Re: e8th prototype hardware!

From	Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com>
Newsgroups	comp.lang.forth
Subject	Re: e8th prototype hardware!
Date	2016-05-12 13:43 -0500
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On 5/12/2016 12:53 PM, Paul Rubin wrote:
> Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> writes:
>> Will 8th be running on this hardware bare with no OS? Or will it have
>> some sort of Linux? I see advantages with both ways but many times
>> having Linux is way overkill that just makes a board slow.
>
> The CPU involved doesn't have the type of MMU that Linux normally wants.
> So I'd be surprised if it ran Linux.  The M7 is basically a beefed up
> M4: there are various RTOS's available and 8th might provide its own.
> The hardware also implements simple segment-based memory protection to
> prevent subsystems in the software from clobbering each other.
>
> I do have to wonder what the attractions of this board will be, compared
> to existing M7 evaluation boards.  E.g. this board is $50 at digikey and
> looks amazing:
>
> http://www.st.com/web/en/catalog/tools/FM116/SC959/SS1532/LN1848/PF261641
>
I have one of those boards on a saved order to Mouser that I will 
purchase later today. There is a group that will be using that board to 
create a Software Define Radio, it's a very powerful board that is 
reasonable considering the hardware provided.


-- 
Cecil - k5nwa

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e8th prototype hardware! Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 12:01 +0300
  Re: e8th prototype hardware! Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-12 09:03 -0700
    Re: e8th prototype hardware! Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 19:19 +0300
      Re: e8th prototype hardware! Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-05-12 12:44 -0500
        Re: e8th prototype hardware! Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 20:48 +0300
          Re: e8th prototype hardware! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 13:57 -0400
            Re: e8th prototype hardware! Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-12 11:04 -0700
        Re: e8th prototype hardware! Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-12 10:53 -0700
          Re: e8th prototype hardware! Cecil Bayona <cbayona@cbayona.com> - 2016-05-12 13:43 -0500
            Re: e8th prototype hardware! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 18:14 -0400
              Re: e8th prototype hardware! Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-12 15:47 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 19:14 -0400
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-05-12 23:38 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-12 23:59 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-05-13 00:16 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Ron Aaron <rambamist@gmail.com> - 2016-05-13 10:31 +0300
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-13 01:23 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-05-13 02:08 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-13 10:42 -0400
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-05-13 08:36 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-13 11:57 -0400
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Paul Rubin <no.email@nospam.invalid> - 2016-05-14 12:53 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Bernd Paysan <bernd.paysan@gmx.de> - 2016-05-14 21:41 +0000
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 00:08 -0400
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-05-14 21:46 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 09:37 -0400
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 07:26 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 11:26 -0400
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 09:20 -0700
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! rickman <gnuarm@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 17:17 -0400
                Re: e8th prototype hardware! Raimond Dragomir <raimond.dragomir@gmail.com> - 2016-05-15 22:10 -0700

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