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From: wheeler@ida.org (David Wheeler)
Subject: GNAT for microcontrollers?
Date: 1997/04/04
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Date: 1997-04-04T00:00:00+00:00
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Has anyone used (or considered using) GNAT to develop software
for 8-bit or 16-bit microcontrollers?  If I were to attempt to
use GNAT for microcontrollers, any recommendations on chips, usage
process, or lessons learned?

For those who don't know what I'm talking about:
Microcontrollers are "computers-on-a-chip"
with some ROM (e.g. 1K-4K), some RAM (e.g. 256 bytes), and many other
capabilities (e.g. serial port, LED drivers) built into a single chip.
There's a FAQ on microcontrollers at:
  http://www.hitex.com/automation/FAQ/primer/
and a useful list of web resources at:
 http://www.espmag.com/net.htm

Thanks.


--- David A. Wheeler
    dwheeler@ida.org