21 Oct
2007
21 Oct
'07
6:32 p.m.
It is a lot easier to connect you hamster wheel/
relay-to-control-lights/
homebrew circuit to an 8-bit parallel port than to a serial port (or
worse a USB port). Yes I know there are microcontrollers with built-in
serial ports, USH interfaces, and whatever. But the thought of having to
write the firmware for the microcontroller, get it debugged, etc, puts
people off. COnnecting a couple of resistors and a transistor together is
an easier introduction to hardware hacking.
How to use serial port with bascom:
$crystal 8000000
$baud 9600
main:
Print "Hi Tony, this is an example of using a serial port"
goto main
How to use USB port with bascom and a FT232 module/chip
$crystal 8000000
$baud 9600
main:
Print "Hi Tony, this is an example of using a serial port"
goto main
There is no spoon :o)