OMG, seriously? Are we going back to cassette audio storage of data and programs? Is an Arduino just a TRS-80?
> Arduino board programmed with an audio file > http://www.theverge.com/2011/12/30/2671276/arduino-programmed-with-sound > > Programmer Mike Tsao has devised a clever method to program an Arduino > board using sound. It's called TribeDuino, and it uses the Arduino's > audio sensors to detect the time elapsed between peaks of sound -- > short periods are interpreted as binary ones and long periods as > binary zeroes. It's similar to how early modems worked... > > The apt analogy here is not to modems, but the way early-80's computers > loaded their programs from a cassette tape. (Perhaps the author isn't > old enough to remember those.) > > ...he wants to "build an Arduino development environment that works > with minimal hardware" -- he says it would be cool to be able to > "develop a sketch [program] on a smartphone web browser or > non-jailbroken tablet, then program the Arduino using just the > headphone jack." > > (Sort of the reverse of what Square does with their credit card reader > that plugs into an iPhone's headphone/microphone jack.) > > That actually sounds practical and useful. Given Google's desire to use > Arduino peripherals to extend Android, this seems like a slick way to > create an Arduino programmer that just needs an app. and a headphone > cable. > > This could even be something adopted by consumer device manufacturers as > an inexpensive way to download firmware updates to devices that > otherwise are not computer or Internet connected. Say a programmable > thermostat. The Manufacturer bundles a cable, and provides an app > download that pulls the latest firmware from the manufacturer's site and > pipes it to the thermostat. > > -Tom > _______________________________________________ > Hardwarehacking mailing list > [email protected] > http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking > _______________________________________________ Hardwarehacking mailing list [email protected] http://lists.blu.org/mailman/listinfo/hardwarehacking
