Re: Forget the webbrick

["solentelectricalservices" <paul@xxxxxxxxxxx>]

well put David! software is always a problem with products like
this. They can have millions of I/O but if you cant do simple things
like control some logic when inputs happen then you may just as well
through it in the bin. I have always said homevision for me was the
bench mark for a simple unit with vast logic capability. OK its like
a record player now in todays standards but many of us still use
LP's But if you wanted to do the funky REAL world stuff HV could do
it. AND NOT A BLOODY PC INSITE!!!! except programming! I dont want
xap xpl html python bla bla bla. The only thing I want to do is set
the box thing up and use a PC when I want to tweek it or control it
from something simple like a web page. My ultimate goal would be a
TV interface like homevision with a simple remote, obviously we have
moved on abit from black screens and white text but im sure you get
my point NO PC.

ah sod it will order one tomorrow and see what I can do with it.....





--- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, "David Buckley" <db@e...> wrote:
>
> --- In ukha_d@xxxxxxx, Ake Hedman <akhe@b...> wrote:
> > Forget the webbrick. This (
>
>
> You guys crack me up.
>
> First off, this isnt a new product, there was even a talk of a bulk
> buy of these his time last year.
>
> Second off, theres no useful software.
>
> Third off, the commercial compilers for the Microchip C stack are
> pricey, if you exclude the limited student edition compiler. Unless
> I've missed it somewhere, the MicroChip code hasn't been ported to
the
> lower cost CCS compilers.
>
> Fourth, its unlikely to ever be as good as a webbrick, though it
could
> be made good enough to be useful.  You could certainly use it as an
> I/O device though.  A xAP BSC implemenmtation would be convenient.
> But it isnt an alternative to a WebBrick.  Unless someone writes
> decent code for it.  Its always about software.
>
> Wake me up when it does something useful.