LPC2xxx eCOS port
2004-01-05 by Hugh O'Keeffe
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2004-01-05 by Hugh O'Keeffe
Hi, Anyone on the group done any work on this ? I know that eCOS is available for ARM7, however, I'm guessing that it will need specific device drivers for LPC2xxx peripherals such as UARTS, VIC and Flash ? Any feedback appreciated Hugh @ http://www.ashling.com/support/lpc2100/
2004-01-05 by Paul Curtis
Hugh, > Hi, > Anyone on the group done any work on this ? I know that eCOS > is available for ARM7, however, I'm guessing that it will > need specific device drivers for LPC2xxx peripherals such as > UARTS, VIC and Flash ? Any feedback appreciated With only 128K of FLASH on an LPC, you're not going to get much meaningful eCOS code onto a 2106. Why not port uC/OS? -- Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk CrossWorks for MSP430 and ARM processors
2004-01-05 by capiman@t-online.de
Hello Hugh,
i found the following message some days ago:
http://www.cygwin.com/ml/ecos-devel/2003-10/msg00015.html
I already contacted Ashwin, but haven't got any answer from him (perhaps on
chrismas holidays ?)
Greetings,
Martin
----- Original Message ----- From: "Hugh O'Keeffe" <hugh.okeeffe@...> To: <lpc2100@yahoogroups.com> Sent: Monday, January 05, 2004 11:21 AM Subject: [lpc2100] LPC2xxx eCOS port > Hi, > Anyone on the group done any work on this ? I know that eCOS is > available for ARM7, however, I'm guessing that it will need specific > device drivers for LPC2xxx peripherals such as UARTS, VIC and Flash ? > Any feedback appreciated > > > Hugh @ http://www.ashling.com/support/lpc2100/ > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > To visit your group on the web, go to: > http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lpc2100/ > > To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: > lpc2100-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: > http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > >
2004-01-05 by Hugh O'Keeffe
Hi Paul, My understanding is that eCOS is highly configurable (via GUI) , footprints < 32K are possible and it is open-source with no up-front/royalty costs. AFAIK, uC/OS is already ported to LPC2xxx, however, this OS is not open-source and does require an upfront payment (see http://www.ucos-ii.com/). Hugh @ http://www.ashling.com/support/lpc2100/
-----Original Message----- From: Paul Curtis [mailto:plc@...] Sent: 05 January 2004 10:27 To: lpc2100@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [lpc2100] LPC2xxx eCOS port Hugh, > Hi, > Anyone on the group done any work on this ? I know that eCOS > is available for ARM7, however, I'm guessing that it will > need specific device drivers for LPC2xxx peripherals such as > UARTS, VIC and Flash ? Any feedback appreciated With only 128K of FLASH on an LPC, you're not going to get much meaningful eCOS code onto a 2106. Why not port uC/OS? -- Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk CrossWorks for MSP430 and ARM processors Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT <http://rd.yahoo.com/SIG=12cvkri9v/M=267637.4116732.5333197.1261774/D=eg roupweb/S=1706554205:HM/EXP=1073384882/A=1853619/R=0/*http://www.netflix .com/Default?mqso=60178356&partid=4116732> click here <http://us.adserver.yahoo.com/l?M=267637.4116732.5333197.1261774/D=egrou pmail/S=:HM/A=1853619/rand=550142455> _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lpc2100/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lpc2100-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <mailto:lpc2100-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
2004-01-05 by Paul Curtis
Hugh, The port of uC/OS to hardware costs nothing as long as the port is contributed back to Jean's site so he can host it. The OS is inexpensive, delivered with the uC/OS book on CD. I'm not sure of the deployment costs, though, but I'm sure it's competetive with other OS offerings, otherwise Micrium would go out of business. I'm not swayed one way or the other on RTOS support in embedded systems, I've never really had a good re asonto use one. Even for big embedded systems with 16 68K boards on VMEbus with 56 simulataneous serial inputs at 38K4 streaming to a terrestrial datacast system, I wasn't persuaded to use an RTOS, just interrupts. Oh, and all my code fits well inside 4K for any conceivable task, of course! ;-) -- Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk <http://www.rowley.co.uk/> CrossWorks for MSP430 and ARM processors
-----Original Message----- From: Hugh O'Keeffe [mailto:hugh.okeeffe@...] Sent: 05 January 2004 10:39 To: lpc2100@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [lpc2100] LPC2xxx eCOS port Hi Paul, My understanding is that eCOS is highly configurable (via GUI) , footprints < 32K are possible and it is open-source with no up-front/royalty costs. AFAIK, uC/OS is already ported to LPC2xxx, however, this OS is not open-source and does require an upfront payment (see http://www.ucos-ii.com/). Hugh @ http://www.ashling.com/support/lpc2100/ -----Original Message----- From: Paul Curtis [mailto:plc@....uk] Sent: 05 January 2004 10:27 To: lpc2100@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [lpc2100] LPC2xxx eCOS port Hugh, > Hi, > Anyone on the group done any work on this ? I know that eCOS > is available for ARM7, however, I'm guessing that it will > need specific device drivers for LPC2xxx peripherals such as > UARTS, VIC and Flash ? Any feedback appreciated With only 128K of FLASH on an LPC, you're not going to get much meaningful eCOS code onto a 2106. Why not port uC/OS? -- Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk CrossWorks for MSP430 and ARM processors _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lpc2100/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lpc2100-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <mailto:lpc2100-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> . _____ Yahoo! Groups Links * To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/lpc2100/ * To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: lpc2100-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com <mailto:lpc2100-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com?subject=Unsubscribe> * Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .
