You make a good point. Though I find I am usually going against the norm … I really can't stand Arduino for instance and in fact prefer to write my own soft processors on FPGAs (when I have the time).
I wrote a Risc8 processor back in 1997 on an Altera 10K20 FPGA complete with an assembler and simulator. A couple of years ago I extended it to be a Risc16 processor capable of addressing a 2G address range and even updated the assembler. I had (maybe still have) plans to write a C compiler for it, but we'll see. These days if I were to find any spare time, I would prefer to spend it developing TDock vs playing around with C.H.I.P (for instance). It did cross my mind that maybe C.H.I.P. could be at the heard of TDock, but with the need to add a shield to get VGA or HDMI, it isn't as attractive (at least not to me). Ken On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 5:28 PM, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: > On Fri, May 15, 2015 at 10:03 AM, Ken Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: > > Just what I need, another ARM based SBC occupying space in a drawer > > alongside all the other development boards I have :) > > > > Ken > > > > I hear you, but... similar to the Raspberry Pi, the beauty of popular > gadgets like this (assuming CHIP too becomes popular) is developer > mindshare and the market built up around a single platform. > > When you have a problem it's nice to be able to be able to search > google and be able to find an answer rather than being "on your own." > > -- John. >
