[fpc-pascal] Free Pascal console programs on Android are easy

[Mark Morgan Lloyd]

Paul Breneman wrote:

> My main specialty is communication software ( 
> www.turbocontrol.com/APro.htm ), so right now that is what I'm working 
> on.  I have a USB hub working with a keyboard on my Nexus 7 (via OTG), 
> but a FTDI USB-serial adapter doesn't show up in /dev so I hope to get 
> that (and some other Bluetooth and TCP/IP stuff) working next.

I've not got a Nexus but I suggest looking to see whether whoever's made 
the adapter (using the FTDI chip) has given it a vid:pid that the OS 
doesn't recognise. I think that fiddling with kernel module parameters 
or editing the identifier info into a config file are beyond what the 
average user can be expected to do.

> But a GUI Hello World would be nice!  I did install the "libc-dev" 
> package to compile a Synapse Synaser program so if anyone wants to try 
> www.CtrlTerm.com that would be appreciated.

Some patches for serial.pp were recently applied to 2.7.1. This is for 
low-level access and requires that you do the thread handling yourself, 
but doesn't require libc etc. It was tested on ARM Linux when written.

> My main (first) goal in this is to be able to run a single program (for 
> machine control) on an inexpensive tablet.  Maybe even with embedded 
> Firebird (I have an Android tablet with an Intel CPU if that is needed).

-- 
Mark Morgan Lloyd
markMLl .AT. telemetry.co .DOT. uk

[Opinions above are the author's, not those of his employers or colleagues]