AVR-Chat

stevech@san.rr.com wrote:
>
> *one more thing re using the STK with the ZBasic chip... The 
> downloader wants the RS232 DTR signal connected to the chip via a 
> capacitor-coupled arrangment to make a reset pulse.*
>
> *----- Original Message -----*
>
> *From*: stevech <stevech@san.rr.com> *Date*: Sunday, February 26, 2006 
> 10:28 am *Subject*: RE: [AVR-Chat] ZBasic > Cubloc, basicX, ZBasic - 
> these are all interpreted p-code. Their
> > librariesinclude routines for the AVR on-chip devices (I2C, A/D,
> > etc). I'm evaluating
> > ZBasic because it has a superb compiler, multitasking (preemptive),
> > Interrupt servers, and looking at the generated P-code, the
> > compiler is very
> > smart.
> >
> > I just started this - I measured 260,000 interations per second
> > incrementinga long while the Virtual machine was handling their
> > default 1000 interrupts
> > per second for clock ticks. Seems pretty good. For sure, these VM
> > basedchips are not for some industrial applications, but it's sure
> > fast to
> > develop an application - esp. with the ZBasic similarity to Visual
> > Basic and
> > that it does malloc/free() type of memory allocation for storage
> > of strings.
> >
> >
> > Interesting, anyway. The ready-to-use ZX24 is c! heap enou
>
Thanks for that regarding the reset line. I might just make up a stand 
alone board for ZBasic chip with all the extras needed as per the 
schematic rather than using the STK.

Ian