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Mattew
We investigated the RCM6710 and like the earlier products it has a lot going for it.
A main factor for us was the need for a Professional Dev Tool Set, we used Softools on the RCM 3700, it’s features and support were brilliant.
But I believe the lack of support from Digi for Third Party tools means the Softools move to the 6000 processor is commercially difficult.
Many of us live in hope that Softools 6000 may one day arrive, but without if we have abandoned the RCM6XXX series
Plus there is also the fact that you were looking for 10 year production.
The line our supplier fed us was: “We would receive ample notification should any products become discontinued, none were planned at this time”, so fasten your seatbelts with that one.
Have a look at http://www.embeddedarm.com/products/board-detail.php?product=TS-4600
Yes it is twice the price, more than twice the size but it has a long term production and at USD 99 is good value for the features.
We have found their support to be excellent, even for unintentional stupid questions.
I also find that young engineers from Uni have linux experience in their training and can contribute earlier in their employment.
I perceive the old days of metal bashing are declining, irrespective of how much fun it is and has been.
There is also the Pi and others, our concern is that these were established as training products to grow the market of future engineers and hence technology industry.
We do not perceive them as commercial ten year platforms and may well morph a number of times in that period.
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Graham Dollin
Production Software Limited
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Subject: [rabbit-semi] Re: Is it advisable to use the RCM6700 in new designs?
Can anyone suggest alternatives to the RCM6710 module. I'm planning on using uCos for my RTOS. My gut tells me that using Linux or any form of Windows is a bad idea. Probably not surprising since I'm most comfortable coding old fashioned C with tiny bits of assembly as needed on bare metal 8 bit micro-controllers.
I have asked Digi to characterize their plans for the RCM67xx, I asked if they view the modules as acceptable for new designs, and if they expect them to be available until about 2025.