From support2004 at dontronics.com Thu Sep 2 01:02:17 2004 From: support2004 at dontronics.com (Don McKenzie) Date: Thu Sep 2 01:02:27 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] The U4x1 devices now support stepper motor control. Message-ID: <4136A959.2060207@dontronics.com> 2-Sep-2004 The U401 USB interface: The U4x1 devices now support stepper motor control. The U4x1's are USB solutions that are pre-built, pre-programmed, and pre-tested and will get you interfacing your PC to various devices in very little time! There is no USB device assembly, no driver development, and no firmware to write. In many cases the U4x1 can be plugged into an experimenter's breadboard and circuit interfacing can begin immediately. Demo software applications can be used "right out of the box". http://www.dontronics.com/u401.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 support2004 at dontronics.com Sat Sep 4 17:22:56 2004 From: support2004 at dontronics.com (Don McKenzie) Date: Sat Sep 4 17:21:15 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] The FirmLab IDE Message-ID: <413A3230.70209@dontronics.com> 5-Sep-2004 The FirmLab IDE is a low-cost Target Independent Firmware Development Environment, that is, an environment to create and test firmware for any type of microcontroller, DSP or whatever CPU-driven device. http://www.dontronics.com/firmlab.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 support2004 at dontronics.com Sat Sep 4 21:59:14 2004 From: support2004 at dontronics.com (Don McKenzie) Date: Sat Sep 4 21:57:33 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] DIY KIT-182 All Flash, USB Powered ICSP PIC Programmer. Message-ID: <413A72F2.6080700@dontronics.com> 5-Sep-2004 DIY KIT-182 All Flash, USB Powered ICSP PIC Programmer. This is an assembled and tested unit, and very cost effective. http://www.dontronics.com/diyk182.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 support2004 at dontronics.com Wed Sep 15 18:36:22 2004 From: support2004 at dontronics.com (Don McKenzie) Date: Wed Sep 15 18:36:33 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] USB Internet Voice over IP (VoIP) Phone Message-ID: <4148C3E6.30504@dontronics.com> 15-Sep-2004 USB Internet Voice over IP (VoIP) Phone - Free PC to PC calls. Very cheap calls to standard phone numbers world wide. This USB phone can be used either at home, at work or at Wi-Fi hotspots on your laptop computer to talk to the world for free. It has a built-in 16-bit sound card, volume control, and requires no driver installation in Windows. http://www.dontronics.com/usbphone.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 miremadi at tavoosmag.com Wed Sep 15 21:40:08 2004 From: miremadi at tavoosmag.com (miremadi@tavoosmag.com) Date: Wed Sep 15 18:40:57 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] automated response Message-ID: <10409151840.AA02268@tavoosmag.com> Dear Users: We would like to inform you that Tavoos will be closed from September 9 to 25, 2004 for the summer vacation. We will reply your e-mails as soon as we come back. From dave.mcnaughton at optusnet.com.au Tue Sep 21 06:10:28 2004 From: dave.mcnaughton at optusnet.com.au (Dave McNaughton) Date: Tue Sep 21 06:10:25 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] Trouble programming a PICF628A on the DT001 programmer. Message-ID: <200409211010.i8LAALLl011055@mail19.syd.optusnet.com.au> Hi, I recently purchased the DT001 and DT101 boards and made up the programmer section of the DT001. I can program the PICF84A perfectly every time using the Nigel Goodwin WinPicProg programming software. The only mod I've made to the DT001 programmer was to use 4K7 for R16 to lift Vpp to 13.1V, I was getting just under 13V (12.97 from memory) with the original 1K and was worried that this was why I have having a few programming problems at first. I use the 18pin (ZIF) socket on the DT001, I don't slot the DT101 into the DT001 for programming. My challenge is I'm trying now to use a PICF628A and cannot get it to program at all. I've read everything I can find, and tried a few suggestions but can't get a result. I've tied RB4 to GND. I've put capacitance across RB6 and RB7 individually and together. I've used Nigel's Beta software with support for the 628A, I've tried IC-Prog (www.ic-prog.com) that some people have said worked for them with the 628A. I just can't find a good post anywhere that says "I use the DT001 programmer, had a problem with the 628A, did XYZ and got it to work". If there is a solution, I'd greatly appreciate if you could share it with me. Regards, Dave McNaughton. -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: /pipermail/simmstick_group_dontronics.com/attachments/20040921/9279e1e1/attachment.htm From support2004 at dontronics.com Sun Sep 26 00:12:54 2004 From: support2004 at dontronics.com (Don McKenzie) Date: Sun Sep 26 00:13:02 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] Trouble programming a PICF628A on the DT001 programmer. In-Reply-To: <200409211010.i8LAALLl011055@mail19.syd.optusnet.com.au> References: <200409211010.i8LAALLl011055@mail19.syd.optusnet.com.au> Message-ID: <415641C6.8040205@dontronics.com> Dave McNaughton wrote: > Hi, I recently purchased the DT001 and DT101 boards and made up the > programmer