1 Dec
2022
1 Dec
'22
1:08 a.m.
On 2022-11-30 5:43 p.m., Chuck Guzis via cctalk wrote:
On 11/30/22 14:45, Eric Moore via cctalk wrote:
I have never needed more than a 8085, or stupid USB support, many moons
ago. I suspect easy point and click software development is the thing
today, and only the lastest tools will claim to be bug free, until next
month.
Ben feeling grumpy at the state of the art development tools
at the moment looking for a good inexpensve PCB layout software.
I have a kennedy 9100 with an unformatted pertec
interface that I would
love to use for imaging tapes from my AS/400
It seems like strapping a logic analyzer to the read connector, and an
arduino on the command connector, may be fairly easily done? Has anyone
done that?
I have to confess that I've never understood the Arduino thing. It
seems to be limiting the functionality of an MCU in the name of convenience.
An inexpensive STM32F4 or F7 MCU can have, depending on the package,
over 100 5V tolerant GPIOs, lots of DMA channels, 15 timers, USB
support, and even handle ethernet.
It's just a matter of programming. F4 MCU dev boards are cheap.
Maybe it's the 1000+ page reference manual that has people spooked? Or
perhaps there's a revulsion for ARM MCUs....
Forgive me, I'm feeling a bit testy today...
--Chuck