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Originally posted by Rickertsen2
Hmm. Thats a good point. It, however assumes a relatively powerful processor like a StrongArm Coldfire, etc. Most higher power processors must be either programmed in assemble or a compiler must be used. That would mean that FIRST would have to get a company such a MetroWerks donate the software. Microsoft and Metrowerks? not likley
On the other hand I think it is highy likley that they will use another Basic stamp like chip, such the Basic Atom, Basic X, etc. This would allow a great boost in power, with little syntax change.
While a real(ie: runs compiled code) processor would be nice, I think we will probably just see another Basic Stamp like chip. I hope im wrong though.
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I'm not quite sure what you're point with powerful processors must be programmed in assembly or a higher level language. To my knowledge, almost all processors must be programmed that way. It also wouldn't have to be a particularly powerful processor. Remember that the Basic Stamp merely interprets the compiled PBasic code and that runs on a PIC.
As far as having MetroWerks donating a compiler, I wouldn't see why not. They are owned by Motorola after all which is a big sponsor of FIRST.
That leads me to another point: I think there's a strong possibility that the new chip may be from Motorola. Motorola makes a lot of embedded chips and may be willing to give IFI a discount on them for use with FIRST. The chips are widely used and have a lot of support out there. There are also various C compilers for the processors. I think that may be a strong possibility.
Matt