AVR-Chat

Actually with the butterfly, programming is real simple, it has a
serial port on it, you just need to wire it up, you can get the info
from the datasheet.

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Mike


On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 09:07:12 +1000, Dingo <nsjunklists@hotmail.com> wrote:
> 
> I remember a person posting photos of his AVR based lock over on
> www.avrfreaks.com 
> Maybe search the forums there or pose a question there too?
>  
> I'm sure you'll find people who've built locks
> 
> 
>  
>  
> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: John Allen 
> To: AVR-Chat@yahoogroups.com 
> Sent: Tuesday, October 19, 2004 7:38 AM
> Subject: [AVR-Chat] Ahh...Yes, Yet another AVR nubie....
> 
> 
> Hi Gang...!!
> 
> I was searching for a new MCU and started looking at the AVR line of 
> MCU chips. I had seen the butterfly card for $20 and having read the 
> chat from here decided to get the "carrier" board kit from echos for 
> $20 to go with that. I also got the Bascom program for $85 from 
> Rhombus. Now for the nubie question.... Will the serial port from 
> the carrier board be reconised by the Bascom program, or will I need 
> an ISP or JTAG device also..?
> 
> I am tring to put together a simple cheep platform the eval the "new 
> toolchain" before I consider using it to produce the new project I 
> need. 
> 
> I am looking to construct an electronic lock that works as a "stand 
> alone" device. It needs a RTC, a large SPI based EEprom or Flash 
> based addon. (2megx8) for database record and transaction log 
> storage. I want to be able to use an ATmega128 as the baseband MCU 
> and write the code usuing the Bascom compiler. BUT ... The kicker is 
> how to get the DATA exchanged between the user of the device ad a PC 
> or laptop...???   DING...  Use a CF memory card, (hey, there cheep) 
> and use the AVR DOS fileing system to write the transaction logs to 
> the CFcard.  Then I could write the whole thing using Basic..!!!
> 
> Yea..!!  What a deal...   but has anyone auctually doe this yet...
> 
> 
> Thanks for reading all the babble..!!!
> 
>      jea
> 
> http://www.ecrostech.com./