2010-12-03 by Chuck Hackett
(Off List) Hi Tim, I contacted CrossWorks and explained my situation and they said that they were fine with my use of CrossWorks under those conditions so my download is in progress now. I didn't post this on the list because I didn't want to cause a flood of requests addressed t
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2010-12-03 by Andrewdavid.mathison
Dear Eugene thanks for putting the .pdf in the files section. Are you going to add a description and the relevant code as well? If yes, may I suggest a folder for everything together..... Greetings from Andy Mathison [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
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2010-12-03 by evgenii sorokin
Hello Chuck Could you report the results of your dialog with Crossworks? If you don't mind of course. Best regards, Eugene
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2010-12-03 by Eugene
--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Andrewdavid.mathison" wrote: > > I tried and tried to get the link to work. Eventually I simply gave up. > > Can you place a working link for your CNC controller please? Do check it first for operation, then copy and paste only.....don't key it i
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2010-12-02 by Chuck Hackett
> From: Eugene > > > I looked at Crossworks but, since I have one product I'll be selling (small > hobby > > market) it kicks me from Hobby (reasonable price) to Commercial ($1,500) > which I > > can't justify. > > You can use arm-gcc for ARM, it's free :). There is a clone for m
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2010-12-02 by Andrewdavid.mathison
I tried and tried to get the link to work. Eventually I simply gave up. Can you place a working link for your CNC controller please? Do check it first for operation, then copy and paste only.....don't key it in..... Thanks in advance Andy [Non-text portions of this message have b
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2010-12-02 by a_b_aldus
This does not look like "real" device - more just a barebone attempt to make one. It really takes a lot to create power part of stepper controller. My suggestion would be instead of doing this all by youself - to buy few TB6560 chips (those are not expensive) and use those for yo
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2010-12-02 by Eugene
--- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Eugene" wrote: > > Hi All, > > Just looking for the critics. It's a home made device for my hobby CNC machine. It controls 6-wires bipolar steppers. > > Best regards, > Eugene > Here it is http://f1.grp.yahoofs.com/v1/AFL3THsiAZHBHmZ5A4p2qajE2lfn
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2010-12-02 by Eugene
Hi All, Just looking for the critics. It's a home made device for my hobby CNC machine. It controls 6-wires bipolar steppers. Best regards, Eugene
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2010-12-01 by Chuck Hackett
> From: Leon Heller > > > .... > > I looked at Crossworks but, since I have one product I'll be selling (small > hobby > > market) it kicks me from Hobby (reasonable price) to Commercial ($1,500) > which I > > can't justify. > > Contact them directly, and they might let you have
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2010-12-01 by Gregory N
> I have heard a lot of talk about Atmel ARM devices and I figure I > should take a good ... I have been very happy with the AVR line and > it has served me well. I'm not necessarily looking to switch. I've also tinkered some with AVR32 in the past few months. And actually, I am
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2010-12-01 by Tim Mitchell
----Original Message---- From: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com [mailto:AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of Chuck Hackett Sent: 01 December 2010 15:03 To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [AVR-Chat] ARM .vs. AVR > > From: Leon Heller > > > > > .... > > > I looked at Crossworks bu
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2010-12-01 by Leon Heller
On 30/11/2010 22:46, Chuck Hackett wrote: >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Tim Mitchell >> >> I am a long-time AVR user who has moved mostly to the NXP ARM chips, using >> Crossworks (LPC2xxx and LPC1xxx). I second Leon's opinion of Crossworks, it is >> a very efficient pro
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2010-12-01 by Eugene
> I looked at Crossworks but, since I have one product I'll be selling (small hobby > market) it kicks me from Hobby (reasonable price) to Commercial ($1,500) which I > can't justify. You can use arm-gcc for ARM, it's free :). There is a clone for ms windows (winarm)
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2010-12-01 by Eugene
Dear Colleagues I need to realize commands processor (something like a command interpretor with my set of operators). There are two parts of project: 1. the interpretor for PC for debug purposes. 2. embedded interpretor for stand along device functioning (inside AVR). I have done
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2010-11-30 by Chuck Hackett
> -----Original Message----- > From: Tim Mitchell > > I am a long-time AVR user who has moved mostly to the NXP ARM chips, using > Crossworks (LPC2xxx and LPC1xxx). I second Leon's opinion of Crossworks, it is > a very efficient programming environment with excellent support. Goi
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2010-11-30 by David Kelly
On Nov 30, 2010, at 1:56 AM, evgenii sorokin wrote: > Holy wars were always useless :). Like this one. Gee, I must not be subscribed to the same list as evgenii. -- David Kelly N4HHE, dkelly@HiWAAY.net ======================================================================== Whom
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2010-11-30 by evgenii sorokin
Holy wars were always useless :). Like this one. I'd like to share my opinion that every project has its optimal requests of resources (memory, MIPS, interfaces). And optimal task for system developer is to chose the right MPU. Even if he is not familiar with it (excluding data s
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2010-11-29 by John Samperi
At 08:56 PM 29/11/2010, you wrote: >If you stick with NXP, the peripherals are all the same across all >the ARM7 and >Cortex-M3 parts so changing chips is quite easy Speaking of Cortex I have been trying for 2 days to get the LPC-Link to install. It seems to be a common problem.
