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=-1.9 required=5.0 tests=BAYES_00 autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 X-Google-Thread: 103376,a1918ac60ddc162a X-Google-Attributes: gid103376,public X-Google-Language: ENGLISH,ASCII-7-bit Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada Subject: Re: embedded hardware for Ada References: <1152113040.757928.303260@l70g2000cwa.googlegroups.com> <4h4kj1F1pmds0U1@individual.net> <1152796520.784335.127880@75g2000cwc.googlegroups.com> From: M E Leypold Date: 13 Jul 2006 16:23:03 +0200 Message-ID: <1su05lfut4.fsf@hod.lan.m-e-leypold.de> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii User-Agent: Some cool user agent (SCUG) NNTP-Posting-Host: 88.72.228.192 X-Trace: news.arcor-ip.de 1152800155 88.72.228.192 (13 Jul 2006 16:15:55 +0200) X-Complaints-To: abuse@arcor-ip.de Path: g2news2.google.com!news4.google.com!newsfeed.stanford.edu!newsfeed.berkeley.edu!ucberkeley!newsfeed-00.mathworks.com!kanaga.switch.ch!switch.ch!news-fra1.dfn.de!newsfeed.arcor-ip.de!news.arcor-ip.de!not-for-mail Xref: g2news2.google.com comp.lang.ada:5680 Date: 2006-07-13T16:23:03+02:00 List-Id: "Gerd" writes: > Peter Amey schrieb: > > > One useful thing to bear in mind is here is cross-compilation from Ada > > to C. We have had considerable success with this when using SPARK to > > target small and unusual processors. See, for example, > > > > http://www.praxis-his.com/sparkada/pdfs/ada_uml_and_c.pdf > > > > Using these techniques pretty much makes /any/ hardware programmable in Ada. > > > > I'm not sure whether this would be an solution. > > - We have to use certified compilers. An Ada to C with some C compiler > would rarly fit. > > - I expect an Ada-aware environment to be able to handle even > Ada-tasks. I'm not sure that Ada-to-C translated code would work fine > for this in an environment designed only for C-programming. How do you think about the feasability of starting from the other end: Look for supported and certified compilers / development systems, ask the compiler vendor for supported HW and evaluate wether the suggested HW would fit your problem? I think the vendor should know which are the usual and not so usual targets of their compiler and should be willing to point you into the right direction. Regards -- Markus