FAQ (General Topic)

Naming

How pronounce?

"em-ruby". Not "mu-ruby"

What means "m"?

Some reports available.

• "Em"beddable.
• Considerable active committers have "M" as their name initials, somehow.
• "M"atz.

Can I run mruby on my target?

Arduino

Basically, No.

On the current version of mruby, it is not enough considered to support 16-bits integer architecture. And AVR have small size of RAMs. AVR is MPU that used in Arduino.

But you can run mruby on some Arduino-pin-compatible boards. Like PICkit32, GR-SAKURA, Enzi, and so on. They boards have high spec 32bits CPU.

I recommend compatible boards if your wish is using Arduino shields.

ARM bare metals

(To be written)

MIPS bare metals

(To be written)