I like the idea but why would you want the power button on the back?
Compman
New Features Incubator
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Well I am 8bit computer fanatic...
And all my 8bit computers have power switch on back...
So it is little 8bit user deformantion heeh...
But it is logic.Becouse when You plug-in POWER ADAPTER you have power switch near ADAPTER plug...
Off course powerswitch can be in front as on SEGA or NEO GEO,there is little space between LEDs .
Hey photoshop/paintbrush my pic to front "switch version".I have no time today...
And post it here...
And all my 8bit computers have power switch on back...
So it is little 8bit user deformantion heeh...
But it is logic.Becouse when You plug-in POWER ADAPTER you have power switch near ADAPTER plug...
Off course powerswitch can be in front as on SEGA or NEO GEO,there is little space between LEDs .
Hey photoshop/paintbrush my pic to front "switch version".I have no time today...
And post it here...
Re: New Features Incubator
One new option that came up recently was a USB interface on the baseboard. This would allow direct programming without the need for a stk500 or ATAVRISP. Again, this would go in line with one of the main goal of the project: cheap and easy to develop for. What do you think?
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That would be cool but I still think SD would be better.
Compman
Compman
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I like the USB->Serial approach since it could avoid/solve a few problems for users. (ie-- no need for an ISP adapter, no need for a serial port on new PC's/Macs, no need for a separate USB->Serial dongle on the computer) We'd need a little serial bootloader, but that could be pretty simple. I like SD though too. Just wish FAT wasn't such a porker... Would love to be able to drag and drop files and pop the card in.
-Clay
-Clay
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Yes, as you proposed, that would be the idea. In fact, I just received an order from Digikey. I bought a small FT232R module (768-1021-ND) to play with that. Very sharp.I like the USB->Serial approach
And SD is still #1 CompMan! Also bought some parts and SD socket to build the interface and write some code for it. I also got all the parts required for the Ethernet interface you proposed (ENC28J60/MagJack), although in that case, I mistakenly ordered the ENC28J60 SOIC version instead of the DIP.
Eh, that's should keep me busy for a while!
Uze
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Your covering all the interfaces. I would have done the Ethernet by now but I have no money to get parts. Glade to her someone else can take it on.
Compman
Compman
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True but only 16 people out of 50 members have voted. VOTE PEOPLE VOTE!!!uze6666 wrote:And SD is still #1 CompMan!
Compman
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Perhaps they don't' vote because they assume all of those functions will be covered anyhow... Just a question of time...
Uze
I didn't plan to work on that now, just bough the part hoping somebody else would do the dirty job .Your covering all the interfaces. I would have done the Ethernet by now but I have no money to get parts.
Uze
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I haven't looked at the resource requirements, but I know that there's a uIP port to AVR using the ENC28J60. Maybe just use that? Seems like a lot of the TCP/IP stuff use the Mega128, but I don't know if that's due to flash requirements or simply because it was the "uber" AVR for a long time...uze6666 wrote:I didn't plan to work on that now, just bough the part hoping somebody else would do the dirty job .
-Clay