934478.htm and an equivalent in IAR. Not sure if this is already happening or not when I compile since I am setting project settings in the IDE and not invoking the compiler manually from the command line.

If enough people are curious about LLVM I can benchmark that as well - but most likely a bit later when I turn this into a tutorial.

Thanks for the interest! -Mike

RE: Comparing compilers/IDEs for development with nRF5x series devices

endnode — Fri, 29 Jan 2016 13:23:13 GMT

Hi Michael, great post. I've noticed that numbers changed since the original post yesterday, or is it just my bad memory? I've also thought you included SES LLVM compiler but I don't see the results now. Thx Jan