On 2008-09-09, Evgeny Ginzburg <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Hello > > I got the impression? that MSP430 have goo chances to be an MPU in > future hardware design. > I've recently found what open-source OS - COntiki (maybe more than one) > available for this platform. > From paper [2] I understand that Contiki have event based kernel, > sounds good for MPU job and possibility to update/download new programs > during runtime (there is also possibility to replace the kernel to). > > The question: Is it possible or desirable to have a such "full" OS on MPU? > > P.S . I'm a nonprogrammer so _can_ speak absolutely nonsense. > > [1] http://www.sics.se/contiki/ > [2] http://www.sics.se/~adam/dunkels04contiki.pdf
Personally, I feel it would be best to use it without any OS'es. A minimal bootloader could be nice, but I do not see any resons for anything else. I believe that running a OS will just make the code much more complicated, without giving us any advantages. _______________________________________________ hardware mailing list [email protected] http://lists.openmoko.org/mailman/listinfo/hardware
