Re: Late to the party: What's Rosetta?

[nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)]

Phil,

After I get roZetta released and after I port the BX24-AHT code to the ZX-24
chip, I will try to update the BX-24 version. It will require adding a
piggyback EEPROM to the BX-24 chip and can do nothing to improve the BX-24
software UART. However, my health (or lack thereof) may intervene before I
get that far.

As I noted in another thread, Jeff says he's down to a dozen BX24-AHT
boards.

Jeff has the BasicX source on his site and, if he wants to get more boards
made, I can provide him with the Gerber files. I'll probably update it a
bit, dropping the DS1921 holder.

prc1 <prc1@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>Dave--
>
>Thanks for the info.  Although I've just put together a BX24-AHT
>system (and bought two more PC boards besides), I'll have to get one
>of these also.  I'll be watching for further developments...
>
>Regards, Phil C.
>
>On Fri, 03 Feb 2006 12:56:27 GMT, nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston)
>wrote:
>
>>nobody@xxxxxxxxxxxx (Dave Houston) wrote:
>>
>>>I'm willing to consider anything for which I can get the documentation
>>>and someone will loan me the hardware.
>>
>>I need to weasel out of that just a bit.
>>
>>The ZX-24 only has 32K of EEPROM which is used both for program and data
>>storage. While I've added a socket for a 64K I²C EEPROM for additional data,
>>the ZX-24 onboard EEPROM still has to be treated as a scarce commodity.
>>Adding native support for protocols will use up some EEPROM so I need to be
>>selective, supporting only those devices that are most common. ASCII and
>>binary protocols that do not require handshaking can be supported without
>>roZetta needing to know anything about them so they only use up data memory.
>>
>>I've socketed the I²C EEPROM so it can be easily replaced, if necessary. I'm
>>specifying a Microchip EEPROM that can withstand 1,000,000 erase/write
>>cycles which means it might wear out with frequent changes to the data. With
>>one erase/write cycle per day it will need replacing in 4742. YMMV. ;-^)
>
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