[Oberon] Oberon for Cortex-M7

[Chris Burrows]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: noreply at z505.com [mailto:noreply at z505.com]
> Sent: Wednesday, 1 March 2017 7:45 AM
> To: chris at cfbsoftware.com; ETH Oberon and related systems
> Subject: Re: [Oberon] Oberon for Cortex-M7
> 
> >> The STM32F7 Discovery Platform seems to me to be more a miniature
> PC
> >> than a high-power embedded system. While we remain focused on
> >> supporting embedded systems we are unlikely to be targeting it,
> >>
> >
> > One year later and with the encouragement and help from a couple of
> > Astrobe users we have had a change of heart. Astrobe can now be
> used
> > to target the ARM Cortex-M7 STM32F7 family:
> >
> > http://www.astrobe.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=519
> >
> 
> That's cool!
> Any idea if Audio is possible? Amplified audio in a shield that
> attaches on to it?
> 

The STM32F767 device has two audio-related features: Inter-IC Sound (I2S)
and the Serial Audio Interface (SAI) but that is the limit of my knowledge
at present. Download a copy of the STMicroelectronics RM0410 Reference
manual for more information.

> Also by change of heart do you mean your focuses have changed?

A change of heart, not a change of mind ;-) No, we're still focused on
realtime embedded systems and are not contemplating any Linux-style support.
If we do eventually support a realtime OS on the Cortex-M systems (which is
becoming more feasible) then it would be based on our embedded version of
the Project Oberon OS.

Regards,
Chris

Chris Burrows
CFB Software
http://www.astrobe.com