[ECOS] Proposed idea for eCos debug/development user interface.

[Shaun Jackman]

I can see a need for this. A lot of embedded systems have a small LCD (ours 
is 122x32 monochrom for example) that could be useful to debug before the 
hardware is completely nailed. To be able to test GUI stuff on an 
off-the-shelf eval board would be handy. Now, my 0.02$CA. Run PPP over the 
serial port (giving you full ethernet connectivity). Have set_pixel() and the 
like write to an internal frame buffer. Use VNC 
(http://www.uk.research.att.com/vnc/) to export this frame buffer to another 
PC. The trickiest part here is porting VNC to eCos. But, since they already 
have it running on half a dozen (or more) different systems, porting it to 
one more shouldn't be the end of the world. The big advantage: you don't have 
to write any host side applications. You can use the standard off-the-shelf 
VNC client.
Now all you have to find is someone with an itch big enough he's willing to 
scratch it.

Cheers,
Shaun