Remex RRS6500BE1/660/DRB/U901. Pictures: https://goo.gl/photos/Wa3W7mtTwwuTczUV7
=] -- Anders Nelson www.andersknelson.com On Mon, Apr 14, 2025 at 1:25 PM David Wise <[email protected]> wrote: > Anders, what model is your Remex paper tape reader? I have an RRS3300, > the only one I know of. > > Dave Wise > ------------------------------ > *From:* Anders Nelson via cctalk <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Monday, April 14, 2025 9:13 AM > *To:* General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts < > [email protected]> > *Cc:* Anders Nelson <[email protected]> > *Subject:* [cctalk] Re: Paper Tape Reader Needed > > Following Chuck's comments, I would recommend throwing a job description up > to Upwork <www.upwork.com> and paying someone in Eastern Europe, South > America or Southeast Asia to implement some STM32 firmware to get this done > at low cost, maybe $500 total. > > Job category: Firmware, electrical engineering, hardware, C > programming language > Job keywords: STM32, USB device > > Job description: We want to build a device that directs an industrial paper > tape reader [manufacturer] [exact model number] to read paper tape, and > store data to an SD card with a FAT32 file system. The device needs 7 > buttons (left, right, up, down, ok, start, stop), a common 128x64 OLED > display, and a 5v tolerant parallel control and data interface to the tape > reader. The user can adjust a filename based on the date, defaulting to > 2025-01-01, and an additional sequence number starting at -001 added by the > device that increments with each tape read. When the start button is > pressed, the device controls the tape reader to advance the tape and record > the data stream to a file with the displayed name on the SD card. The > device should create 2 files with identical data in different formats: File > one has extension ".bin" and contains 8-bit binary data from the > tape, one binary character for each byte. File two file has extension > ".txt" and contains 8-bit HEX data as text from the tape, two text > characters for each byte ("00"-"FF"). > > I've been wanting to do this for a while with my Remex tape reader, haha. > Maybe we can combine forces? I do HW/FW design for a living but need to > complete other projects first... > > =] > -- > Anders Nelson > > On Mon, Apr 14, 2025, 11:44 AM Chuck Guzis via cctalk < > [email protected]> > wrote: > > > On 4/14/25 07:47, Mike Katz via cctalk wrote: > > > I have a couple of Sanyo Denki units that I can do the same for. I was > > > hoping for a serial/USB option that would handle fan fold in stead of > > > rolled paper tape. > > > > I threw together my USB interface for the Sanyo Denki in an afternoon, > > using the lowest of the STM32F103 MCU "Blue pills" - the C6. Useless > > for many blue pill projects, but adequate to hold USB comm support and > > the simple logic to control the paper tape reader. > > > > Why the STM32F103? I had a bunch of the things wasting space and they > > feature 5V tolerant I/O and a sufficient number of GPIOs to interface to > > the parallel reader output. There was plenty of flash program memory > > left unused so that other features could be added if desired. > > > > I suspect almost all CNC-oriented tape readers have a similar interface > > to that of the Sanyo. > > > > Really, if you're talking about it and not doing it, you're squandering > > time that you could spend implementing it. > > > > --Chuck > > >
