Thanks! Quite an interesting paper. I vaguely recall reading this a long time ago. I think the key will be to figure out how to make this a very easy to use component. It is not rocket science but will probably require a few iterations to smooth out any rough edges and to see what evolves. Good to see there is interest in the community! > On Jan 28, 2022, at 11:01 AM, Charles Forsyth wrote: > > https://www.cs.york.ac.uk/rts/static/papers/R:N.C.:Audsley:2006.pdf might be of interest. > > They turned up at an embedded systems show at Birmingham NEC about that time. > I was attending independently, but it was interesting to see,. > Wandering about some boring other stands, I found one that was showing off a small embedded device running a remarkable system. > There was source code on the screen. > "Hmm", I asked, "what's the language it's running?" > Lars Bok [for it was he], proudly, "It is SmallTalk!" in 64k [I think] on a micro with a real-time garbage collector and in-service code updating on the fly. > Just fantastic. We bemoaned the boring nature of most of the stands. I mentioned Styx-on-a-Chip and he wandered off to have a look, returning to say it was also interesting. > I forget the name of the system, but eventually the company was sold on or got different investors in, who turned it into a Java thing. As usual. > > On Fri, 28 Jan 2022 at 10:18, Lucio De Re > wrote: > On 1/28/22, Bakul Shah > wrote: > > > > Think of really simple, low power, low cost devices. > > USB can also provide power. USB+ATtiny85 devel boards > > cost ~$3 even at Amazon. And FPGA boards can be > > pretty inexpensive too. If you can find them. > > > I've recommended olimex.com in the past. They specialise in Open > Architecture Hardware. Their prices are very reasonable and product > range quite broad. > > Lucio. > > ------------------------------------------ > 9fans: 9fans > Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Ta4e584a373b05553-M84956412e025f5666616e7cd > Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription > 9fans / 9fans / see discussions + participants + delivery options Permalink ------------------------------------------ 9fans: 9fans Permalink: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/Ta4e584a373b05553-M3c9ced3c7ccb25fd4918537c Delivery options: https://9fans.topicbox.com/groups/9fans/subscription