On Tuesday, December 18, 2001, at 12:05  pm, Ronald Mundell wrote:

> Hi
>
> How difficult is it to write a Smartcard OS. I am thinking off writing 
> one
> for the AT90SCC3232C atmel card.

If you are not very familiar with development on micro-controllers (i.e. 
use of emulators or even oscilloscopes to validate you I/O routines), it 
is going to be very difficult.

As a former SC OS developer, I can tell you that writing code for a 
micro-controller is really  a different experience from working on a PC: 
the memory constraints in terms of code size and RAM have a direct 
influence on your coding style!

On the other hand, writing JavaCard applets is much easier.

>  I any one off you out there can tell me
> where to find tools e.g. compilers, assemblers for this AVR Smartcard I
> would be great full.

You would have to get them from the manufacturer of the card chip you 
choose.

Good luck,
JLuc.

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