[time-nuts] Needed: The Real Serial USB Fix

[Bob Camp]

Hi

If you are going to generate proper Ethernet UDP (or WiFi) that's going to involve a bit more hardware…

Bob

On Aug 24, 2013, at 12:04 AM, Chris Albertson <albertson.chris at gmail.com> wrote:

> There was one just posted here using the Atmel AVR chip.  He used a total
> of about $12 in parts.  You could use a TI "Launchpad" if you don't like
> soldering and still spend less than $20.   And as was said, no OS at al.
> It is simply not required for such a simple job.
> 
> If it were me, I remove the LCD display.  I don't see a need when everyone
> today has a phone.  the little AVR chip can bit-bang a UDP packet once per
> second and put it on your wifi router.  That cuts the parts cost by 1/3rd
> and the display will be where you can see it, on the phone or computer.
> 
> 
> 
> On Fri, Aug 23, 2013 at 6:29 PM, Bob Camp <lists at rtty.us> wrote:
> 
>> Hi
>> 
>> Pardon my interjection …. but.
>> 
>> For a simple TBolt monitor, *any* OS is total overkill. If all you have is
>> a small / simple display - you can't put much up there. For a monitor you
>> don't have a keyboard / mouse / usb touchpad / Bluetooth presentation wand.
>> Nothing to do and nothing to control.  One big loop and not a lot else will
>> do the trick with lots of time left over. If you want to go crazy, run one
>> of the free RTOS distributions that the semiconductor companies give away.
>> Freescale passes out MQX / MQX-lite. The others have similar "stuff". They
>> all have way more in them than this sort of application requires.
>> 
>> Bob
>> 
>> On Aug 23, 2013, at 9:17 PM, David I. Emery <die at dieconsulting.com> wrote:
>> 
>>> On Sun, Jan 27, 2013 at 06:47:07PM -0500, Peter Gottlieb wrote:
>>>> What I would really like in Windows is a way to lock the configuration
>> and
>>>> make it more of an appliance which always worked the same way.  That
>> way a
>>>> small board talking to a Thunderbolt would always start up and just
>> run.  I
>>>> suppose I need to get away from Windows and climb the Linux learning
>> curve.
>>> 
>>>      Yes, or become a Windows kernel maven.
>>> 
>>>      It IS possible to figure some of this out, but Windows internally
>>> is somewhat bizzare...
>>> 
>>>      Linux is nice in that you can look at the code if it comes to
>>> that (and if you are really desperate and willing to pay the price,
>>> change it too)...
>>> 
>>> 
>>> --
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>>> 'For Rent' sign still vainly flapping outside on the weed encrusted pole
>> - in
>>> celebration of what could have been, but wasn't and is not to be now
>> either."
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