Ruby for the PIC32 Microcontroller

Question

Is there an existing library to write code for the PIC32 in Ruby?

Currently I've been writing code in C to perform tasks on it, but I would love to use Ruby.

Thanks, Andy

Answer 1

Probably too late, but according to this link, mruby can run on pic32

5. As a consequence, the interpreter is now much reduced in size and can be cross compiled for low cost 32-bit microcontrollers including …. the PIC32 (MX7)! The official repository on GitHub contains already examples for a few embedded platforms including the chipKIT MAX32!

https://github.com/mruby/mruby

Answer 2

I doubt that there is an existing library for that task, but it should be possible (surely not without some effort) to extend Metasm to include a new assembler backend for your processor. It also includes a C parser/compiler.

EDIT: I just realized you are looking for a Ruby interpreter on that platform, which I hardly can believe exists.

Answer 3

I also doubt that Ruby on iron exists, but it would be nice to be wrong. :)

If your pic32 can handle an OS that would run Ruby, that might be an option. Otherwise you may be able to prototype a lot of your algorithms in locally run Ruby and then translate them to C on the PIC32.