SPI to Uart driver

[viscomjim]

Hi Paul,

You were nice enough to answer my question about the spi to uart driver a few posts ago...

Also, I am working on a project that requires a few more serial ports to control some serial to stepper boards. I see that there are I2C to uart boards (not shields) available. Do you see any bumps in the road ahead by using these types of products.

Running them fast enough is usually the issue.  I have implemented some drivers for SPI-based UARTs, but I have not integrated these into CoreBASIC at present.

 

A simple example would be... https://www.sparkfun.com/products/9981 If not bumps, do you have any examples of this type of setup in corebasic where I can just send and receive serial data with the same ease as using your internal uarts with their drivers installed?

I am wondering if there is any type of time frame you have to implement the drivers for SPI Uarts in to corebasic. This is something that I am in need of on a project and it would be a huge burden relieved if you have already done the major homework on this. If this is not an immediate objective, could you let me know approx. when it would be done?

Thanks again for a great product.

Soldercore fan!

Jim

[CoreBASIC Wizard]

I know I keep saying that I should really update the CoreBASIC firmware, but indeed, it is being worked on to straighten it out to go forward.  I'd say a month or so for something that might be of acceptable quality, but honestly, don't hold me to it.