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skygear · Nou Venit Joined: 05 May 2009 Posts: 8

new programming interface
would be nice if someone developed a nice usb programmer instead of everything being serial or parallel

personally i am in the field all day and i carry a laptop... most modern laptops lack these ports and the port replicators aren't supported in most software... hence a "NATIVE COM1"

theres no way i would ever consider bringing my desktop to sites(bulky)

this is more of a rant and a request

by the way any pics of the new SPEG interface?

victor · S.F. Boss Joined: 07 Mar 2004 Posts: 2581 Location: Staff

Hi,

We use here some serial PCcards or Xpresscards, they are quite cheap (I bought one for $10) and are based on UART which make no difference from the built-in ports.
USB interfaces is an idea, but we were not happy with all the cheap solution we have tested and those that worked add some value to the final product which we considered inopportune.

We will post some pictures with the actual interface for SPEG.
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Victor Voinea
ALLservice HQ, Romania.

skygear · Nou Venit Joined: 05 May 2009 Posts: 8

bob · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 12:28 pm Post subject:

PC hardware ID.
We offer support via email regarding commercial software. I know that the pictures were emailed to you already.

Cheers

skygear · Nou Venit Joined: 05 May 2009 Posts: 8

bob you are correct i did receive the pics... i was referring to the UART cards for my laptop

i would rather use a card brand that has been tested rather than trial and error

bob · Posted: Thu Oct 15, 2009 11:32 pm Post subject:

Hi,

Any card that is based on UART is good. You may find them on various websites, geeks.com, ebay, etc.

Here is SPEG interface ready to go.

skygear · Nou Venit Joined: 05 May 2009 Posts: 8

bob · Posted: Sun Oct 18, 2009 12:07 pm Post subject:

The interface has on board LM 3.3V regulator to supply itself and the flash. It runs on USB or 3xAA or can be supplied by in-system flash at 2.7-3.3V, etc.