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The terms are fuzzier these days, but if something claims microcontroller support I expect bare metal or RTOS support and if it says microprocessor I expect a b
by thebruce87m 1y ago
The terms are fuzzier these days, but if something claims microcontroller support I expect bare metal or RTOS support and if it says microprocessor I expect a bigger OS - embedded Linux support (yocto, buildroot), standard Linux (install + package manager) or maybe one of industrial RTOS.
I’ve had a (quick) look through the docs and I can only find a REPL example running on a standard OS.
I’m sure some will argue, but I was merely quoting what I immediately saw in the docs compared to what the hn headline said.
- the__alchemist 1y agoOh gotcha! So, A Cortex-A would be an ex of a microprocessor. Sounds like you're right that this may not be for bare metal or RTOS. Although the amount of flash and ram req will work on many MCUs. (But kind of a big overhead; e.g. the one I'm using now is 128k / 32K F/R, but I cheaped out)