Hi Matthew, Generally, everything in the main repository should be covered by the automatic compilation tests performed by the CI system, which is why all CPUs must have at least one board using them. Perhaps you have some development board which uses the same CPU that you can add a basic configuration for? A board configuration can be quite simple if you only need the basic features, and should not take a lot of effort to produce. Maybe there is an Arduino board or similar which uses the same CPU? The drivers for TCA9539 and ADS1015 can be integrated in the main repo as long as there is a simple test program for them so that they are built by the CI, and so that they can be tested on actual hardware with only adding the pin/bus configuration for the experiment setup. See the existing tests for some drivers in the main repo e.g. tests/driver_ina220
Best regards, Joakim On Wed, Mar 14, 2018 at 6:49 PM, Matthew Blue <matthew.blue.ne...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello all, > > I am building mesh networking sensor arrays for agriculture, and I am > working on RIOT as an operating system for them. I have a number of > bits of hardware that I need to write support for and I would like to > contribute that back to RIOT. However, since this is ag equipment > designed to be deployed in large quantities, I expect that it will not > really be available for developers other than myself to test on. > > What is the RIOT community's policy on submitting support for things > like CPUs and peripherals without a board implementing them? I intend to > support what I contribute into the foreseeable future. I suspect that > having hardware already supported will influence future board designs > if they are intended to run a system like RIOT (it influenced some of > my design choices). > > Some of the specific bits I intend to add are the ATmega1284P MCU, the > TCA9539 I2C GPI expander, and the ADS1015 ADC (and variants). > > Sincerely, > Matthew > _______________________________________________ > devel mailing list > devel@riot-os.org > https://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel _______________________________________________ devel mailing list devel@riot-os.org https://lists.riot-os.org/mailman/listinfo/devel
