X1000 xmos

[Iggy]

I'd be surprised if anyone did anything with it at all considering that there's been nothing stopping people interested in xcore microcontrollers from having a go at it for the low price of 100 USD with kit directly from XMOS. We've had what, two years now since this was all announced? I've seen nothing from the hobby hackers.

You obviously haven't been paying attention then.

We've had several interesting projects created with XMOS hardware.

But Piru is right, there is not enough bandwidth for emulating hardware as complex as a 68K.
I, myself, was looking at 6809 emulation with this hardware (closer to its capabilities).

Really, the Xena port is more of hacker oriented I/O port.

[Iggy]

Examples? And please don't refer to stuff on the xcore website project directory as those have nothing to do with the A1X1K.

Sorry, but the only projects I have any interest in have nothing to do with the X1000.

Is it really? What's hacker friendly about a PCIe connector?

Have you actually looked into XMOS programming?
Its not just hacker friendly, its relatively easy to use (and quite flexible).
Its just not that fast.

[Iggy]

For a microcontroller, it's no slouch.

That I will agree with you on.

Its also a little easier to implement then most microcontrolleers.

But, you're also right to point out that development hasn't moved as fast as you might expect.