Re: TI-H: SPinterface

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Subject: Re: TI-H: SPinterface
From: justin.bosch%tfexchng@min.net (JUSTIN BOSCH)
Date: Sun, 10 Aug 97 17:57:00 -0500
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-> I can't think of any real advantages to an IR or RF link, when you
-> factor in the difficulty building these devices would present. The
-> best option IMHO would be to convert the TI protocol to standard
-> RS-232(C), as the Graph Link does, perhaps at 2400 or less (since any
-> kind of wireless link is extremely prone to errors) using a PIC
-> instead of the commercial graph link, and then send/rec the data via
-> RS-232C IR/RF transceivers, which have already been designed and are
-> availible as kits, and in any case are much easier to
-> redesign than an RF or IR link using TI's protocol.
->
-> Regards,
->
-> Bryan Rittmeyer
-> bryanr@flash.net

What would the size of such a device and the converter be?  Could you
make a SPinterface cartridge to convert between them?

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Re: TI-H: SPinterface

From: Bryan Rittmeyer <bryanr@flash.net>