Re: TI-H: IR Link
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zarquon@gaianet.net wrote:
> My concern with that is what are you going to use for collision
> detect and/or avoidance (esp. if limited to one channel). IR tends to
> blanket the area (esp. in a room).
I think it would be smart to use the I2C protocol for LAN, each calc
would work as an I2C device and only one would send at a time, except
for the data bits, where all the calcs that pull down one or both of the
R & W wires would show this.
The IR routines would of course have some kind of collision detection
built in, just like in I2C.
> TI>Does this sound stupid?
> Nope.
Good. :)
> TI>Have I forgot something?
> I don't see anything major.. though from the number of people
> here, it had be better be turbo tolerent.
Yes, I'll try to avoid time-dependent tasks so the speed of the calc (or
device in general) doesn't matter.
> TI>Any ideas?
> When the Calc-Calc is finished, how 'bout a Calc-PC hookup?
Why not, that should be an easy thing after the calc-calc link is
finished. Also, I think it could be adapted for other devices like I2C
EEPROM chips, too. But I have always been overoptimistic about my
projects. :)
> TI>Anyone willing to help?
> However I can.. however, electronics isn't my strong point.. and
> I don't know assembly yet, so I can't do much with the programming
> either..
Well, hope someone can help me with the most difficult parts of the
job...after all, I have very little experience, although quite a lot of
information, about (digital) electronics and assembly language
programming...
BTW, Z80 assembly is actually very easy to learn, try it...
> Zarquon
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