I have a RDK-IDM from Luminary Micro. This board has a 32-bit ARM® Cortex™-M3 core. Has anybody tried to run a .NET Micro Framework application on such a device?
It seems that the LM3S6918 (The chip on the RDK-IDM) has only 256KB Flash and 64Kb SRAM but .NET Micro Framework requires 256KB RAM and 512K Flash/ROM!
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The cortex M3 is a very cut-down core, it lacks an MMU, for example, and is intended to run very simple operating systems. Specifically, not Symbian/Windows Mobile/Linux/etc. Rather OSEck, OSEK, iTRON, or similar. I think this is actually totally infeasible due to that.
I don't have any hands on experience but based on http://www.microsoft.com/netmf/about/gettingstarted.mspx The smallest footprint supported is 64kb RAM, 256kb Flash and MMU is not required. Therefore your applications needs would be the determining factor.
FYI: the .NET Micro Framework was released as Open Source under the Apache 2.0 License November 16, 2009
Hi Rudigrobler, We have ported .NET Micro Framework to TI Stellaris MCU, ARM Cortex-M3 core, currently we have a port for EK-LM3S8962 board, and it is working. .NET Micro Framework Minimal memory footprint: Flash: 155KB RAM: 32KB
If you are interested, please contact us. Stan Golden IC Technology Co.,Ltd. Stan@Golden-IC.com www.Golden-IC.com
I saw your demo video and I wonder if the footprint you indicate (155 Kb Flash/ 32 Kb RAM) is corresponding to this demo, specially the RAM used for graphical functions. Is all the CLR + the HAL/PAL integrated ? What is the size of the demo ?