12 Nov
2022
12 Nov
'22
11:53 a.m.
A surprisingly complex project ;-)
For another alternative, the ever prolific Geoff Graham and co. have
developed an amazingly versatile BASIC interpreter for the Pi Pico:
https://geoffg.net/picomite.html
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On Fri, Nov 11, 2022 at 9:06 PM Cameron Kaiser via cctalk <
cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> wrote:
I second the Arduino recommendation. I have a Power Mac G4 with a serial
dongle
that drives an Arduino Nano-based IR blaster. It sends serial commands to
it
and the blaster transmits a signal to the room air conditioner. Should be
easy
to adapt the GPIO pins to a relay. Arduino programming and interfacing is
pretty straightforward.
https://oldvcr.blogspot.com/2022/10/ir-controlling-new-air-conditioner-in.h…
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>> I am
looking for a device that sits transparently in an RS-232 serial
line
>> and upon seeing a particular code go over
the serial line ((or
sequence of
>> codes) will actual a relay (or a
transistor). Something with two DB25s
or
>> DE9s and is configurable to what code
will trigger the output? Some
kind of
>> box?
>
> not that it's easy but a raspberry pi could be set up to watch the
serial
line.
Or even cheaper, and Arduino uno