To commit a HORRIBLE pun I think the so-called UART card for Ben Nanonote is (prepare yourself) a bridge too far. (Too heavy & awkward once a proper and convenient connector is added.
My current preference would be to use the UBbb(universal Ben Breakout Board) connected via a flexible cable to a uart card that is now no longer constrained to be ultra tiny or ultra lightweight, or to not include a convenient connector (DB-9 and or RJ45 are both used). There would be ample room to allow it to be "straight through" or "crossover. It might also sprout a few LEDs which help greatly when trying to speak serial to a device that you have not seen before. In my world, it would be ok/fine for this larger and more capable serial board to have it's own power from one or two AA batteries. I am NOT suggesting Werner will or should do this version. However. he is blazing a path will enable others to build variants scratch various and sundry itches Werner does not suffer from. May 1,000 flowers bloom. And THANKS for providing these high quality seeds and fertilizer. --- Ron K. Jeffries A curious fellow On Sun, Feb 6, 2011 at 11:35, Werner Almesberger <[email protected]> wrote: > Ron K. Jeffries wrote: >> My vote would be yes, try to support RTS/CTS even though it consumes >> precious i/o pins. > > The chip has lots of unused I/Os, but I'd be concerned about the > mechanical issues a larger connector and a heavier/more rigid > cable may cause. One could of course also just make two variants, > one with RTS/CTS and the other without. > > - Werner > > _______________________________________________ > Qi Hardware Discussion List > Mail to list (members only): [email protected] > Subscribe or Unsubscribe: > http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion > _______________________________________________ Qi Hardware Discussion List Mail to list (members only): [email protected] Subscribe or Unsubscribe: http://lists.en.qi-hardware.com/mailman/listinfo/discussion
