In SX Microcontrollers, SX/B Compiler and SX-Key Tool, kgracey wrote:

Hey John,

Not planned at the moment. Our support plan for the SX is as follows (not listed in order of priority):

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* Finalize engineering of new SX-Key USB. Planned production is in September. New tool will have a significantly lower price to increase access to the SX.

* Develop "Getting Started with SX/B" tutorial. Project starts this week and proceeds for eight weeks. Book should be out by November.

* Release SX28AC/SS Proto Boards this week for $9.50. 

* Continue development of the free SX/B compiler with Terry Hitt.

* Release the CCS SX/C compiler to beta testers in the next month; CCS is finishing some work on the integration. 

* Publish new SX stress-test characterization data in our SX datasheets.  
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The proposal you mention is interesting, albeit complex at least from a management standpoint. The Javelin Stamp IDE and Javelin Stamp firmware were both developed by Chris Waters, a 3rd party. The SX-Key IDE is managed by Peter Montgomery, another consultant. Guenther Daubach handles the SX-Key firmware and documentation. Even though we own the intellectual property and maintain copies of all assets within Parallax, coordinating these troops from their different locations around the world is far from trival and quite time-consuming. We can literally wear one another down with e-mail. For this reason we choose our tasks quite carefully. Technically, the Java functionality is designed around the Javelin Stamp hardware and IDE. The Javelin Stamp utilizes an interpreter chip, like a BASIC Stamp, but also has some compilation done by the IDE. Perhaps development or re-targeting of a Java compiler would be the best way to incorporate such functionality into the SX. Maybe this is what you propose.

But alas, it's not planned at this point. I can't say I wish it was planned, either. We've got our hands full around here right now. I relate our current support for Propeller with our position about ten years ago when we started Stamps in Class. It takes a lot of time from enthusiastic, skilled people to properly launch a new project.  

If you have a second wish we'll let you know what we can do.

Sincerely,

Ken Gracey
Parallax, Inc.

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