Re: [Amforth-devel] Newbie

[Andy K. <an...@ak...>]

Mathias

Thanks for getting back to me, and my compliments on the work you have 
done, I am very impressed.

Loosing the Arduino bootloader is fine. I am currently looking to 
experiment with a Forth based firmware in connection with the RepRap 
project ( http://dev.forums.reprap.org/read.php?147,32542,page=1 ). 
They are currently using Arduino variants, but there are things that are 
needed to take the machinery to the next level. amForth looks to be that 
thing.

As an aside I noticed among the source files some for the AVR Butterfly, 
it could be worth your projects while to put together templates (ready 
to go) for the main arduino boards. ie Diecimilla, Duemilanove and Mega 
(ATmega168, ATmega328 and ATmega1280 respectively).

I suggest this not as a route to replace the arduino, but as a way that 
people interested in your project can get started with a hardware board 
available localy and cost effectively in many countries. All have ICSP 
capability which together with an example code app to clone the amForth 
from one board to an identical board (perhaps part of the core) would 
push forward the rate at which experimenters with amForth could 
replicate their amForth solutions.

Cheers

Andy Kirby






Matthias Trute wrote:
> Hi Andy,
> 
> 
>> The Arduino Mega uses :-
>>
>> ATMega 1280 16au, 16Mhz clock/crystal
>>   
> Not exactly this type of controller but similiar one work
> fine. Your chances are good to get amforth working.
> 
> But: You loose the arduino features since you need to
> re-program the entire chip.
> 
> Matthias
> 
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