2 Important tools for Interfacing/Debugging, and a new project to combine them
Jimmy W.
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Just wanted to share my experiences with other propheads, I got this about 3 weeks ago and I cant say enough about it, so I will let it speak for itself Logic - http://www.saleae.com/logic/ Also I just built the dip version of The Bus Pirate - http://hackaday.com/2008/11/19/how-to-the-bus-pirate-universal-serial-interface/ As much as I love them, The reason I bring this up is I am looking to combine Viewport with some code on other cogs to be able to combine the functionality of the 2 tools into a single prop, I also want to include some 12v> 3v3 v translators that are software selectable into the little rig, does anyone have other ideas about what could should be done? I was planning on serial, i2c, SPI, and 1 Wire, I need to learn alot more about CAN to be able to work with that but I know its something people want. I already have a decent bit of code for Autobaud detection( 30 seconds of looking for smallest signal)
So, any suggestions?
Jimmy
Post Edited (Jimmy W.) : 3/7/2009 10:11:20 PM GMT
So, any suggestions?
Jimmy
Post Edited (Jimmy W.) : 3/7/2009 10:11:20 PM GMT
Comments
Sounds like you want an "IODreamkit". Have a look at what my dad built: mydancebot.com/viewport/dreamkit.php
The Propeller is very flexible- and the Object Exchange has an object for pretty much any interface you could care about. Coupled with ViewPort for the interface you can do anything!
Hanno
That logic analyser is also showing decoded data, adresses, start and stop bits...
This·do not means the propeller is not capable of it. It means you should add a nice plug-in to your viewport to decrypt and show in plain text serial protocols (rs, spi, i2c ...)
I'm working on it- some support for serial protocols decoding is already hidden in ViewPort. I'll be in releasing a plugin soon. If you want to write your own plugin check this out: ViewPort Development Kit Tutorial
Hanno