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2010-11-29 by Leon Heller
On 29/11/2010 19:05, Dennis Clark wrote: > I agree. I like to expand my horizons in my hobby and my job - It is > nice when they are so related to each other! :) For instance I thought > that when Microchip came out with their 16 bit offerings they were "too > little, too late".
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2010-11-29 by Dennis Clark
I agree. I like to expand my horizons in my hobby and my job - It is nice when they are so related to each other! :) For instance I thought that when Microchip came out with their 16 bit offerings they were "too little, too late". But with their PIC24 line I've changed my mind. T
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2010-11-29 by David Kelly
On Mon, Nov 29, 2010 at 08:51:25AM -0800, Philippe Habib wrote: > It seems to me that if you've got all the power you need, you're > nowhere close to running out of flash and you own and know all of the > tools you need to work, you don't have the kind of volume that would > pay
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2010-11-29 by Philippe Habib
It seems to me that if you've got all the power you need, you're nowhere close to running out of flash and you own and know all of the tools you need to work, you don't have the kind of volume that would pay back the investment in a lower cost or otherwise better solution, why ch
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2010-11-29 by Tim Mitchell
----Original Message---- > You don't actually need all those connections, and the > Cortex connector > is much smaller: > > http://infocenter.arm.com/help/topic/com.arm.doc.faqs/attached/13634/cortex_debug_connectors.pdf > Hi Leon, thanks for that, I hadn't seen that one. My Cros
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2010-11-29 by Leon Heller
On 29/11/2010 09:56, Tim Mitchell wrote: > > The disadvantages are: > They are 3.3V only which makes using with some devices harder (eg LCD modules) > They are not always faster than AVR, it depends what you are doing I/O can be slow. You can't toggle a pin very fast, for instanc
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2010-11-29 by Tim Mitchell
I am a long-time AVR user who has moved mostly to the NXP ARM chips, using Crossworks (LPC2xxx and LPC1xxx). I second Leon's opinion of Crossworks, it is a very efficient programming environment with excellent support. Going from AVR Studio (or worse, PIC MPLAB) to Crossworks is
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2010-11-29 by John Samperi
At 06:14 PM 29/11/2010, you wrote: >16k has been enough and I'm just now moving to a ATMega32 Unless you have an OLD JTAG and programmer I would not use the M32 but rather the newer and pin compatible M324p. Same goes for the older M16, use a M164p. Regards John Samperi *********
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2010-11-29 by Dave McLaughlin
Hi Chuck, I have been and still am a bit fan of the AVR and use them for smaller control modules that I design. I do however have a controller that has an LCD and a number of interfaces, CAN, RS232, RS485, 4-20mA etc and I had to find a suitable processor for these. I stumbled ac
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2010-11-29 by Chuck Hackett
> From: Leon Heller > > On 28/11/2010 22:23, John Samperi wrote: > > At 09:21 AM 29/11/2010, you wrote: > >> AVR Studio doesn't support ARM. > > > > So why did you compare the two? :-) > > > I think the OP asked for a comparison. OP here - Yup, I did ask for a comparison. Good di
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2010-11-28 by Leon Heller
On 28/11/2010 22:30, Jim Wagner wrote: > A question - > > Are the various ARM implementations consistent? That is, not only the > core PC/ALU/memory but how ports and control registers are accessed? > Are the internal peripherals consistent? That is, do we have the same > registe
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2010-11-28 by Leon Heller
On 28/11/2010 22:23, John Samperi wrote: > At 09:21 AM 29/11/2010, you wrote: >> AVR Studio doesn't support ARM. > > So why did you compare the two? :-) I think the OP asked for a comparison. Leon -- Leon Heller G1HSM
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2010-11-28 by John Samperi
At 09:30 AM 29/11/2010, you wrote: >Are the various ARM implementations consistent? That is, not only the >core PC/ALU/memory but how ports and control registers are accessed? >Are the internal peripherals consistent? That is, do we have the same >registers with the same bit name
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2010-11-28 by Jim Wagner
On Nov 28, 2010, at 2:21 PM, Leon Heller wrote: > On 28/11/2010 21:02, John Samperi wrote: > > At 06:45 AM 29/11/2010, you wrote: > >> Rowley CrossWorks is streets ahead of AVR Studio. > > > > ..and a lot cheaper too.... > > AVR Studio doesn't support ARM. > > The ease of use and
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2010-11-28 by John Samperi
At 09:21 AM 29/11/2010, you wrote: >AVR Studio doesn't support ARM. So why did you compare the two? :-) Regards John Samperi ******************************************************** Ampertronics Pty. Ltd. 11 Brokenwood Place Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153 AUSTRALIA Tel. (02) 9674-6495
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2010-11-28 by Leon Heller
