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man am I a slacker

Yeah, I’ve been slacking lately on the project. School has been keeping me busy, work too. My current problem is that something seems up with the data checksum routine, the code on the PC that is processing the...

updates with FRAM access

My initial attempts to write to the FRAM used SX/B commands like SHIFTIN and SHIFTOUT. These operated at a slow rate of about 83kbits/s. It did work and functioned as a good test of the hardware setup. Now that...

memory chip mounted

Welp, I got impatient, and went to Radio Shack to buy their soldering station. I still have mine coming in the mail, but its ground from Arizona, which may as well be ground from Alaska. I soldered the header pins onto...

Current updates

Wow. I can’t believe its been 20 days since my last post. Man have I been slacking. School has started up again, and add a week I was away on business/pleasure and there you have it. Here’s where I’m...

Parallax USR2SER

So I got my Parallax USR2SER in yesterday. Man is this thing tiny!! About the same width of my finger, and about 1/3 the length! And its mostly surface mount stuff….. It works like a charm. Easy installation, I...

more hardware

When in doubt, just throw some more money at the problem! 🙂 Actually, I’m kidding. But I do have the Parallax USB2SER on its way — maybe the USB will be much faster, buffered, and more reliable. Those...