On Thu, 6 Jan 2005, Michael Halcrow wrote:
> > Here's a project I've been working on recently:
> >
> > http://c3po.cs.byu.edu/~jason/wiki/index.php/UniversalIO
> >
> > This semester I'm going to design a board (which I can then get
> > produced in whatever quantity everyone wants) that should make it
> > easy for others, especially programmers, to build electronic gadgets
> > using a microcontroller or parpin interface from their Linux system.
>
> I would like to take this opportunity to claim credit for inspiring
> Jason to embark on this project. :-)
[...]
I had the idea for a while, but Mike did indeed provide excellent motivation.
He also told me about parpin.
Incidentally, while my board could easily run 120V relays, I want to stay away
from hi-voltage stuff because it's dangerous, and because that's what X10 is
for.
And also incidentally, this board should be really nifty when it's done. A
big centronics connector will let you plug in a regular printer cable and use
use uisp to program the Atmel uC. Or, you can not even bother to install the
uC (saving $20 or so in parts) and just use parpin to control stuff directly.
-J
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