I thought about expect/cygwin but in my opinion is too hard to use for the average Windows operator who expects just to:
- install the application by running an .exe or unzipping a .zip
- launching the application
- press a couple of buttons on GUI and see the result.
I think Python could be a very good solution. Since I never worked with it, I ask just few questions:
- for Windows platform, is possible to generate one single .exe file
taht includes all the required stuff (such as libraries and runtime components)? If not, it is possible to group all of them in one single .zip file? 2) What about serial ports support? Is this really platform independent? 3) What about graphical interface? Is it possible to use the same library (and consequently have similar look&feel) on Windows and Linux?
The serial port support is platform independent if you use the right library. We use python to communicate with the target from a windows/linux host without any problems. You can design a simple graphical interface which will look exactly the same on both operating systems. I think the uboot list is not the right place to continue with this discussion.
Cheers, Nicolas Armadeus Systems www.armadeus.com