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=unavailable 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!news.unit0.net!cyclone03.ams2.highwinds-media.com!news.highwinds-media.com!voer-me.highwinds-media.com!post01.fr7!fx19.fr7.POSTED!not-for-mail From: Brian Drummond Subject: Re: Tiva + Ada Newsgroups: comp.lang.ada References: <44f053fc-72a9-44f0-8a0d-c919632d57e8@googlegroups.com> <%r2Lu.9395$yo1.4292@fx26.fr7> User-Agent: Pan/0.139 (Sexual Chocolate; GIT bf56508 git://git.gnome.org/pan2) MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Message-ID: NNTP-Posting-Host: 62.49.20.82 X-Complaints-To: abuse@demon.net X-Trace: 1392327252 62.49.20.82 (Thu, 13 Feb 2014 21:34:12 UTC) NNTP-Posting-Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 21:34:12 UTC Date: Thu, 13 Feb 2014 21:34:12 GMT X-Received-Body-CRC: 466756208 X-Received-Bytes: 2822 Xref: news.eternal-september.org comp.lang.ada:18540 Date: 2014-02-13T21:34:12+00:00 List-Id: On Thu, 13 Feb 2014 06:14:45 -0800, Rego, P. wrote: > On Thursday, February 13, 2014 8:58:51 AM UTC-3, Brian Drummond wrote: >> TAMP is probably the best starting point. > > When I got Tiva I actually expected that I could use a more > plug-and-code full Ada builder, but TAMP looks to be a very good > starting point. Better that the documentation is very organized, so I > have the feeling that it will not be difficult to begin with. I think quite a few people would be interested in better Arm Ada tools... >> I am currently re-visiting the MSP430-Ada project > Great. Of course the AVR-Ada project was the inspiration ... thanks! And its RTS was the starting point for the current MSP430 RTS, though I would like to keep the option to plug in different RTS versions. I dare say it would make a good starting point for a minimal ARM-Cortex RTS too. > Some days ago I began a github project for using Raspiberry Pi (ARM11) > devices with Ada by mapping the BCM2835 chip, but it's still in the very > beginning. But RPi does not expose all the pins that I would need. My opinion of the R-Pi is that its strength isn't the small-footprint end of the spectrum so much as full Linux, and at least the R-Pi Debian distribution supports Ada well. >> ... an Ada target : it's a dual- >> processor ARM Cortex operating in lockstep, aimed at high reliability >> applications, on a devboard costing under £15. >> >> http://uk.farnell.com/texas-instruments/launchxl-rm42/rm42-hercules- >> launchpad-dev-board/dp/2341348 > But I think I could extract the best > of the board with Ada if it were available. Exactly. I'm seeing the need for gcc builds with Ada enabled, covering all the TI Launchpads as well as other ARM-Cortex platforms. (I know somebody who would like to see it on the Actel ProAsic or Fusion FPGAs; Cortex-M1 core, and the Xilinx Zynq FPGA would be a likely candidate too, such as the Zedboard. - Brian