Resources/Developer Info & Forums/Developing for Original Sifteo Cubes
Architecture overview
Ivan Santibanez-Koref
posted this on April 17, 2012 01:55 am
Hi,
The cubes are great and the SDK is easy to use to use. But it would be helpfull to have an an overview of the sifteo system architecture. Where can it be found ? What parts of an application are running on the host and what parts are running on the cube ? Is it possible to run the cubes without a host (it seems to be possible) ?
Best regards
isk
Comments
Hi Ivan,
We have not published the full details of the Sifteo system architecture, but here is a summary: all game logic runs on the host, while the cubes themselves run a lightweight real-time operating system (RTOS). The RTOS waits for graphics instructions, and reports back when it senses something new (neighbor, motion, button). While it would be possible in principle to run simple applications on the cubes themselves, we do not have an API for this. More technical detail about the cubes here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sifteo_cubes.
I hope this helps!
Cheers,
Sarah
Thanks
isk