A recent investigation on the eLua-dev mailing list revealed the fact that the AVR32 firmware files in the eLua 0.9 release package were compiled with a faulty version of the AVR32 GCC compiler, which...

The new build system and configurator are now part of master. This changes the way you compile your eLua image, so please check this link for details.

James Snyder will be presenting on using eLua for rapid application development at ESC Boston on May 6 .

Quotes

“Very early on in the development of Lua we started using the question 'But will it work in a microwave oven?' as a half-serious test for including features while avoiding bloat. I'm glad to see that the eLua project promises to deliver Lua to small devices that can make a difference.”

Luiz Henrique de Figueiredo, Lua Team member

“eLua takes a rock-solid VM and fits it in a small space. It lets you program microcontrollers with an easy-to-learn, high-level language. I see this programming model and the eLua project itself really gaining momentum.”

Dean Hall, embedded systems developer

“eLua makes the complex world of 32-bit processors easy and affordable for all. Thanks for your great work guys. ”

Nuccio Raciti, Mizar32 project developer

“eLua is a great development platform for micro-controllers ”

Tim Michals, Cygentron Inc.

“In 1998, Cameron Laird predicted: "the imminent explosion of ubiquitous embedded processing (computers in your car, in your plumbing, and in your kitchen appliances) can only work in favor of Lua." eLua is a great help in spreading Lua to these devices.”

Roberto Ierusalimschy, Lua chief architect