RE: [Simulavr-devel] avrtest and simulavr vs simulavrxx

[Weddington, Eric]

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> Subject: [Simulavr-devel] avrtest and simulavr vs simulavrxx
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> Hi,
> 
> I would like to make sure simulavrxx has all
> the capabilities avrtest and simulavr have.
> 
> I am more familiar with avrtest and think
> these are the current deficiencies:
> 
> + no maximum run limit
> + no magic "exit" port
> + no magic "abort" port
> 
> Are there other issues?  I have almost finished
> addressing those.
> 
> What is the list of reasons to use simulavr
> over simulavrxx?
> 
> I don't know how many I will be able to address
> given the scope of what I am supposed to be
> doing but it would be nice to have a roadmap
> that makes simulavrxx the preferred FOSS AVR
> simulator. 
> 
> This roadmap (aka open projects) is also
> needed by Google Summer of Code students
> when hunting projects.

There's another project to be aware of (that I was just reminded of), and that 
is avrora:
<http://compilers.cs.ucla.edu/avrora/>
This simulator is written in Java, which has its own drawbacks. Avrora started 
off as a PhD project. I have heard reports that it works well for some people, 
though I could not get it to work.

Perhaps it would be good to add that one to the list of other projects to be 
feature-compatible with.

Eric