15 Jun
2015
15 Jun
'15
7:06 a.m.
On Jun 15, 2015, at 3:06 AM, Pontus Pihlgren <pontus at Update.UU.SE> wrote:
On Mon, Jun 15, 2015 at 11:52:28AM +0200, Johnny
Billquist wrote:
Agreed. I really love the modern microcontrollers like the Arduino and tiny embedded
computers with GPIO like the Raspberry Pi or Galileo because they make it so incredibly
easy to turn a hardware problem into a software problem. And writing software is super
easy, even if you?re not an expert. You can just keep trying another solution over and
over and all you have to do is push a few keys on your keyboard.
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We're talking about putting in a rather
complex computer to generate
a baud rate. Are people really that handicapped when it comes to
building hardware nowadays?
Speaking for myself, yes.
I have a Teensy 2.0 lying at my desk, it's Arduino compatible. I have
the development environemnt set up, a small solderless breadboard and
proper power supply. I could probably whip up the C-code for a flicking
pin on and off in the correct pace in very little time.
Now, if the alternative is reading up on crystals, oscillators, dividers
and related support chips, figure out where to buy and then wait for the
parts to ship, which option do you think I will choose?