Which configuration you want to use with POD?
Kaio
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Hi all,
I need your help to determine in which direction I have to develop POD mostly. So I could be plan the internal structure of POD to optimize, that it would be more flexible for special versions.
Who is not knowing what POD could be, please show the following thread firstly.
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=639020
Here are my questions. In brackets you find all kinds of answers.
1. What kind of board you are using or you want to use with POD? (Proto / Demo / HYDRA / other)
2. What kind of output device you want to use with POD? (tv / vga / debug window on pc)
3. What kind of input device you want prefer to use with POD? (keyboard at Prop board / keyboard at pc)
4. Did you think a mouse would be helpfully using POD? (yes / no)
If you have found a missing point let it me know.
Thomas
I need your help to determine in which direction I have to develop POD mostly. So I could be plan the internal structure of POD to optimize, that it would be more flexible for special versions.
Who is not knowing what POD could be, please show the following thread firstly.
http://forums.parallax.com/showthread.php?p=639020
Here are my questions. In brackets you find all kinds of answers.
1. What kind of board you are using or you want to use with POD? (Proto / Demo / HYDRA / other)
2. What kind of output device you want to use with POD? (tv / vga / debug window on pc)
3. What kind of input device you want prefer to use with POD? (keyboard at Prop board / keyboard at pc)
4. Did you think a mouse would be helpfully using POD? (yes / no)
If you have found a missing point let it me know.
Thomas
Comments
2) All of the output devices mentioned are useful (TV / VGA / Serial). I would try to make POD as device independent as possible so that you
could compile it with any of several display drivers. Have a look at FemtoBasic or the Propeller OS for examples of TV / VGA compatibility.
BOE-BOT Basic is FemtoBasic with some trivial changes to use a serial port for I/O (plus BOE-BOT specific extensions).
3) Same as #2. The combo keyboard driver in the Propeller Object Exchange provides Demo / Proto / Hydra compatibility for keyboard input
4) Probably not. Currently, using a mouse also requires an additional cog for the driver.
Answers (though, I've not used POD yet)
1. Proto, other later on.
2. TV, VGA later.
3. Keyboard at PC.
4. Not if it requires much extra code to implement. And that would also use up I/O lines.
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Harley Shanko
h.a.s. designn
Post Edited (Harley) : 3/27/2007 6:19:54 PM GMT
thank you for your response and for your advices, Mike.
I will have to look at the sources you have mentioned.