[mbreese]

I've never heard of a cloud compile service, but I think in this case, it's a good idea. Especially since not many people have experience with cross-compiling.

One of the things that make Arduino so popular is the ease of use in getting code a) to compile and b) get uploaded to the device. If this works via a service, then so be it.

But, I would like to see instructions for setting up a local amr-gcc toolchain, just to be complete.

[tesseract]

The other cloud compile service that I'm aware of is provided by NXP for one of their microcontroller dev boards. http://mbed.org/

[JonnieCache]

Those mbed things are completely brilliant.

"ARM Cortex-M3 Core running at 96MHz, 512KB FLASH, 64KB RAM and lots of interfaces including Ethernet, USB Device and Host, CAN, SPI, I2C and other I/O."

<200mA, $59

I want one, but I already have an arduino thats been laying around unused and unloved for some time :(

[lepht]

Appcelerator Titanium, a relatively prominent open source alternative to Adobe AIR, does cross-platform app compilation on a 'cloud compilation' service:

http://www.appcelerator.com/products/