Notes from the November Forth Day 2005 Meeting

Group Photograph
photo by Kevin Appert
panorama stitching by Jay McKnight

Morning Session

New Products for Forth Embedded Systems - Dave Jaffe
Powerpoint presentation in PDF (341 kb)

Links from presentation:

• Jennic CPU with ZigBee
  http://www.jennic.com/site/products/wireless/01-01.php

• Lorax Works - proSeed
  http://www.loraxworks.com/

• Gumstick Robostix
  http://www.gumstix.com

• Gumstick WaySmall
  http://www.gumstix.com

• New Micros ARM Micro
  http://www.newmicros.com/

• SitePlayer Webserver
  http://www.siteplayer.com

• MaxStream ZigBee Module
  http://www.maxstream.net/products/index.php

• AllMotion Stepper or Servo Drivers
  http://www.allmotion.com/index.htm

• Radicom Serial Modem
  http://www.radi.com/

• Sensory Voice Recognition Module
  http://www.sensoryinc.com/html/products/vrstamp.html

• Reach Color Touch LCD
  http://www.reachtech.com/display/slcd.html

• Z-World Color Touchscreen
  http://www.rabbitsemiconductor.com/products/CTS_App_Kit/

• Ezurio Bluetooth
  http://www.ezurio.com/products/bism/

• Lantronix Device Server
  http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-servers/xport.html

• Lantronix Wireless Device Server
  http://www.lantronix.com/device-networking/embedded-device-servers/wiport.html

• Serial Servo Controller
  http://www.pololu.com/products/pololu/#servcon

Forth Stamps - CH Ting

Powerpoint presentation in PDF (231 Kb)

ForthStamp documentation in PDF (136 Kb)

Operates at 45 Mhz

ForthStamp CPU - $50

Level shifter for serial port - $25

Afternoon Session

SwiftForth - Bob Nash

Swift Forth - $400

Swift Forth with source code - $1500

A version is also available without turn-key startup

Considerable support is available from the online user group

Fireside Chat - Chuck Moore

Working on a multi-processor Forth chip design

Company involved is Intelasys

Electronic News article - Startup Intelasys Targets Multicore Processors (10/24/2005)