And you need to write fault-tolerant code (one of several points in this area made by David Everett - ex Mondex/Multos technical supremo - and David Birch of Consult Hyperion yesterday at the last meeting of the year of the UK Smart Card Club).
Peter T Bristol UK ----- Original Message ----- From: "Jean-Luc Giraud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, December 19, 2001 12:49 AM Subject: Re: MUSCLE Smartcard OS > > 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. > > *************************************************************** > Unix Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. > (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) > http://www.linuxnet.com/ > To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with > unsubscribe sclinux > *************************************************************** > *************************************************************** Unix Smart Card Developers - M.U.S.C.L.E. (Movement for the Use of Smart Cards in a Linux Environment) http://www.linuxnet.com/ To unsubscribe send an email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with unsubscribe sclinux ***************************************************************
