8th is expanding its embedded offerings

8th (http://8th-dev.com/) is a secure, Forth-derived, cross-platform
language.  It currently supports Windows, Linux, OS X, Android, iOS and
Raspberry Pi.

The RPI port was our first venture into the embedded arena.  We have
been asked to expand our embedded support, so we've started an Indiegogo
campaign to help raise the funds for that development effort.

The campaign is here:
https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/8th-mobile-desktop-and-now-embedded/x/13844029#/

Please take a look, and pass on to anyone you think might be interested.
 We're also happy to partner with sufficiently motivated companies or
individuals.

joi, 21 aprilie 2016, 10:24:17 UTC+3, Ron Aaron a scris:
> 8th (http://8th-dev.com/) is a secure, Forth-derived, cross-platform
> language.  It currently supports Windows, Linux, OS X, Android, iOS and
> Raspberry Pi.
> 
> The RPI port was our first venture into the embedded arena.  We have
> been asked to expand our embedded support, so we've started an Indiegogo
> campaign to help raise the funds for that development effort.
> 
> The campaign is here:
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/8th-mobile-desktop-and-now-embedded/x/13844029#/
> 
> Please take a look, and pass on to anyone you think might be interested.
>  We're also happy to partner with sufficiently motivated companies or
> individuals.

Hi Ron,

"Mid range" ARM less capable than Pi are very vague...
Do you have in mind Cortex-M chips? There are very capable ones
M4 and M7, with quite a lot of internal RAM and usually
supporting external RAM too.

Also "No GUI" is quite common, but there are again some Cortex-M
chips with quite capable GUI engines (see STM32F4xx, STM32F7xx,
LPC40xx, LPC43xx, LPC18xx). I admit that a GUI library is not
trivial for such chips, but still...

I'm asking because mid-range can be Cortex-M families but also
ARM9/Cortex-A5 families that can run Linux but are far less capable
than Pi but more capable than Cortex-M ones.

On 21/04/2016 12:09, raimond.dragomir@gmail.com wrote:

Hi, Raimond -

> "Mid range" ARM less cpable than Pi are very vague...

Yes, yes it is :o

> Do you have in mind Cortex-M chips? There are very capable ones
> M4 and M7, with quite a lot of internal RAM and usually
> supporting external RAM too.

The answer to your question (and it's a good question) is that the
specific hardware to be supported is "to be determined".  We're open to
suggestions at this stage.

Regarding GUI vs no-GUI, we will probably have several versions to
accommodate different platforms.

Thanks for the questions!

On 21/04/2016 16:42, Ron Aaron wrote:

> The answer to your question (and it's a good question) is that the
> specific hardware to be supported is "to be determined".  We're open to
> suggestions at this stage.

So the first target has been set: Mikromedia+.  It is possible we'll
target PIC32 after that, but it really depends on what the demand is.

On Thursday, April 21, 2016 at 3:24:17 AM UTC-4, Ron Aaron wrote:
> 8th (http://8th-dev.com/) is a secure, Forth-derived, cross-platform
> language.  It currently supports Windows, Linux, OS X, Android, iOS and
> Raspberry Pi.

Does 8th provide cross-platform BLE support?

On 22/04/2016 14:47, Dave Nadler wrote:

> Does 8th provide cross-platform BLE support?

It does, though it's still being developed.

On 21/04/2016 10:24, Ron Aaron wrote:

> The campaign is here:
> https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/8th-mobile-desktop-and-now-embedded/x/13844029#/
> 
> Please take a look, and pass on to anyone you think might be interested.
>  We're also happy to partner with sufficiently motivated companies or
> individuals.

Just an update: we now have a partner who is designing and producing the
upcoming "embedded-8th board".  See more here:
http://8th-dev.com/forum/index.php/topic,923.0.html