Arduino compiler for arduino?

Would it be technically possible to program the arduino on the arduino?

As cool as that would be: no, it's not feasible.

The Arduino does not have the memory or horsepower to run a C compiler.

What about TCC : Tiny C Compiler ?

(I'm not even sure if Arduino is x86 by the way)

(I'm not even sure if Arduino is x86 by the way)

It is not!

SMALL! You can compile and execute C code everywhere, for example on rescue disks (about 100KB for x86 TCC executable, including C preprocessor, C compiler, assembler and linker).

You have 2K of RAM on an arduino.

Oh, I see.. thanks

Maybe on DUE... ?)

Yes, it would be technically possible - but it would require additional R/W storage and more resources than anyone would probably be willing to put into development.

This is what Raspberry PI will be for. It'll run a decent Linux distro, and you will be able to just plug in keyboards and mice, and an HDMI monitor, but still on a tiny bare-board $25 computer.

Can't wait to put my hands on one... :smiley:

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Wow! Wikipedia says January 2012 availability - I assume that is being slipped... Do you have any idea when they'll be available? It looks really interesting!

According to http://www.raspberrypi.org/ they are shipping now.

Ok - but are they taking orders? I created an account, but can't find an order-taking page. :stuck_out_tongue:

The shop offers only stickers for now...

(sigh) Bookmarked. :.

They've only just started manufacture. Hopefully it'll be available soon. It may be they are waiting for the whole first batch.

At least the videos look promising...