Re: Preferred OS, processor family for running embedded Ada?

["Mike Silva" <snarflemike@yahoo.com>]

On Feb 23, 8:56 am, Stephen Leake <stephen_le...@stephe-leake.org>
wrote:
> "Mike Silva" <snarflem...@yahoo.com> writes:
> > First a bit of background.  I'm a longtime embedded programmer and a
> > dabbler in Ada (I'd use it more if I could get paid for it).  Now I'd
> > like to play around with Ada on a single-board computer.  I have no
> > particular goals in mind other than to try something "neat".  So, what
> > is likely to be the quickest, most foolproof way for me to get from
> > here to there?
>
> > I'm assuming I'll want an OS on the board for the runtime stuff.
> > Would one of the *BSDs or Linux be the way to go?  If so and given my
> > intentions, would there be a reason to choose one over the other?  My
> > contrary side wants to try a *BSD, but I have no experience in any of
> > them _or_ Linux.
>
> > And what about processor family?  I was thinking ARM or Coldfire or
> > PPC (something in the MPC5xx family maybe).  Again, would there be an
> > Ada- or OS-related reason to choose one over the others?
>
> > I did ask an abbreviated version of this question at the bottom of
> > another thread, but I'm hoping this thread will have more visibility.
> > So, is all of this do-able by a mere mortal?  Many thanks for any
> > advice!
>
> I responded to this before. There are several readily available
> solutions to the requirements as you state them.
>
> They all cost money, several thousands of dollars. You don't say how
> much money you are willing to spend; is $10k too much?

Yes, you did respond and I was grateful for your comments.  As this is
just a hobby/learning thing at the moment, $10k is way, way too much.
I'd like to keep the cost including SBC under, say, $1000.  Do I dream
the impossible dream?  I hope not, because I'd really like to give
this a try and perhaps learn enough to use embedded Ada commercially
down the line (at which time somebody else could fork up the $10k).