Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 16:40:47 +0800 From: Raymond <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please?
At 12:00 AM 22/02/2002 -0800, you wrote: >Date: Fri, 22 Feb 2002 02:32:46 -0500 >From: David VanHorn <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Subject: Re: [LIB] Some answers please? > > >>> >>> >>>I'm enjoying this, and learning a lot, but I think we have established the >>>premise that IrDa conversion is not "trivial" >> >>I thought we'd established the opposite: IRDA -> full duplex serial is a one-chip >solution plus IR transmit/receive and power. It's certainly simpler than a modem, >which does the same job down a pair of wires. > >That's what it is on this printer I'm designing. >A single processor, and "Irda Eyeball" and a few Rs and Cs, and I get what looks like >a serial cable. That plugs in to the same port where you remove my serial card, uses >the same signals. To the main system, it's a serial port. To the host system, it's a >serial port. A single processor can soak up a lot of untriviality ... even those 8 pin MicroChip PIC jobs. - Raymond P.S. no, 'untriviality' isn't a commonly used slang ... at least not round here --- /~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~\ | | "Does fuzzy logic tickle?" | | ___ | "My HDD has no reverse. How do I backup?" | | /__/ +-------------------------------------------| | / \ a y b o t | [EMAIL PROTECTED] | | | HTTP://www.raybot.net | | ICQ: 31756092 | Need help? Visit #Windows98 on DALNet! | \~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~/ ************************************************************** http://libretto.basiclink.com - Libretto mailing list http://libretto.basiclink.com/archive - Archives http://www.picante.com/~gtaylor/portable/faq.html - FAQ -------TO UNSUBSCRIBE------- Reply to any of the list messages. The reply mail should be addressed to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] - Then replace any text on the message's subject line: cmd:unsubscribe --------TO UNSUBSCRIBE DIGEST------ Do above but with this on subject line: cmd:unsubscribe digest **************************************************************
