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Originally Posted by Kevin Sevcik
Given the GDC's stance on repeated code use from year to year, just how much sleep are you and your mentors planning on getting with 6 weeks of coding and debugging this flashy linux RTOS based robot to look forward to?
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I have a hunch those asking for Linux or an RTOS probably haven't spent much time trying to debug thread synchronization issues, memory corruption, deadlock, priority inversion, stack smashing, etc. Especially on an embedded target. Especially on a physically-moving embedded target!
When it comes to software, my rule of thumb is that the simpler it can be the better.
Incidentally, it's possible to run an RTOS on the current IFI hardware. FreeRTOS runs on the PIC18. No one that I'm aware of is doing it (and it's not because there aren't people here capable of it).
I put the encrypted manual file onto a 5-1/4" floppy disk, so I'll have it with me when I go to the kickoff event and pick up the kit. - MrForbes [more] 
14-05-2007, 16:58
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