I find your thesis very interesting. I can see the sense of it, tho' you are
limiting performance to gain simplicity -- so what's new :-)

I'm not sure what implementing this idea on all those platforms does to
further your thesis, but all the mentioned platforms make sense.

Bob Ammerman
RAm Systems
(contract development of high performance, high function, low-level
software)

----- Original Message -----
From: "Michael Pont" <Michael.Pont@TESCO.NET>
To: <PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU>
Sent: Wednesday, April 18, 2001 1:56 AM
Subject: [OT]: Choice of microcontroller, microprocessor and DSP chips


> Dear PICList members,
>
> This is some way off topic...
>
> I'm on something of a mission.  I've spent the last three years seeking to
> demonstrate that software architectures using a single, timer-based,
> interrupt are both (1) very predictable and - hence - reliable, and (2)
easy
> to use, even for those new to embedded systems.  This form of
> 'time-triggered' architecture has been the focus of my university research
> and teaching.
>
> I've done my previous work using the 8051 family, and am now aiming to
build
> a range of demonstration systems using some other popular microcontroller,
> microprocessor and DSP families.
>
> This is the list of platforms I intend to cover in the next phase of this
> work:
>
> 8051
> PIC
>
> Infineon C166/167
> ARM
>
> TMS320xxx
>
> 80x86
>
>
> Have I missed anything out?  Should I drop any of these suggestions?
>
> If any members of PICList are willing to venture an opinion, I'd be
> interested to hear it.
>
> Best wishes,
>
> Michael.
>
> +================================================================+
>
>   Michael J. Pont
>   http://www.le.ac.uk/engineering/mjp9/.
>
> +================================================================+
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