Content originally posted in LPCWare by igorsk on Mon Jun 28 04:09:55 MST 2010
You can program with any compiler that supports Cortex-M3/M0 (depending on your chip). However, the LPC-Link debug adapter currently works only with LPCXpresso IDE, and it seems NXP/codered/EA do not plan for this to change. You can, however, use another debug adapter if it supports SWD.