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Date: Wed, 05 Nov 2014 11:52:18 -0700
From: Jerry Petrey <gpetrey@earthlink.net>
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On 11/5/2014 6:57 AM, Simon Wright wrote:
> Maciej Sobczak <see.my.homepage@gmail.com> writes:
>
>> I have just checked the libre.adacore.com site and noticed that there
>> is no GNAT package for the ARM targets, hosted on Mac OS X. Only
>> Windows and Linux hosts are supported.
>>
>> Do you have any information on the possible plans for such a package?
>
> It looks as though it might be an interesting project.
>
> The GNAT GPL 2014 package (I looked at the Linux version) is configured
> for arm-eabi and has zfp (zero footprint) and Ravenscar RTS's.
>
> I see that Farnell have the STM32F4DISCOVERY for £11.71 + p&p, looks
> like an inexpensive way to start.
>

It is a very interesting project.  I have Ada running on about a dozen 
different ARM M4/M3 boards now and it is very nice. You can see my 
article in Electronic Design magazine 
(http://electronicdesign.com/dev-tools/armed-and-ready) for some help in 
getting things set up.  Unfortunately it is only available for Windows 
and Linux - I have only used the Windows version.  The STMF429DISCOVERY 
board is an exceptional deal and has a graphics LCD. I recently 
completed a basic driver in Ada for the LCD display which makes this a 
very useful platform for development as I can catch and display 
exceptions on the display.

Jerry