VNC2 and BS2
Buck Rogers
Posts: 2,190
Hello!
According to FTDI they have gone ahead and released new firmware images for their VNC family of devices. They've also released the source code. Now I'm not going to list here what they are, but the site http://www.ftdichip.com contains the exact ones right up front. They also list the appropriate application notes. One of them, is a "SPI to USB Memory Sample Application" by name. When loaded into a VNC2 it would enable the part to talk to a USB drive. Ideally it would be possible for the prepared part via a V2DIP family of devices. They indicate that it should work for all appropriate modules. For me I'm not sure if it would work on the VINCO I have here, who has the 64 pin QFP part mounted on it. But it does have two USB ports, one is the micro USB port for port 0, and the regular USB port, which is port 1.
(See second module down on http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Modules/DevelopmentModules.htm )
I believe when they released the code and the made ROM imagery, they had in mind the V2DIP ones which are further down on that page.
Now has anyone by now gotten a V2DIP2 to talk to the stamp, and have it working in fashion similar to the datalogger who has on it, probably a VNC1 part? (Method of access is via SPI.) And that's my problem, how do I get the stamp to talk to something that way. Serial I can do, not sure about SPI.
Strangely enough, they do have a serial via UART to USB delivery. I think I can make that beast work via the same methods we all know, but I wanted to throw out the SPI first.......
According to FTDI they have gone ahead and released new firmware images for their VNC family of devices. They've also released the source code. Now I'm not going to list here what they are, but the site http://www.ftdichip.com contains the exact ones right up front. They also list the appropriate application notes. One of them, is a "SPI to USB Memory Sample Application" by name. When loaded into a VNC2 it would enable the part to talk to a USB drive. Ideally it would be possible for the prepared part via a V2DIP family of devices. They indicate that it should work for all appropriate modules. For me I'm not sure if it would work on the VINCO I have here, who has the 64 pin QFP part mounted on it. But it does have two USB ports, one is the micro USB port for port 0, and the regular USB port, which is port 1.
(See second module down on http://www.ftdichip.com/Products/Modules/DevelopmentModules.htm )
I believe when they released the code and the made ROM imagery, they had in mind the V2DIP ones which are further down on that page.
Now has anyone by now gotten a V2DIP2 to talk to the stamp, and have it working in fashion similar to the datalogger who has on it, probably a VNC1 part? (Method of access is via SPI.) And that's my problem, how do I get the stamp to talk to something that way. Serial I can do, not sure about SPI.
Strangely enough, they do have a serial via UART to USB delivery. I think I can make that beast work via the same methods we all know, but I wanted to throw out the SPI first.......