It is likely that the interface used by the K-Pod is the I2C bus
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/I%C2%B2C>, a very commonly used
bus in the chip world. I use it to connect the real-time clock
board to my BeagleBone Black board.
I2C is a 2 way, multi-master bus protocol that might be ideal
for tying the ever-growing collection of Elecraft devices.
We would really like to send commands from whatever device we're
using, whether it is the controls of the K3, a keyboard attached
to a P3, the panel of a KPA500, or the K-Pod. While USB could
support this kind of network, I2C is much simpler and cheaper.
RS232, as a point to point protocol, really shouldn't be considered.
73 Bill AE6JV
On 1/16/17 at 4:38 PM, [email protected] (Wes Stewart) wrote:
But this thread and others---IMHO of course---exposes a missed
opportunity. Instead of this Mickey Mouse way of writing a
limited number of macros, that have to be sent to the K3 and
stored, only to be executed by a K-Pod over a dubious
interface, the macros should simply be saved in the K-Pod in
the first place and sent via USB and/or RS232.
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