Re: TI-H: Current thread
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Re: TI-H: Current thread
>To Whom It May Concern(TWIMC):
> I'm brand-new to this list, but have reviewed quite a few previous
>entries. I, perhaps, can be forgiven for being confused: I thought that
>software discussions were to be on a separate list and that this list was for
>hardware discussions. The current thread is all about MSDOS vs. other
>systems and I can't see where this has anything to do with hardware, per se.
You have to have an OS kernel to load the calculator communication programs.
> I'm interested in finding out how to hook up the TI-86 to the real world
>to send/receive data for controlling/monitoring purposes. I was hoping to
>see some interest by others in the hardware (and, of course, to this extent,
>at least, the software) needed to accomplish this feat. I have reviewed the
>info about the Lego Robot by David E. West at M.I.T. and the temperature
>sensor info by another person and hope to progress from there, though my
>interests are not yet involved with making robots. My actual hobby is
>experimental rocketry and I would like to see if the TI-86 can be used to
>make some of the propellant-making operations remote, for safety purposes,
>and if it can be also used to collect and massage data from static test runs.
> This would help by not having to haul a computer system out to the desert.
>I cannot afford a laptop, so it's going to have to be the TI-86 or some sort
>of microcontroller, like a PIC.
It would probably be easier to have the AVR/PIC do the processing and then
have it give the results to the 86.
> Again, perhaps I'm just confused and this current thread is only a
>temporary aberration, but I would hope that we'll get back to discussing
>hardware soon.
There really isn't much hardware for the TI.
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