Hmm, it is case sensitive, isn't it?

BTW for DevkitPro to work, we need to write a lib that does the same things as libnds or libgba for the nspire. Everything else is there. libNDS has the following in it:
2D Engine API:
 -General Video
 -2D Sprites
 -2D Backgrounds
3D Engine API:
 -OpenGL (ish)
 -Box Test
 -Position Test
Audio API:
 -Simple Sound Engine
 -MaxMod
Math:
 -Hardware Assisted Math
 -Fixed Point Trigonometry Functions
Memory:
 -General Memory Definitions
 -NDS and GBA header Structure
 -Direct Memory Access
System
 -Custom DS types
 -Hardware Initilization
 -Bios
 -ARM 9 Cache
 -Interrupts
 -Fifo
 -Timers
User Input/ouput
 -Keypad and Touch pad
 -Keyboard
 -Console and Debug Printing
Utility
 -Decompression
 -Image Manipulation
 -PCX file loader
 -General Purpose Data Structures
Custom Peripherals
 -Rumble Pack
 -DS Motion Pack
Debugging
 -Debug via printf to DS screen or NO$GBA
 -Send message to NO$GBA

Obviously, the Nspire Library would differ in many ways, but it shows what the Library needs to implement over the devkitARM core.

I got this chart from Here
http://libnds.devkitpro.org/

Yeah, maybe the battery drain will still be there, but if they write the program for slow CPU speeds it shouldn't be a problem, right?

Maybe the DevkitPro libraries should have a "battery saving" and "High Power" library for its commands, so you can choose when developing.

The thing with DevkitPro is that each device you develop with has its own set of libraries. We would probably have to write our own input, link and display libraries to support grayscale.

Thanks for the emulator links. To write (or change) a batch file open it with notepad, and make sure to save it as a .bat. (unless you're running linux, then you can just edit and run the text files, but for windows commands make sure to use wine!)

EDIT: Sweet! There's a Linux version, and it works!!!!!

Now, my main question: How would one go about setting it up?

I haven't had much experience programming in asm (none actually) but I think this would spur on much more development.

just a thought.....in the future, since the nspire has a rather powerful processor, on-calc asm programming could be feasible and rather speedy!

EDIT: would you happen to have a non-united TI link to the nspire emu? United TI is in the middle of its scheduled downtime.

For those who don't know, devkitPro is a popular toolchain for developing of many handhelds, such as the GP2X, GBA, NDS, PSP and others. This is why it was so easy to port their homebrew across all the different devices.

Since the NSpire runs the same ARM9 code as the GBA, would it be possible to build asm programs using devkitpro? While there are not any libraries written as of yet, the code base would be the same, and it would allow us direct access to much other code. Also, certain libraries may be portable, such as graphics libraries. The more compatible libraries we write, the easier it is to code and port.

Anyone have any feedback? Comments? Questions? Criticisms? All are welcome!

William Shipley

Well, it's on topic in that it's what the topic was created for.

Thanks for all the peanuts!

So, by POC you mean they got it working on a nspire, but not in any truly usable form yet? Sounds like progress!

I wonder if there will be a standalone method of installing it! no pc, no calc, no nothing!

If this is for version 2.0, will it automatically update to 2.0 for me or will I have to update first?