From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on polar.synack.me X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00, REPLYTO_WITHOUT_TO_CC autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Path: eternal-september.org!reader01.eternal-september.org!reader02.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!news.eternal-september.org!feeder.eternal-september.org!aioe.org!.POSTED!not-for-mail From: "Dmitry A. Kazakov" Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: Point a beginner in the right direction? Cheap bare-board to run with a RTOS for running ADA Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2013 20:55:34 +0200 Organization: cbb software GmbH Message-ID: <1lfymwgas7bnf$.kh3wyk2tncb0.dlg@40tude.net> References: <8a3093bb-90b3-4081-9b0b-dfde5aa6b851@googlegroups.com> <993despcuk1d.1ifczvyo501px.dlg@40tude.net> <51da9a80$0$6561$9b4e6d93@newsspool4.arcor-online.net> Reply-To: mailbox@dmitry-kazakov.de NNTP-Posting-Host: xkOZ88C3T5fLavXpgyt3vA.user.speranza.aioe.org Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Complaints-To: abuse@aioe.org User-Agent: 40tude_Dialog/2.0.15.1 X-Notice: Filtered by postfilter v. 0.8.2 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:16170 Date: 2013-07-08T20:55:34+02:00 List-Id: On Mon, 8 Jul 2013 17:23:06 +0000 (UTC), Simon Clubley wrote: > These boards would not be produced unless there was a viable market for > them; Olimex, like other vendors are in business to make money. Good for them. >>> There's nothing to stop a end user programmer writing their own BSP; this >>> appears to be a common capability for RTOS environments. I've written 2-3 >>> BSPs for RTEMS over the years. >> >> Fine. Why don't you bundle it with GNAT and GPS and resell the package to >> those crowds of hobbyist longing for it? > > With those specific products, what you would be selling would be support > and that's something which needs to be supplied by a existing vendor > using their existing infrastructure. No. You would sell your tool chain and re-sell the hardware. > Besides, that's only viable when you can use RTEMS instead of running on > the bare metal. You said customers need no OS. Why do you expect anybody would do something you consider not viable? > Even when you use RTEMS, the end user still has to supply > a BSP if their board is not already supported. You said it would be simple. You want customers writing a BSP for YOUR board? -- Regards, Dmitry A. Kazakov http://www.dmitry-kazakov.de