bs1USB and the limitation of serial input/output: is Jon Williams around?
twodotone
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hi, guys (hopefully Jon Williams himself).
thisi is my first post on this forum, and I have to specify I'm an electronics newbie.
I'm enthusiast about having a device such as the bs1usb, as it has enough pins for basic projects, and it's programmable via USB.
on one side I'm comfortable with it, as it's going to be the core of a new project I'm starting.
on the other side, there's not enough clarity on how to use the usb as a serial input for other softwares.
I found this post on the forums where Jon provides a VB project for use with the DEBUG function to parse the DEBUG output outside of the parallax debug window.
now I fint it very sweet to provide the application, but I think that this "new" device deserves some more tutorials in order to really be used.
Do we have to limit ourselves to use the USB just to program the chip?
is this really it?
please, if someone is around, provide some explanation about how those 97 bytes of debug message (65 of which representing a header) can be used.
this can become a killer/cheap device for automation.
hope I'll see some replies on this
regards. ubi
ps: I'm so glad I'm in this forum as I'm loving parallax's devices
thisi is my first post on this forum, and I have to specify I'm an electronics newbie.
I'm enthusiast about having a device such as the bs1usb, as it has enough pins for basic projects, and it's programmable via USB.
on one side I'm comfortable with it, as it's going to be the core of a new project I'm starting.
on the other side, there's not enough clarity on how to use the usb as a serial input for other softwares.
I found this post on the forums where Jon provides a VB project for use with the DEBUG function to parse the DEBUG output outside of the parallax debug window.
now I fint it very sweet to provide the application, but I think that this "new" device deserves some more tutorials in order to really be used.
Do we have to limit ourselves to use the USB just to program the chip?
is this really it?
please, if someone is around, provide some explanation about how those 97 bytes of debug message (65 of which representing a header) can be used.
this can become a killer/cheap device for automation.
hope I'll see some replies on this
regards. ubi
ps: I'm so glad I'm in this forum as I'm loving parallax's devices
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