25 Aug
2012
25 Aug
'12
5:41 p.m.
On Sat, 25 Aug 2012, Richard wrote:
Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com> writes:
That almost sounds like you are describing a Raspberry Pi with one of
those FTDI FT232 USB to RS232 adapters...well, except for the open source
hardware bit ;)
On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 6:17 PM, Richard
<legalize at xmission.com> wrote:
I would think that a modern terminal emulator would be a small box that:
- used USB for keyboard and/or mouse
- used VGA or HDMI output to a monitor for display
- supported true DTR/CTS handshaking
- open source hardware design and firmware
- 9V wall wart supply
- SD card for storage/printer capture
The whole thing should fit in a project box not much larger than one
needed to mount the various connectors, with the DB-25 one being the
biggest. There have been terminal emulators built out of
an ATmega chip and using
an oscilloscope for the display.
<https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9306>
I built the Dutchtronix predecessor to that. Much fun. I think it
was my first embedded ATmega kit, back before Arduino was everywhere.