Re: Ada in medical devices

[Jeffrey Carter <spam.jrcarter.not@spam.not.acm.org>]

On 06/27/2012 02:56 AM, RasikaSrinivasan@gmail.com wrote:
>
> I develop medical devices.
>
> If Ada has to take root in this world (at least mine), some requirements:
> - variety of embedded baremetal targets - ARM, AVR, MSP
> - a very easy to use package of software + eval boards + variety of examples. Examples interfacing with standard peripherals - ADC, PWM, SPI etc.
> - debugging support.
>
> a bundle around Arduino for example would be a good first step.
>
> This will make it easy to get engineers to try Ada out.
>
> yes. all this can be assembled - but it takes quit a bit of persistence.

I presume all this should also be free?

Considering the huge liabilities a medical-device vendor faces if the device 
kills people, I'd think you'd be willing to pay to have all this, probably with 
SPARK support as well. I'm sure there are several vendors who'd be happy to 
provide you with everything you want for an appropriate fee.

This seems like a perfect example of a situation where saving a few bucks now 
costs you a whole lot more later.

-- 
Jeff Carter
"Whatever it is, I'm against it."
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