... [Ken] Interesting! I wonder if they are delaying it in order to get more model years on it, or to wait for another style of interface? In any case, this...
We need people with electronics design experience and tools to volunteer to design the mini-scanner circuitry. We need to get started on this, and begin...
Hello All :) I just wanted to drop a quick line to express our thanks to everyone for their kindness and well wishes during our recent incredibly active...
A while back I posted a strawman proposal for a software architecture, at the level of taking inputs and formatting the display. Didn't get any feedback...
... [Josh] What you posted was kind of what I had in my head, though the details of what is done and how it is layed out will probably depend a fair bit on the...
How does the CAN232 compare with the A-300? As near as I can tell, the CAN232 is much cheaper ($99 versus $289) but requires more software (much of which is...
... [Jeff] Yes, there is a lot of stuff going on inside what I called readdata() (I think that is what I called it) and I think it might be a separate thread. ...
... details ... fair ... us. ... haven't ... it ... () ... separate thread. ... [Ken] OK, OK, OK! I will get the func spec out soon! I have started it, but...
... [Jeff] No problem, honestly I thought there was a func spec out in the group files that I hadn't been reading. ... [Jeff] Unless the firmware structure...
... Good question. Again, without knowing more on the "OS", even the inputs can be polled as well being handled as a stream. ( I did write games for SEGA...
... else? ... [Ken] Excellent John, Thank you! In your opinion, what is the best way to proceed? Do you have recommendations for tools and approaches? BTW, for...
... In case the group has trouble collecting enough of these MCUs, would it be a better idea to preserve the ones we have and experiment with MCUs that we can...
Reposting this. I am not sure it made it to the list. I am at the point of "click here to move it to your shopping cart" and sure could use the advice. I am...
Ken I agree, the AT90CAN128 seems the logical way to go. I have seen a schematic in the October Circuit Cellar (pg21) with an AVR controller and a Microchip...
Reply, sorry for posting this to the wrong thread, but for some reason it doesn't get posted when I sent it to the group as a new message. CAN232 versus A-300 ...
... conventional ... I ... . . . [Ken] Hi Jeff - I bought the CAN232 because I do not have a Palm (I live near Redmond, and some of my climbing buddies work on...
... would ... with ... substitute. ... that ... [Ken] Thanks Graham, I want to try out the CAN interface (I am ordering some CAN xcvrs soon) and also begin...
... [Ken] Hi John, thanks again for diving into this. From what I have seen, the choices are: AT90CAN128+CAN Transceiver or Non CAN controller (like the...
... I suggest we don't worry about this now. To upgrade from the free version to the Lite version which permits commercial use is only $50.00 or so....
... [Jeff] Do you have an email address for Wayne? I started scanning the member list but I ran out of time. I also searched my gmail for "Wayne Brown" I'll...
I have 6 MCP2510 and 6 MCP2551 on order from buy.microchip.com. Considering that it seems difficult to get the AT90CAN128, maybe the better way to go is the...
... look ... [Ken] Before we commit, we need someone to figure out the programming difference between having a built-in and an external CAN controller. I...
... Mark ... [Ken] Also looks like it is two layers only. ... [Ken] OK, I have downloaded both the Windows and Linux versions. Looks like they have OS/X also! ...
... I don't think it will be a problem that the free/lite version of Eagle is two-layer only. If we went to four layers it would increase the cost and time to...
... increase [Ken] Good, thanks for your expertise and experience on this. ... will ... maybe ... [Ken] Ummm, help out a novice here, what is a ref des, and...
