MISC Software

[Lonnie.Reed@xxxxxxxxxxx (Lonnie Reed)]

Well, I see part of the problem is a lack of software for MISC, which
isn't suprising since there are not that many chips. Maybe if code could
be developed in the meantime on the simulator... Well then when the chips
become more available, there will already be useful code to use it. The 
example of the milling machine software, seems like a good start. I don't 
know if anyone is interested, it was just a thought. And it would be 
something to do in the meantime instead of waiting for the chips. I would 
like to contribute. I am still learning Forth, so I guess I wouldn't be
that productive initially. One project I was considering was doing a 
'oscilloscope' application, that would take samples in the ADC and generate
video displays of the waveforms on a monitor. Seems like the F21 would 
do this easily, at least for audio, low freq RF. If the DAC can run up to
14MHz it seems you could broadcast AM signals from F21 for a local area
transmitter. Might need an amp though, and a really long antenna...
If a few simple projects could be built around the chip, this could be 
used to demo it, so others can see how useful it is. I am really interested
in the echo timer. One application was keyboard off of one pin, so that 
you send a pulse and depending on the length of time it took to get back 
determines which key pressed. There was one inch of wire between each key
switch. It seems that this same concept could be used for a LAN tester,
to see where a break/kink in the cable is located. These are usually fairly
expensive devices.

Lonnie