[Coco] Coco -> Arduino -> Drivewire and back again... the arduino code... for connecting via the serial

[Nick Marentes]

On 21/06/2014 4:44 AM, Aaron Wolfe wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 20, 2014 at 2:33 PM, Chris Ahrendt
> <chrisahrendt at bellsouth.net> wrote:
>> Aaron,
>> the code I finished.... see previous passthrough message...
>> I went to the DW4 page and the DW4 page and got into a circular reference .
>> When I clicked on the documentation it sent me back to the code page and not to
>> the documentation... So I can't find the DW4 docs...
>>
>> The other thing I need help on is actually using the Cart interface instead of the bit banger.
>> I think I could get considerably more speed with using a cart interface than a serial bit banger...
>> but I am a software guy... and limited hardware guy.
>>
>> I had not thought of using the PI as its a little overkill I think and the pi boards are a bit bigger and would not
>> fit in a rom cart which is ultimately the thought to do.....
> Yep, looks like sourceforge has removed our wiki and is sending people
> to the sf project page instead.  i'll see if i can sort that out this
> weekend.
>
> Raspberry pi will fit in a rompak, and considering it replaces an
> entire PC compared to using a serial cable or adriuno, I don't think
> it can be considered overkill.  With a Pi in a Pak youve got a self
> contained complete DriveWire system, no external computer needed.
>

CoCoFDC is a much more refined solution. No waiting for it to boot up 
also... just instant on as it should be.

Nick