F Prime(fprime.jpl.nasa.gov)
fprime.jpl.nasa.gov
F Prime
https://fprime.jpl.nasa.gov/
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I had a couple senior FPGA classes with a JPL engineer who had worked on F-Prime, it was awesome to see the project and learn embedded from it. I think he suffered layoffs shortly thereafter when JPL did a big RIF. I'm grateful they put such work into it and make it public, their support is a significant part of the curriculum at the upper division computer engineering where I went.
It's cool to see how quickly the industry has been shifting to F Prime, cFS is great but it's run it's course. Unfortunately F Prime isn't quite as advanced as we may want (in terms of data throughput or modern features) but it is a great step forward in an industry that's often scared or unable to produce open source software.
I'm just generally impressed by their community efforts vs cFS. They really do their development on GitHub - not just a place to push out source, but issues, PR's, discussions.
FPrime has some rough edges, and it takes a bit to get used to, but the team's interest in continually improving the core for a wide range of users is the differentiator.
FPrime has some rough edges, and it takes a bit to get used to, but the team's interest in continually improving the core for a wide range of users is the differentiator.