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On 04/01/13 14:58, Edward Comer wrote:
> What they mean is that they have ported the Arduino "C" open-source
> libraries to support the specific CPU and I/O of their ARM. Arduino code
> is nothing more than a collection of libraries that include a hardware
> abstraction layer. Their extra trick is a clever java IDE that searches
> the library tree and resolves all sorts of dependencies for you, making
> the whole process painless for newcomers. The hardware abstraction layer
> is very helpful for newcomers but can sometimes be a little frustrating
> when porting your code to bare metal.

Then their claim is a little overstated :)

I would assume they'd do that, but it wasn't clear. Also as said, if you 
would have added anything AVR specific, it'll fail too. Bold claims in 
my eyes.

> ----------------
> "I don't know how all this works, but they claim, that a 32bit nordic
> cortex-m0 can run arduino (AVR) code without changes to the code? I'm
> sure you need some conversion lib/headers installed at the very least
> and recompile it to arm. If your using anything AVR specific it'll fail?"
>
>