Layers for programming on GENERIC hardware is good BUT
the cost is expensive. The req becomes too high.
Knowing microsoft the basic req would be an ARM mpu.
With embedded hardware we need to a certain degree of
freedom with the source code which is once again
questionable with microsoft. But after saying that I
still don mind toying with it.

Just out of curiosity is the dev tool compatible with
TS-7200? 

John

--- John Ferrell <johnferrell@earthlink.net> wrote:

> >From the magazine article:
> "Yes, the studio is Windows based, but Trower said
> the runtime code it 
> produces can run and work with virtually any
> platform. In fact, all that's 
> necessary, according to Trower, is that the robot
> have some form of 
> communication-essentially hooks that the run-time
> can tie into. As long as 
> that exists, robotics developers can use the
> Studio's "services" layer to 
> create the communication protocol."
> 
> I read this to mean there is a "services layer" that
> is a software 
> adapter/interposer for any given platform. That
> technique has been popular 
> with teleprocessing controllers. If the "service
> layer" is open source, it 
> would truly be platform independent.
> 
> New packages always look good to me at first glance!
> 
> John Ferrell    W8CCW
> "My Competition is not my enemy"
> http://DixieNC.US
> 
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> > Has anyone looked at what embedded processors this
> thing supports? They 
> > say
> > in the intro that it manages several 8 and 16 bit
> CPU's but they don't 
> > list
> > which ones.
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