Dear JB, greetings! Firstly, sorry for the slight delay in my reply.
> terminal software installed on them, although HyperTerm is installed > by default, it's probably blocked as I can't find it. I Please see this [1] link. TeraTerm helps? OR as John suggested, Termite might work too! Thanks John! > any special cables for the emulator or is it just the USB power > cable? Nothing else at all. Just the USB power cable. :) That cable serves two purposes - board power and RS-232 emulation over USB (using Atmel's USB_CDC software stack). I'm pretty sure Mizar32 can work with Windows - I don't see a reason why it can't work. The Mizar32 should get recognized as a serial device. For that, I think you need a few drivers from Atmel. I'm not very familiar with the Windows side of things. But for a quick solution, would it be very hard for you to install GNU/Linux on Windows within a VM? (I know it's an ugly solution). I can check with the guys at SimpleMachines if they can point us in the direction of the drivers. I'll post again as soon as I have some news. > Also, once that's set up how do I invoke Picolisp? Thanks. Once you have the handshake between the PC and your Mizar32, simply press "reset" on your board. (SW-2; I guess). In any case, you're looking for the switch which is away from the voltage regulator IC. (There are just 2 switches on the board). Once reset, you should see the Hempl prompt on your serial terminal emulator. Let me get back to you with more information. R References: [1]: wiki.eluaproject.net/Terminal Emulators for eLua On 3 December 2015 at 13:25, J B <k1llfre...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > Thanks for the quick reply. I'm not using Linux, my Mizar lives at college > where I am building my project for college. The college PC's are using Win > 7 and I don't think they have any terminal software installed on them, > although HyperTerm is installed by default, it's probably blocked as I > can't find it. I may be able to get hyperterm unblocked or bring in a > portable terminal emulator on a usb stick, but I'm not sure. Do I need any > special cables for the emulator or is it just the USB power cable? Also, > once that's set up how do I invoke Picolisp? Thanks. > > ------------------------------ > From: ramangopa...@gmail.com > To: picolisp@software-lab.de > Subject: Re: Mizar32 - What order do functions have to appear? > Date: Wed, 2 Dec 2015 03:30:10 +0100 > > > > Dear JB, greetings! > > > So I started creating a little program to act as a digital counter > > with the blue led flashing at each change of logic state, it came to > > Perfect way to begin! > > > my attention very quickly that there is some hidden format that the > > code has to be in and some rules that I can’t find written. It seems > > Actually, nothing is hidden or implicit at all. :) So, let's fix your > problem for you. > > > to me that you can’t set a pin direction unless you are going to use > > it in the immediate program and I personally can’t seem to get > > smaller functions of “sethigh” and “setlow” to ever work. > > You can set the direction of a pin in any context in PicoLisp. The > code you have in autorun.l must set its direction. Here's how it > works. Think of it as the default state of the pin. Some pins can be > high by default; some can be low. This is MCU specific - This > particular device works this way. The same code on an LM3S8962 Texas > Instruments Cortex clone behaves the other way. > > # Will set the dir of PB_29 and turn the blue LED "on" > # automatically. > (pio-pin-setdir *pio-output* 'PB_29) > > # Will turn the blue LED "off". > (pio-pin-sethigh 'PB_29) > > So, your function should be: > > (de high (pin) > (pio-pin-setlow pin) ) > > > Is there like a comprehensive list of the way I need to be writing > > these programs? > > It's regular PicoLisp. No different. Just that it runs on the MCU. :) > > > I experiment a lot and I do not have the vga board so I have no > > console on screen, I’m kinda running blind and need all the heads up > > I can. > > Oh! This is quite easy. Can you please use a serial terminal emulator? > I use minicom. It's a nice tool. In case you don't have it, please get > it (or another of your choice) and configure it for 115200 baud, 8N1 > and no hardware flow control. So, assuming an Ubuntu GNU/Linux and > minicom: > > $ sudo apt-get install minicom > $ minicom -D /dev/ttyACM0 > > The above should get you the Hempl shell. Invoke PicoLisp directly > from the shell. You can then type away interactively - like you would > with regular PicoLisp. You can also edit PicoLisp files on your SD > card using iv, the vi clone. > > Hempl# iv /mmc/autorun.l > Hempl# picolisp /mmc/autorun.l > > Please let me know if this helps you. Good luck! > > R > > On 1 December 2015 at 23:08, J B <k1llfre...@hotmail.co.uk> wrote: > > So I started creating a little program to act as a digital counter with > the blue led flashing at each change of logic state, it came to my > attention very quickly that there is some hidden format that the code has > to be in and some rules that I can’t find written. It seems to me that you > can’t set a pin direction unless you are going to use it in the immediate > program and I personally can’t seem to get smaller functions of “sethigh” > and “setlow” to ever work. Is there like a comprehensive list of the way I > need to be writing these programs? I experiment a lot and I do not have the > vga board so I have no console on screen, I’m kinda running blind and need > all the heads up I can. Thanks. > > >
