From William.Macris at gd-ais.com Wed Aug 11 14:21:49 2004 From: William.Macris at gd-ais.com (William.Macris@gd-ais.com) Date: Wed Aug 11 14:21:56 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] Using Kronos Robotics DIOS chip with DT106 SimmStick? Message-ID: <6806E1D3EF34D3408250BFDA3D465AB7048D1F92@blcex01.mnb.gd-ais.com> Hi: I'm looking for information on what's required to mount a DIOS on the DT106: I checked the schematic for the DT106 carrier board and it would work with the DIOS, however the "standard" Kronos serial port used for programming is on a different set of pins. The SimmStick routes the hardware UART to the serial driver on the DT106, which is good for executing but not for programming. Do I have any easy options for mounting the DIOS on the board and being able to program it? I know I could either cut & jumper or maybe mount one of the Kronos EZ rs232 on the board also, but hopefully I can get this to work via the standard SimmStick backplane. That way I can use the standard DT motherboard / port combo for running and programming. Has anyone already done this? thanks! Willie Macris From paulh at adelaide.on.net Tue Aug 24 01:39:20 2004 From: paulh at adelaide.on.net (Paul Howard) Date: Tue Aug 24 01:39:26 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] DT104 as a programmer Message-ID: <001b01c4899c$b877d0e0$094b6596@paul> Hello all, I'm populating a DT104 for use with a 2313 as a small carpet rover controller. I would like to leave the micro in the board and programme it by popping it in my working DT006 board. The DT104 will operate as the bot controller in the DT007 but I haven't installed the Kanda header. I've cut the track for the +5V isolator and then jumpered it so that I can power it from the DT006 if necessary. Something is puzzling me. The instructions on Don's site for constructing the DT104 say that to use it as a programmer, you need to cut J4 between 1 & 2 and then jumper 2 & 3, and possibly isolate J6 as well. All this for the benefit of the reset signal. Well, I've studied the schematic of all 3 boards (007, 006, 104) and I can't see any reason to modify either J4 or J6 for reliable programming. Gut feeling tells me to just try it without following the instructions, but hey, they're there for a reason. So am I missing something or should it all work without modification? Regards, Paul Howard Adelaide, South Australia -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/simmstick_group_dontronics.com/attachments/20040824/696eed5b/attachment.htm From support2004 at dontronics.com Tue Aug 24 01:55:10 2004 From: support2004 at dontronics.com (Don McKenzie) Date: Tue Aug 24 01:55:17 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] DT104 as a programmer In-Reply-To: <001b01c4899c$b877d0e0$094b6596@paul> References: <001b01c4899c$b877d0e0$094b6596@paul> Message-ID: <412AD83D.7030109@dontronics.com> Paul Howard wrote: > Hello all, > > I'm populating a DT104 for use with a 2313 as a small carpet rover > controller. I would like to leave the micro in the board and programme > it by popping it in my working DT006 board. The DT104 will operate as > the bot controller in the DT007 but I haven't installed the Kanda header. > > I've cut the track for the +5V isolator and then jumpered it so that I > can power it from the DT006 if necessary. > > Something is puzzling me. The instructions on Don's site for > constructing the DT104 say that to use it as a programmer, you need to > cut J4 between 1 & 2 and then jumper 2 & 3, and possibly isolate J6 as > well. All this for the benefit of the reset signal. Well, I've studied > the schematic of all 3 boards (007, 006, 104) and I can't see any > reason to modify either J4 or J6 for reliable programming. Gut feeling > tells me to just try it without following the instructions, but hey, > they're there for a reason. > > So am I missing something or should it all work without modification? > > Regards, > Paul Howard > Adelaide, South Australia Hi Paul. the reset has been default set for avr's, and is cut jumpered for the older atmel 2051 type chips. Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.e-dotcom.com/ecp.php?un=Dontronics USB to RS232 Converter that works http://www.dontronics.com/usb_232.html Don's Free Guide To Spam Reduction http://www.e-dotcom.com/spam_exp.php From support2004 at dontronics.com Mon Aug 30 03:20:33 2004 From: support2004 at dontronics.com (Don McKenzie) Date: Mon Aug 30 03:20:45 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] PIC Basic and C Message-ID: <4132D541.9010902@dontronics.com> 22-Aug-2004 MikroElektronika Basic - Advanced Basic Compiler for PIC - Comprehensive, stand-alone Basic compiler for PIC MCUs. MikroElektronika Pascal - Advanced Pascal Compiler for PIC - Comprehensive, stand-alone Pascal compiler for PIC MCUs http://www.dontronics.com/mikroelektronika_basic.html http://www.dontronics.com/mikroelektronika_pascal.html -- Don McKenzie E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.e-dotcom.com/ecp.php?un=Dontronics USB to RS232 Converter that works http://www.dontronics.com/usb_232.html Don's Free