Other Platforms?

[rei-vilo]

Are you considering other platforms?

The LaunchPads from Texas Instruments are powerful and affordable, with an Arduino-like IDE called Energia:

• 16-bit MSP430 with 128 KB Flash, 8 KB RAM 25 MHz MCU @ MSP-EXP430F5529LP @ USD13 (my review)
• 32-bit ARM-based with 256 KB Flash, 32 KB RAM 80 MHz MCU Tiva C Series EK-TM4C123GXL @ USD13 (my 1st review and my 2nd review)
• 32-bit ARM-based with 1 MB Flash, 256 KB RAM and PHY Ethernet 120 MHz MCU Tiva C Series EK-TM4C1294XL @ USD20 (my review)

Those boards offer the best value for hobbyists.

[mikaelpatel]

I get this question a lot. The simple straight forward answer is NO. Cosa is to date a 1000 man hour project (100 KLOC commented) and only funded by my spare time. It is pure open source. As I understand your Xcode based project is not and you encourage donations.

Undertaking a new processor is a major project and requires a lot reading and design to get it right. It is not a question of simply porting. It takes at least 300 hours to do that. I normally answer that it takes about three months if approx the same complexity as an AVR.

If and when there is an interest for a new processor and platform I will try to get that funded in some way.

Cheers!

BW any 32-bit platform must include a RTOS and HAL/driver layer.