[Oberon] RE: LittleChips / ARM 920T

[Igor Dorovskoy]

Chris,

I'm looking for ARM version of Oberon almost two years. This is the
main reason why I subscribe this news group.

The company were I'm working http://www.linkplus.com developed the
compact radios based on Philips LPC2xxx CPUs and my dream is to put
the Oberon on board to develop software for ARM based platforms. Time
ago we had tried to contact M2/Oberon software developer community to
help us with compiler. We were willing to sponsor reference design
boards, toolkits and any other necessary hardware/information to bring
Oberon to ARM MCUs, but fail to find interesting in this project
people.

If you have any information or leads to find developers or company who
has ARM/Oberon we will be greatly appreciated you.

With best regards,
Igor.

Senior Software Developer,
LinkPlus Corporation.
Phone: 1-410-953-7177x14

On 5 March 2007, Chris Glur <easlab at absamail.co.za> wrote:
>  > Aubrey.McIntosh at Alumni.UTexas.Net wrote:
> > >
> > > I read this list in google mail, and relevant advertisements
> > > show on the sidebar.  One ad displayed with this email caught
> > > my attention.
> > > http://www.littlechips.com/products.htm
> > >
> > > Does any flavor of Oberon compile to the ARM 920T as
> > > supported on this board?
> > >
> > > http://www.digchip.com/datasheets/parts/datasheet/
> > > 561/ARM920T.php
>
> Chris Burrows wrote:
> > "The ARM920T processor is 100% user code binary compatible
> > with ARM7TDMI, and backwards compatible with the ARM7
> > ThumbR Family and the StrongARM processor families"
> >
> > so a good starting point would be Oberon-SA.
> ----------------
>
> I never found a contact to anybody who knows personally
> [by use] of Oberon-for-ARM.
>
> I read that Wirth's ARM-based helicoper project, which I thought
> was just a hobby thing, won 2nd prize, [against MIT] with substantial
> 'other than software engineering' input from ETHZ.
>
> IMO remote flying vehicles are the new cutting-edge military technology.
> H-bombs are no good against terrorists.
>
> IMO the time for low-power/portable computers and hence also Oberon
> has arrived. It seems that ARM leads the way.  Although Analog Devices'
> Blackfin Uprocessor looks interesting too ?
>
> Some years back Wojtek Skulski who used to contribute to this forum
> was promoting an oberon compiler [by someone else from ETH] for
> an Analog Devices Uprocessor.
> Recently I stumbled on a group [but I've lost the URLs now] who
> are making an oberon compiler for the Blackfin.
>
> And the pAste below traces my recent attempt to get info re.
> low-power CPU's which would run oberon:--
> >> I assume you have knowledge of Analog Devices blackfin processors,
> > > which apparently have a clinux port.
> > >
> > > I'm interested in a minimum powered linux system, and Analog Devices
> > >   http://www.analog.com/processors    says:
> > > " ADSP-21xx Processors, are code- and pin-compatible families of Digital
> > >  Signal  Processors  with  performance up to 160MHz and power as low as
> > >   184 micro-amps. "
> > > which looks very impressive.
> > >
> > > Also I'd like to be able to test some DSP algorithms.
> > > But attempt at finding/joining a/the mailing list came to nothing.
> > >
> > > Is this Analog Devices product range still supported ?
> > > How well does it handle clinux ?
> ----------------
>  Micahel.Kang blackfin.k... at gmail.com wrote:
> > I just know in blackfin.uclinux.org website, processor including
> > bf533,bf537,bf561 can run uClinux. I am not vary familiar with the
> > whole family of Analog processor. I recommend you can consolt some
> > sales or FAE of Analog Decice INC.
> ----------------
>
> PS. Re. portable CPUs, OLPC seems not to be reaching it's target,
> since there's talk about it being manufactured in Nigeria,
> where they can't even refine their own petroleum.
>
> Here too in S. Africa: "give us local production contracts,
> where we can have extra opportunities for skimming for
> ourselves and our cronies, and we will give you the goverment
> contract", is old hat.
>
> == Chris Glur.
>
>
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