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'''This page links to all the tools that I use'''
 
'''This page links to all the tools that I use'''
  
===Editors and IDE===
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=Editors and IDE=
  
===Compilers===
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For text editing there can be only [http://notepad-plus-plus.org/ Notepad++]
  
===Image Editors and Viewers===
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IDE I recommend Eclipse [http://www.eclipse.org/downloads/ Eclipse]
  
===Other General Applications===
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==Microchip==
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Microchip PIC Development [http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en-us/family/mplabx/ MPLab X]
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Microchip [http://www.microchip.com/pagehandler/en_us/devtools/mplabxc/ XC Compilers]
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[http://www.microchip.com/mla Microchip Application Libraries]
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==Qt==
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Windows/Linux Interface coding I recommend [http://qt-project.org/ Qt]
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Along with Qt I recommend using the [http://qt-project.org/wiki/EmbeddedWidgetDemos Qtembedded Widgets]
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To draw advanced graphs easily use [http://qwt.sourceforge.net Qwt - Qt Widgets for Technical Applications.]
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==USB==
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USBinterfacing I use [http://sourceforge.net/apps/trac/libusb-win32/wiki LibUSB-win32]
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=Compilers=
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My new favourite! [http://sourceforge.net/projects/mingw-w64/files/Toolchains%20targetting%20Win64/ MinGW-w64]. Produces 64 or 32-bit code with statically linked libraries. Removes the need for external dll. Follow the link->Personal Builds->rubenvb->gcc-4.8-release->x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.8.0-win64_rubenvb.7z if you want a 64 bit executable (produces 32 and 64bit code) or select x86_64-w64-mingw32-gcc-4.8.0-win32_rubenvb.7z if you want 32-bit executable (Also produces 32 and 64 bit code). I recommend using this with Eclipse!
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Stand alone C/C++ Compiler for small applications use [http://edn.embarcadero.com/article/21205 Borland Command Line Tools]. The advantage of using Borland is that you do not need external .dll files to run your applications
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Also use [http://www.mingw.org/ MinGW]. This is needed for Qt. This requires shipping a .dll with you applications.
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Very powerful but very expensive is Intel C Compiler. This is the compiler I use for all my research. It is very expensive unless you are in an academic institute, then the institute will probably have a license or you can get a student license from Intel.
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Also, very powerful but expensive is Microsoft Visual Studio.
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=Image Editors and Viewers=
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Quick and easy image viewing [http://irfanview.com/ Irfanview]
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SVG Editor [http://inkscape.org/ Inkscape]
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Easy and free paint program [http://www.getpaint.net/ Paint.NET]
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=PCB Layout=
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Used to be the hobbyist favourite but quite expensive is [http://www.cadsoftusa.com/ Eagle]
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New favourite and what I will be using from now on is [http://www.kicad-pcb.org KiCAD]
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=Other General Applications=
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Very handy with libraries such as Qt, OpenCV is [http://www.cmake.org/ CMake]
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Also to listen to music while coding [http://www.winamp.com/ Winamp]

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