2004-01-05 by Hugh O'Keeffe
Hi Paul, I've seen the book and its an excellent guide to OS use in embedded systems, however, for commercial use Micrium do require some upfront license agreement + cash (I think its 100s of $). eCOS is totally free for use in commercial applications, however, you are on your own from a support point-of-view (unless you pay companies for support (e.g ecoscentric.com)). My interest is sparked by the requirement to port an existing eCOS application to LPC2xxxx, hence, using another OS is not an option. Hugh @ <http://www.ashling.com/support/lpc2100/> http://www.ashling.com/support/lpc2100/
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Curtis [mailto:plc@...]
Sent: 05 January 2004 14:04
To: lpc2100@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [lpc2100] LPC2xxx eCOS port
Hugh,
The port of uC/OS to hardware costs nothing as long as the port is
contributed back to Jean's site so he can host it. The OS is
inexpensive, delivered with the uC/OS book on CD. I'm not sure of the
deployment costs, though, but I'm sure it's competetive with other OS
offerings, otherwise Micrium would go out of business.
I'm not swayed one way or the other on RTOS support in embedded systems,
I've never really had a good re asonto use one. Even for big embedded
systems with 16 68K boards on VMEbus with 56 simulataneous serial inputs
at 38K4 streaming to a terrestrial datacast system, I wasn't persuaded
to use an RTOS, just interrupts.
Oh, and all my code fits well inside 4K for any conceivable task, of
course! ;-)
--
Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd http://www.rowley.co.uk
<http://www.rowley.co.uk/>
CrossWorks for MSP430 and ARM processors
-----Original Message-----
From: Hugh O'Keeffe [mailto:hugh.okeeffe@...]
Sent: 05 January 2004 10:39
To: lpc2100@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [lpc2100] LPC2xxx eCOS port
Hi Paul,
My understanding is that eCOS is highly configurable (via GUI) ,
footprints < 32K are possible and it is open-source with no
up-front/royalty costs. AFAIK, uC/OS is already ported to LPC2xxx,
however, this OS is not open-source and does require an upfront payment
(see http://www.ucos-ii.com/).
Hugh @ http://www.ashling.com/support/lpc2100/
-----Original Message-----
From: Paul Curtis [mailto:plc@...]
Sent: 05 January 2004 10:27
To: lpc2100@yahoogroups.com
Subject: RE: [lpc2100] LPC2xxx eCOS port
Hugh,
> Hi,
> Anyone on the group done any work on this ? I know
that eCOS
> is available for ARM7, however, I'm guessing that it
will
> need specific device drivers for LPC2xxx peripherals
such as
> UARTS, VIC and Flash ? Any feedback appreciated
With only 128K of FLASH on an LPC, you're not going to
get much
meaningful eCOS code onto a 2106. Why not port uC/OS?
--
Paul Curtis, Rowley Associates Ltd
http://www.rowley.co.uk
CrossWorks for MSP430 and ARM processors
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Service <http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/> .2004-01-05 by Matthias Weingart
On Mon, Jan 05, 2004 at 02:31:29PM -0000, Hugh O'Keeffe wrote: > > eCOS is totally free for use in commercial applications, however, you > are on your own from a support point-of-view (unless you pay companies > for support (e.g ecoscentric.com)). > > My interest is sparked by the requirement to port an existing eCOS > application to LPC2xxxx, hence, using another OS is not an option. > > My understanding is that eCOS is highly configurable (via > GUI) , > footprints < 32K are possible and it is open-source with no > up-front/royalty costs. AFAIK, uC/OS is already ported to LPC2xxx, > however, this OS is not open-source and does require an upfront > payment > (see [4]http://www.ucos-ii.com/). Does eCos really work on the LPC with just 64kBytes RAM? From the ecos-mailinglist archive people recommend at least 200kBytes RAM. Well it is highly configurable, but with half of the memory used by the OS there is no much room for the application. M.