CS+ vs Green Hills MULTI IDE
CS+
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| Figure | CS+ | Green Hills MULTI IDE |
|---|---|---|
| Price from | Free | — |
| Free plan | Yes | — |
| Free trial | — | — |
| Open source | — | — |
| Windows | Yes | Yes |
| macOS | Yes | — |
| Linux | Yes | Yes |
| Plans published | 2 | 0 |
| Spec score · Embedded Development IDEs | 8.0 (#6) | 7.2 (#21) |
| Spec score · Embedded Systems Toolchains | 8.0 (#10) | 7.4 (#21) |
| Spec score · C++ IDEs | 7.9 (#11) | 7.2 (#22) |
| Founded | 2002 | 1982 |
| Headquarters | Tokyo, Japan | Santa Barbara, California, United States |
| Integrations | CS+ can interoperate with Smart Configurator for the RX family, and Renesas offers a co-simulation tool linking CS+ with MATLAB and Simulink. | Listed integrations include GCC and compilers that generate DWARF or Stabs debugging information, Rhapsody, SCADE, VectorCAST, MATLAB/Simulink, LDRA, and Python. |
| Purpose | CS+ is an integrated development environment and coding tool for developing software for Renesas MCUs. | MULTI is an integrated development environment for creating, debugging, and optimizing code for embedded processors. |
| Support | Renesas offers online support communities, a knowledge base, and ticket submission for technical questions or confidential information. | Green Hills provides technical support resources including FAQs, application notes, screencasts, downloads, licensing information, and a support request form. |
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In their own words
CS+
CS+ is Renesas’s integrated development environment for creating software for Renesas microcontrollers. The free IDE is available for development and production, while evaluation compiler packages may impose limits. CS+ for CC targets the RL78, RH850, and RX families; CS+ for CA,CX targets RL78, 78K, and V850. Its installer includes compiler packages for target products, and compatible Renesas emulators provide debugging functions. The graphical interface can generate C device-driver programs for MCU peripherals, although generation is unavailable for some MCUs. Modified or saved source files build automatically in the background, and action events can show variable values at a specified address. Smart Browser for CS+ for CC presents device information, hardware manual content, sample code, and related FAQs. CS+ can interoperate with Smart Configurator for RX, and Renesas offers a co-simulation tool linking it with MATLAB and Simulink. Current listed versions run on Windows 10 64-bit and Windows 11; 32-bit use requires CS+ IDE V8.06 or earlier. Debugging emulators are sold separately.
Green Hills MULTI IDE
Green Hills MULTI IDE has no write-up on Specifiction yet; its figures are above.