Project Notes

Following the conversations here, there is a test version of blassic to download.

I rewired the Router to another scart plug, at the same time, I used an extra 78L05 to power the 5v line on the i/o bus.  Both the new wiring and power arrangements caused problems. Read the rest of this entry »

I am going to have to re-wire the router I/O Bus connection.  I opened the router case to investigate giving the I/O Bus it’s own 5v line - the little 78L05 regulator is really only capable of supplying 1 usb device.  I was running into power troubles hooking too many things to the I/O bus. Read the rest of this entry »

Using the Remote Control Unit with the Pic I2C Slave connected to the Midge Router, it is possible to use Blassic to control regular mains devices via the the network.  Here is a sample. Read the rest of this entry »

Controlling mains powered devices using home built circuits risks exposing those circuits and the operator to mains voltages.  This risk can be completely avoided by adapting one of the many Remote Mains Control Devices. Read the rest of this entry »

Last week, I got a chance to use the system live, I was away for a week with only the EeePC system and a three.co.uk 3G phone from Sony for a modem.  All did not go well! Read the rest of this entry »

If a VMWare Server/Workstation or VMWare Player make life easy when mixing Linux and Windows on a single system, then a VPS will wipe the floor with them if you need to run several Linux environments and are not worried about high end graphics. Read the rest of this entry »

I have used VMWare Workstation and more recently VMWare Player to both allow me to run Linux and Windows on the same computer and run several instances of Linux - to keep projects seperate from each other and to allow new versions of software to be tried without damaging the main working environment. Read the rest of this entry »

I have added a basic PWM service to the PIC 16F876 I2C Slave I/O Processor.  Here is the updated JAL Source and a Blassic program for the Router.  It reads the Analog input, and prints to the console or sounds a Beep using the PWM output. Read the rest of this entry »

Here is a little (extended)Blassic program to read the PIC 16F876A I2C Slave. Read the rest of this entry »