Run Erlang/Elixir on Microcontrollers and Embedded Linux
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Re: Run Erlang/Elixir on Microcontrollers and Embedded Linux
#2What about Gleam?
Re: Run Erlang/Elixir on Microcontrollers and Embedded Linux
#3I'm interested in the claimed real-time capabilities, but it's hard to find anything about them written there. Still, I like the hardware integration.
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#4Pretty cool. I am a fan of everything Erlang.
Managing large clusters of IOT devices running Beam sounds like a good idea not just because of fault tolerance but for hot swapping code.
Re: Run Erlang/Elixir on Microcontrollers and Embedded Linux
#5> MCU-class footprint (fits in 16 MB RAM)
That is absolutely not an MCU class footprint. Anything with an "M" when talking about memory isn't really an MCU. For evidence I cite the ST page on all their micros: https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32...
Only the very very high performance ones are >1MB of RAM.
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#6> MCU-class footprint (fits in 16 MB RAM) That is absolutely not an MCU class footprint. Anything with an "M" when talking about memory isn't really an MCU. For evidence I cite the ST page on all their micros: https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32... Only the very very high performance ones are >1MB of RAM.
RAM on MCUs is getting cheaper by the minute.
A couple of years ago it was measured in bytes. Before the RP2040 is was measured in dozens of KiB now it's measured in MiB
While I agree that 16 MiB is on the larger side for now, it will only be a couple of years for mainstream MCUs having that amount on board
Re: Run Erlang/Elixir on Microcontrollers and Embedded Linux
#7> MCU-class footprint (fits in 16 MB RAM) That is absolutely not an MCU class footprint. Anything with an "M" when talking about memory isn't really an MCU. For evidence I cite the ST page on all their micros: https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32... Only the very very high performance ones are >1MB of RAM.
RAM on MCUs is getting cheaper by the minute. A couple of years ago it was measured in bytes. Before the RP2040 is was measured in dozens of KiB now it's measured in MiB While I agree that 16 MiB is on the larger side for now, it will only be a couple of years for mainstream MCUs having that amount on board
>RAM on MCUs is getting cheaper by the minute.
It really isn't. The RP2040 has 256KB RAM. Far away from 16MB.
>now it's measured in MiB
Where? Very few so far and mostly for image processing applications, and cap out at less than 8MB. And those are already bordering on SoCs instand of MCUs.
For applications where 8MB or more is needed, designers already use SoCs with external RAM chips.
>it will only be a couple of years for mainstream MCUs having that amount on board
Doubt very much. Clip it and let's see in 2 years who's right.
Re: Run Erlang/Elixir on Microcontrollers and Embedded Linux
#8> MCU-class footprint (fits in 16 MB RAM) That is absolutely not an MCU class footprint. Anything with an "M" when talking about memory isn't really an MCU. For evidence I cite the ST page on all their micros: https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32... Only the very very high performance ones are >1MB of RAM.
Eh. It's getting blurry and has been for some time. To me these days the differentiators are: does it have an MMU? Address lines for external memory? Do you write for an OS or for "bare metal" / RTOS kit? Are there dedicated pins for GPIO?
If you choose some arbitrary memory amount as the criterion it will be out of date by next year.
Re: Run Erlang/Elixir on Microcontrollers and Embedded Linux
#9What about Gleam?
Call us when they implement OTP compatibility.
Re: Run Erlang/Elixir on Microcontrollers and Embedded Linux
#10> MCU-class footprint (fits in 16 MB RAM) That is absolutely not an MCU class footprint. Anything with an "M" when talking about memory isn't really an MCU. For evidence I cite the ST page on all their micros: https://www.st.com/en/microcontrollers-microprocessors/stm32... Only the very very high performance ones are >1MB of RAM.
You don't necessarily need on-package RAM for this. I'm not sure I'd build a project around this, but 16MiB of RAM would hardly be BOM killer.