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Le 01/04/2023 à 19:24, Hou Van Boere a écrit :
> I am sure you are right but still, you get the general idea.
> 
> Thermo Electron has pretty much bought most of the industry out. I will copy and paste, mix and match old stuff to re-implement instruments they don't care about anymore. I don't need to make anything cutting edge. The old stuff was more than good enough

Indeed, an interesting project.

You first need a Ada cross-compiler. Here is a link about this : 
https://wiki.osdev.org/GNAT_Cross-Compiler

You also need a runtime. This is up to you to code it. You can use 
bbruntimes as a template. This can request modifications on your 
hardware. For example, the runtime needs a timer to track time. If your 
microprocessor do not have an embedded timer, you'll have to add one on 
your board.

Other links of interest :
https://forum.ada-lang.io/
https://github.com/ohenley/awesome-ada

Matrix rooms (https://matrix.org/clients) :
Ada news : https://matrix.to/#/#ada-lang:matrix.org
Ada language : https://matrix.to/#/#ada-lang:matrix.org
Alire : https://matrix.to/#/#ada-lang_Alire:gitter.im

Many other resources exist.