section of the DT001. > > I can program the PICF84A perfectly every time using the Nigel Goodwin > WinPicProg programming software. > > > > The only mod I've made to the DT001 programmer was to use 4K7 for R16 to > lift Vpp to 13.1V, I was getting just under 13V (12.97 from memory) with > the original 1K and was worried that this was why I have having a few > programming problems at first. I use the 18pin (ZIF) socket on the > DT001, I don?t slot the DT101 into the DT001 for programming. > > > > My challenge is I'm trying now to use a PICF628A and cannot get it to > program at all. I've read everything I can find, and tried a few > suggestions but can't get a result. I've tied RB4 to GND. I've put > capacitance across RB6 and RB7 individually and together. I've used > Nigel's Beta software with support for the 628A, I've tried IC-Prog > (www.ic-prog.com) that some people have said worked for them with the > 628A. I just can't find a good post anywhere that says "I use the DT001 > programmer, had a problem with the 628A, did XYZ and got it to work". If > there is a solution, I'd greatly appreciate if you could share it with me. > > > > Regards, > > Dave McNaughton. I would have thought some one would have got back to you by now on this one Dave, as I know there was some issues with the "a" version of the 628. About the only other suggestion I can make is to try it in the 18 pin socket position on the dt001 board, if you haven't already. Basically, it is a 5 wire programming circuit. The only other source of info may be the piclist.com group. There are several thousand users there, and I know the 628a has had many mentions. Perhaps even the archives may show up an answer. Cheers Don... -- Don McKenzie E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.e-dotcom.com/ecp.php?un=Dontronics Free phone calls via USB Phone: http://www.dontronics.com/usbphone.html USB to RS232 Converter that works http://www.dontronics.com/usb_232.html From support2004 at dontronics.com Thu Sep 30 05:00:54 2004 From: support2004 at dontronics.com (Don McKenzie) Date: Thu Sep 30 05:01:07 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] USB to RJ-11 VoIP Phone Adapter Message-ID: <415BCB46.2080409@dontronics.com> 30-Sep-2004 USB to RJ-11 VoIP Phone Adapter - Free PC to PC calls. Very cheap calls to standard phone numbers world wide. You can now use ANY standard Telephone with this USB to RJ-11 Phone Adapter. http://www.dontronics.com/phoneconnector.html -- Don McKenzie E-Mail Contact Page: http://www.e-dotcom.com/ecp.php?un=Dontronics Free phone calls via USB Phone: http://www.dontronics.com/usbphone.html USB to RS232 Converter that works http://www.dontronics.com/usb_232.html From phill.glasson at ap.effem.com Thu Sep 30 19:31:07 2004 From: phill.glasson at ap.effem.com (phill.glasson@ap.effem.com) Date: Thu Sep 30 19:31:13 2004 Subject: [SimmStick_Group] Newbie Questions - Is SymmStick the "Way to Go?" In-Reply-To: <415BCB46.2080409@dontronics.com> Message-ID: Hi People, I'm *very* new to the list, microcontrollers, assembler, and C, but a bit familiar with BASIC Here's the background- I'm considering building a self-guided (and remote controlled) model aeroplane capable of carrying a small payload (digital camera and temperature sensor). This combination would be used to plot the "adabatic lapse rate" against the actual temp reduction with altitude. This will generate a plotted estimate of how high thermals will go for any given ground temperature. These plots are especially useful for glider pilots to plan their cross country competition flights. Here's the plan- It'll need an rs232 serial interface to a GPS (One NEMA Sentence output (4800N81) by the GPS contains altitude and position information) It'll need a temperature sensor with ~0.1C resolution and a reasonably quick response. It'll need to drive three servos. (1 = throttle, 2 = elevons - Its a flying wing) It'll need to drive a "Camera On" button. It'll need to drive a "Shutter Release" button. It'll need to be interrupted by a signal from the R/C reciever to turn on/off autopilot (servo PWM driven from RX or microcontroller). There'll be three flight modes - 1 = Climb, 2 = Decend, 3 = Holding Pattern There'll need to be some detection and PANIC code to handle situations where the engine fails in-flight. There'll a camera shoot mode (embedded in the Holding Pattern) where the flight is straight and level over the specified point. Flight data recorded will be "Time of Day", "Altitude", and "Temperature" Setup data will be "Overfly Here". Probably initiated by a push-button to read and store the lat/long/alt of the current position. There'll need to be a "Display Recorded Data" (LCD?) and/or "Output to a PC" (serial or ethernet/IP?) function. The questions- Which microcontroller would you consider to be good choice as a platform for building on? PIC/Atmel/Other Assembler, while being *very* fast would be quite verbose code for the serial interface to the GPS. Is there a free compiler (possibly one of the BASICs?) that has easy to use serial/interrupt/PWM? My skills are not in Assembler or C, but I do run my own SuSE webserver at home for fun (http://www.glasson.org), and am the System Administrator for 40 UNIX machines with 3000 users. In anticipation, Phill