$99 XMOS Dev kit

[Leon]

XMOS has just announced a $99 dev kit for their XC-1 device. I've put
my name down for one:

https://products.xmos.com/

I used to work with transputers, it's nice to see that the concept has
been resurrected.

Leon

 

[James Harris]

XMOS has just announced a $99 dev kit for their XC-1 device. I've put
my name down for one:

https://products.xmos.com/

I used to work with transputers, it's nice to see that the concept has
been resurrected.

Thanks for posting this. I may try then out too time permitting.

The original concept was awesome. Hope David May et al have the
business model right this time. For one thing the new devices seem far
more accessible. A four-core CPU, development board and software for
$99 is a good price.

I have read some of the documentation. The new device looks similar to
the old one but there are some intriguing differences.

Did you not want to post on comp.sys.transputer?

 

[42Bastian Schick]

Thanks for posting this. I may try then out too time permitting.

The original concept was awesome. Hope David May et al have the
business model right this time. For one thing the new devices seem far
more accessible. A four-core CPU, development board and software for
$99 is a good price.

This time, they seem to offer free development enviroment and core
seems to me more main-stream like, which ease fast learning.

(Also I guess a lot of people will struggle with the threading

I'm keen on to port my company's RTOS

I have read some of the documentation. The new device looks similar to
the old one but there are some intriguing differences.

Yes, no negative addressess (AFAICS).

 

[Leon]

This time, they seem to offer free development enviroment and core
seems to me more main-stream like, which ease fast learning.

(Also I guess a lot of people will struggle with the threading

I'm keen on to port my company's RTOS


Yes, no negative addressess (AFAICS).

You have to buy the tools, but you can use them on-line for free. I've
tried the system and it works fairly well. They are working on an open
source set of tools.

I've booked for the London seminar next month, participants get a dev
kit. I might as well get the other one I've reserved, as well. They
are good value.

I have a contact at XMOS, he told me yesterday that they already have
some design wins, even though the chip isn't in full production yet.
It's a very friendly company, like Inmos used to be.

Leon

 

[Leon]

Looks cool, but I tried to look at the tutorial and it wanted me to register
first.  :-(  Ok, so I tried to register and the page had no button topress
to submit the form.  :-(    The tutorial page I could see was only visible
when I selected all the text on the page with CTRL-A, else it looked likean
empty page.  I'm using IE6 and maybe that's part of the problem; XMOS needs
to fix it though.

They are having lots of problems with their web site. I was able to
register OK with Firefox, but didn't get my password, although the
message said it was being sent. I used their Support facility, and
they emailed the password manually to me.

They now have schematics and design files for the XC-1 board
available:

https://support.xmos.com/published/xc1-schematics

Leon


Leon

 

[Leon]

They are having lots of problems with their web site. I was able to
register OK with Firefox, but didn't get my password, although the
message said it was being sent. I used their Support facility, and
they emailed the password manually to me.

They now have schematics and design files for the XC-1 board
available:

https://support.xmos.com/published/xc1-schematics

Leon

Leon

I just had an email from my contact at XMOS and mentioned your
problem.

Leon

 

[Leon]

Looks like it's working better now.  I was able to look at the tutorials
online.  Pretty interesting, I may get a dev board and play around withit
this winter.  Thanks for pointing these out.  

I've just seen on the Xlinkers forum that they will start shipping the
XC-1 kits next week. The forum isn't very active yet, but it's worth
joining:

http://www.xlinkers.org/

Leon