Hey! Check it out! Another cool project that was long forgotten. Now its totally doable thanks to the cheap blue tooth modules.
Its easy to connect the prop to a HC05 blue tooth module, I just ordered some for $6.42. This allows communication with a small phone or PC, etc.
Its also easy to set up any available I/O pin or two as a serial connection. If level shifting is needed, talk through a max232 o use a proto serial, etc; otherwise we can connect directly with a couple resistors etc.
In my case I'm using propforth. I've got the ANSI support loaded, so I can display stuff on the Terramterm (PC) or Blue Term (smart phone) and change the colors, move the cursor to specific locations, etc.
I can launch a word that sets a cog to listen to the remote serial and display it on my terminal screen, and launch another word that sets acog to send my key presses or other data stream to the remote serial.
The prop+SD+battery can be placed in or near the target device, logs the interaction to SD, or run scripts from the SD, control and interaction can be managed from smartphone up to several feet away.
Notice I say "can" an awful lot. I haven't combined all the functions created the user interface and debugged and wrapped it up in a nice package. But all the parts are there, and they all work great, all one has to do is stitch it all together and find something to connect it to to see if it works. I plan to stick a battery pack on the quickstart, and plug in a hacked SD card and a HC05 blue tooth. Maybe I'll get this going.
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Its easy to connect the prop to a HC05 blue tooth module, I just ordered some for $6.42. This allows communication with a small phone or PC, etc.
Its also easy to set up any available I/O pin or two as a serial connection. If level shifting is needed, talk through a max232 o use a proto serial, etc; otherwise we can connect directly with a couple resistors etc.
In my case I'm using propforth. I've got the ANSI support loaded, so I can display stuff on the Terramterm (PC) or Blue Term (smart phone) and change the colors, move the cursor to specific locations, etc.
I can launch a word that sets a cog to listen to the remote serial and display it on my terminal screen, and launch another word that sets acog to send my key presses or other data stream to the remote serial.
The prop+SD+battery can be placed in or near the target device, logs the interaction to SD, or run scripts from the SD, control and interaction can be managed from smartphone up to several feet away.
Notice I say "can" an awful lot. I haven't combined all the functions created the user interface and debugged and wrapped it up in a nice package. But all the parts are there, and they all work great, all one has to do is stitch it all together and find something to connect it to to see if it works. I plan to stick a battery pack on the quickstart, and plug in a hacked SD card and a HC05 blue tooth. Maybe I'll get this going.