Its not too difficult to modify a cradle. Mine has LEDs on all the serial
lines, holder for a reset device and 'seatbelt' to keep the Palm III firmly
in the cradle (a PPro cradle). Took me about 30-45mins to modify it. If I
ever have any free time I could post the design, but honestly anyone with
some wiring skills could make it without any plans.
-----Original Message-----
From: Nathan J Williams <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Date: Thursday, March 18, 1999 8:53 PM
Subject: Random thought: Developer's cradle
>
> Perhaps as a result of doing a lot of coding before the advent
>of POSE and on hardware that nothing emulates, I've acquired the habit
>of doing most of my testing on a real device, rather than in an
>emulator.
>
> As I reached to reset it for the dozenth time in the last
>hour, a sudden thought came to me: What if the cradle had a reset
>button? It would save me endless time fiddling with the test unit and
>my ready supply of blunted push-pins. I know that it wouldn't be a
>totally easy thing to do, since the reset is triggered from a
>awkward-to-automatically-push location, but I can hope..
>
> There must be other things that would be useful in a cradle
>targeted for developers. Serial port debugging lights? A modem button,
>for simulation? What else?
>
> - Nathan
>
>