Guide To Spam Reduction http://www.e-dotcom.com/spam_exp.php From sergio at titan.demon.co.uk Mon Aug 30 08:13:41 2004 From: sergio at titan.demon.co.uk (sergio@titan.demon.co.uk) Date: Mon Aug 30 08:13:42 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] PIC Basic and C In-Reply-To: <4132D541.9010902@dontronics.com> Message-ID: support2004@dontronics.com wrote: > 22-Aug-2004 > MikroElektronika Basic - Advanced Basic Compiler for PIC - Comprehensive, > stand-alone Basic compiler for PIC MCUs. > > MikroElektronika Pascal - Advanced Pascal Compiler for PIC - Comprehensive, > stand-alone Pascal compiler for PIC MCUs > > http://www.dontronics.com/mikroelektronika_basic.html > http://www.dontronics.com/mikroelektronika_pascal.html > > -- > Don McKenzie > E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.e-dotcom.com/ecp.php?un=Dontronics XCSB is a structured BASIC. The compiler generates highly optimised code which is on a par with expensive high end C compilers and greatly exceads that of many low cost C compilers. The XCSB servo library is written entirely in XCSB (no assembler) and consumes only 10% of the PICs processing power to contol 8 RC servos and only 40% to contol 32 RC servos. The LITE edition is available free of charge for personal non-commercial use from http://www.xcprod.com/titan/XCSB Regards Sergio Masci From adburchill at iinet.net.au Mon Aug 30 20:44:22 2004 From: adburchill at iinet.net.au (adburchill@iinet.net.au) Date: Mon Aug 30 20:44:25 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] may be intersting for some! Message-ID: <1093913062.4133c9e65ae39@mail.iinet.net.au> Thanks for fixing up the order Don. the reason for my ordering the 'EasySync Standard USB to RS-232 Converter' was due to an article in the last CircuitCellar - "DMX-512 Control Stefan recently found himself in need of a controller for a lighting system. In this article, he describes how he used an FTDI FT232BM USB-to-serial converter chip to achieve DMX-512 control. " regards Andrew Burchill From alxx at alxx.net Tue Aug 31 00:47:09 2004 From: alxx at alxx.net (Alex Gibson) Date: Tue Aug 31 00:47:17 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] may be intersting for some! In-Reply-To: <1093913062.4133c9e65ae39@mail.iinet.net.au> References: <1093913062.4133c9e65ae39@mail.iinet.net.au> Message-ID: <1093927629.413402cda66f9@postoffice.tpg.com.au> I can say they work very well. The only problem you may get is if you try and use them at close to their maximum data rate. Will get this wih all lower cost converters. The ones Don sells are reliable unlike a lot of others on the market. Alex Gibson Quoting adburchill@iinet.net.au: > Thanks for fixing up the order Don. > the reason for my ordering the > 'EasySync Standard USB to RS-232 Converter' > was due to an article in the last CircuitCellar - > "DMX-512 Control > Stefan recently found himself in need of a controller for a lighting system. > In > this article, he describes how he used an FTDI FT232BM USB-to-serial > converter > chip to achieve DMX-512 control. " > > regards > Andrew Burchill > > _______________________________________________ > SimmStick_Group mailing list > SimmStick_Group@dontronics.com > http://dontronics.com/mailman/listinfo/simmstick_group_dontronics.com > > > From caska at virtualbreadboard.com Tue Aug 31 07:23:20 2004 From: caska at virtualbreadboard.com (James Caska) Date: Tue Aug 31 07:23:40 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] Haven't forgotten you In-Reply-To: <200406221851.i5MIpRP01873@sprucegrove.com> Message-ID: <004e01c48f4c$ebf49e20$f3197ad9@CP301356a> Jay, I haven't forgotton you and it would seem like such a simple thing to send you some devices I can hardly figure it out myself!? Soooo busy right now .. Actually I am working towards secure downloadable sampling that will solve all these problems. I really really promise to send them tommorrow. Hope things with your wife are improving... Cheers, James Caska www.muvium.com uVM - 'Java Bred for Embedded' -----Original Message----- From: SimmStick_Group-bounces@dontronics.com [mailto:SimmStick_Group-bounces@dontronics.com] On Behalf Of D. Jay Newman Sent: Tuesday, June 22, 2004 8:51 PM To: SimmStick_Group@dontronics.com Subject: Re: [SimmStick_Group] Any Experience with Muvium uVM with DT106 /DT001? > Muvium sells a line of PIC-compatible processor chips that add a > Java bytecode interpreter to the PIC processor core. There are > varients compatible with the 877, 252, 452, and 8720. Does anyone > have experience using one of these chips in a DT106 and a suitable > backplane or programmer board (e.g., DT001)? The uVM 452 should fit on any 40 pin PIC socket. It's based on, of course, a PIC 18F452, so you should compare the data sheets. It is programmed through the serial port. -- D. Jay Newman ! DCX - it takes off and lands base first, jay@sprucegrove.com ! as God and Robert Heinlein intended. http://enerd.ws/robots/ ! _______________________________________________ SimmStick_Group mailing list SimmStick_Group@dontronics.com http://dontronics.com/mailman/listinfo/simmstick_group_dontronics.com