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The MakeThings "Make controller kit"?
Charlie1138:
I did a search on their message board and found this -- Maybe you can translate this, Jesse?
--- Quote ---MAKE Controller Kit: FreeRTOS V4.1 for Make Controller Kit Posted
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davidthings
Aug 30th 2006
As I'm still trying to get a good build of the Heavy codebase to run properly under GCC, I thought I'd post something that does work very nicely for those who are aching to get to some programming.
As you may know, Heavy is based on FreeRTOS.org. So what I decided to post was a close-to-raw FreeRTOS demo adapted slightly for our board. What it lacks is any OSC or any of the other API niceties.
See http://www.makingthings.com/makecontrollerkit/resources.htm
and look down for FreeRTOS.org.
For more information about FreeRTOS.org, I bet you can guess where to head...
This builds and runs under Rowley CrossWorks and in the various GNU ARM toolchains on Windows and on OS X. I haven't tested this under Linux yet, but I'm very optimistic.
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JesseWelling:
I think they are just talking about giving you a raw kernel to work with....which means you won't have to take the time to pull out the stuff you don't want, just put in what you do.
For more information I would look at this page http://www.freertos.org/portsam7xlwIP.html
But if you are not familiar with Real Time Operating Systems (or what operating systems do in general) check this page out
http://www.freertos.org/tutorial/index.html
I've have never developed any c code on a windows computer, so I really don't know what's available for development. But if you develop on a Linux box you will need some kind of programmer. I would check this out http://www.sparkfun.com/commerce/product_info.php?products_id=7834
Hope that helps for now.
Charlie1138:
Ok, thanks again, Jesse. I'll start studying up on it. This is exciting stuff for me. I wish I would have tried getting into this a long time ago. :)
Charlie1138:
I have a new contestant.. it's called the Arduino.. and i guess it is similar to the "make ontroller". It is an open source controller. It seems to be a little cheaper though too. Maybe about half the price. I don't know if it is enough for my needs though. I want to run 2 DC mtoors and 2 high resolution encoder.. and I need it to be computer controlled preferrably USB controleld.
http://www.arduino.cc/
The weird thing is though.. i did a search at both forums.. for the Arduino and the MAKE.. and there is nothing about encoders. Will encoders work easily with these boards? Anyone know?
JesseWelling:
--- Quote ---Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board, and a development environment for writing Arduino software. The Arduino programming language is an implementation of Wiring, itself built on Processing.
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That's from their website. I'm always a bit weary about proprietary languages and code. They tend to hide things from you and not alow you to use your equipment the way you want to (see windows for an example).
I guess it all depends on your perspective and what you are trying to accomplish.
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