On 28/11/2010 21:02, John Samperi wrote: > At 06:45 AM 29/11/2010, you wrote: >> Rowley CrossWorks is streets ahead of AVR Studio. > > ..and a lot cheaper too.... AVR Studio doesn't support ARM. The ease of use and additional features of CrossWorks means that companies using it w
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2010-11-28 by John Samperi
At 06:45 AM 29/11/2010, you wrote: >Rowley CrossWorks is streets ahead of AVR Studio. ..and a lot cheaper too.... Regards John Samperi ******************************************************** Ampertronics Pty. Ltd. 11 Brokenwood Place Baulkham Hills, NSW 2153 AUSTRALIA Tel. (02)
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2010-11-28 by Leon Heller
On 28/11/2010 19:19, Dennis Clark wrote: > However, IMO, none of the Arm development environments is as easy to use > as the AVR ones. My current choices for simple projects would be AVR, > PIC24F and dead last ARM. Rowley CrossWorks is streets ahead of AVR Studio. Atmel has real
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2010-11-28 by Dennis Clark
However, IMO, none of the Arm development environments is as easy to use as the AVR ones. My current choices for simple projects would be AVR, PIC24F and dead last ARM. YMMV of course, DLC On 11/28/10 12:04 PM, Leon Heller wrote: > Other ARM chips like those from NXP and ST, espe
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2010-11-28 by Leon Heller
Other ARM chips like those from NXP and ST, especially their newer Cortex-M0 and -M3 parts, are much better than the Atmel ARM range. Leon -- Leon Heller G1HSM
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2010-11-28 by Chuck Hackett
I have been using the Atmel AVR series (ATMega16, ATMega32A mostly). I have an STK-500 but I don't use it too much, mostly I use the ICE-Cube JTAG device with either my own boards or purchased development boards. I use AVR Studio w/WinAVR for program development. I have heard a l
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2010-11-14 by Gregory N
I recently complete a port of NuttX to the AVR32. The initial recent is just basic OS functionality. See http://www.nuttx.org for further information. Greg
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2010-11-14 by Jim Wagner
On Nov 13, 2010, at 9:43 PM, m_gh77 wrote: > Hi > I need a bootoader program , this program can write eeprom memory > to flash. for example i have a lot of calibration constants(maximum > 20 numbers) that > earn by user then all of them save to eeprom ,for higher safty i want > t
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2010-11-14 by m_gh77
Hi I need a bootoader program , this program can write eeprom memory to flash. for example i have a lot of calibration constants(maximum 20 numbers) that earn by user then all of them save to eeprom ,for higher safty i want to transfer to flash memory please help me by 1 sample p
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2010-11-10 by Terrance
Frank, I am also in the US. I buy their products from Parallax.com so shipping isn't a problem (they are a US distributor). When going to the 4dsystems website, don't forget to include the ".au" or you wont get what you need. Hope that helps... -Terrance --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogrou
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2010-11-10 by Bruce Parham
Frank, For low volume, check out SparkFun http://www.sparkfun.com/ . They have a variety of two and four line text units as well as some fancy graphics stuff. Some of the text units are also available with built-in serial to parallel converters which can tie directly to a UART tx
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2010-11-10 by David Kelly
On Wed, Nov 10, 2010 at 08:05:16PM -0000, Frank P wrote: > Zack, > I have seen many LCDs sourced out of HK or China and was concerned > about quality and customer service. I was hoping to get a few > recommended vendors that would be both economical and provide good > customer se
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2010-11-10 by Frank P
Zack, I have seen many LCDs sourced out of HK or China and was concerned about quality and customer service. I was hoping to get a few recommended vendors that would be both economical and provide good customer service. Since this is my first attempt to put my ATTiny to use, I'll
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2010-11-10 by Frank P
Terrance, The Goldelox and Picaso seem very interesting but when I tried to contact 4Dsystems via email, I kept getting an error. I am located in the US and am concerned about shipping charges. Frank P. --- In AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com, "Terrance" wrote: > > I used to use a variet
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2010-11-10 by Terrance
I used to use a variety of products from CyrstalFontz, and been very satisfied. That said, for the past few years I've been using displays from 4DSystems...extremely nice displays for the $ http://www.4dsystems.com.au/ Their Goldelox and Picaso based OLEDs are particularly useful
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2010-11-10 by Eugene
Hi! Your board looks like auto-routed :) As people said before: 1. your components are too near the borders 2. if it's possible try another placing of components: place all the connectors by sides of the board. 3. As I said before the routing seems to be not optimal. If you'll tr
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