Ian, I have played with Arduino a bit under linux. I found the package pretty tight as far as working out of the box, but there was some settling in.
At first, I occasionally had the issue of the USB interface not appearing to work, but then I realized that a new USB port is allocated on your system each time the Arduino is plugged in. Check under Tools/Serial Port *each* time you replug your device. Also, make sure your IDE has the right board selected under Tools/Board. Mostly, I have just been playing with blinking lights and some R/C servos I picked up on eBay but it has been fun. Still trying to decide on something more substantial when I have the time. A close friend of mine is designing custom lighting effects for his wedding based on the ATMega... he played around with the Arduino proper for about 2 weeks when he decided he needed to build his own firmware and bought a batch of AtMega processors. Good luck! - michael dykman On Sun, May 9, 2010 at 3:48 PM, Ian Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > I'm currently playing with the Arduino microcontroller much beloved of > hobbyists and gadgeteers: http://arduino.cc/ > > Pleased with what I can make it do so far, which is program it (in C), > but not communicate through my Mac with its running program. > > It has a USB port which supports a simple TTY interface via which > commands can be sent and data retrieved. > > Does anyone have any experience of communicating with it using J? > > Ian > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm > -- - michael dykman - [email protected] May the Source be with you. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- For information about J forums see http://www.jsoftware.com/forums.htm
