RE: Using the Systronix TSilk along with the TILT400 (a user comments)

Dear Joel - I have two of them, and have been extremely happy.  My problems
out-of-the-box have been ZERO, and is a testimony to the upward migration
from the TINI390 as to compatibility.  I have been running Shawn Silverman's
Tynamo web-server now for months, with TINI RTE 1.12.

Everything seems to be straight forward, and is _almost_ transparent to the
previous TINI 390 for application "migration". The ONLY difference that I
have encounterd when moving java code from the TINI 390 to the TStik400 is
the bit-port class usage, where:

// led1 is included on the Dallas Semiconductor DSTINIm400 and Systronix
TStik400 board, as:
// DSTINI390: P5.2, C1RX, RXD1, DS2480 RX, "serial 1", pin 19. DSTINIm400:
P5.2, T3, LED
// as, BitPort CpuLed_TSTIK = new BitPort(BitPort.Port5Bit2);

// led1 is included on the Dallas Semiconductor DSTINI390 board, as:
// DSTINI390: P3.5, T1, INTOW (Internal 1-Wire), LED pin 11. DSTINIm400400:
P3.5, T1, CLKO
// BitPort CpuLed_TINI = new BitPort(BitPort.Port3Bit5);

This was on the TINI THeartBeat.java, originally published on SourceForge by
Karl-Martin Skontorp.

What is really nice about the "upgrade" to the TStik/TILIT-Pro combination
is the 30-pin JSIMM interface.  Bruce Boyes is finallizing the Systronix
production release for the
new JSIMM form-factor boards and JCX boards (Ref:
http://jsimm.systronix.com/ ); Use the "pull-down" JSIMM PRODUCTS list to
see.

If you need plenty of RS-232 serial ports (like for a want to build RS-232
to ethernet concentrator), this board is the "winner":
http://jsimm.systronix.com/hsio/jsqs.htm .

I have also been using the 1-WireR Net master (Ref:
http://jsimm.systronix.com/jsimm_1wire.htm )
that is very handy with all of these resources On-board:

DS2450 quad analog to digital converter
DS2890 digital to analog converter, and we added an opamp output buffer
DS2406 dual channel digital I/O
DS18S20 temperature sensor measures -55 degC to +125 deg C
iButton clip to add any Dallas F5 can iButton

Systronix has this board temporarily on hold right now, but I suspect they
will breing this back in an even better "incarnation", after they wrap-up
the JSIMM DIO (SPI device, Digital I/O board):

http://jsimm.systronix.com/jsimm_dio.htm

...and the JSIM AIO (SPI device, Analog I/O board):

http://jsimm.systronix.com/jsimm_aio.htm

You can also roll-your-own, with a JSIMM "prototype board" at:

http://jsimm.systronix.com/jsimm_proto.htm

RS485 (future) is also in the works:

http://jsimm.systronix.com/jsimm_sio.htm

And a high-speed SRAM (HSIO) bus card, that is excllent as a reference
design, for adding memory and general "bit-twiddeling" (as a JStik Test
Board):

http://jsimm.systronix.com/hsio/hsio_test.htm

More JCX "goodies" are listed here by the intended release schedule:

http://jcx.systronix.com/schedule.htm

No, I don't work for Systronix... They just make really great stuff that
works hassle-free, and excellent support for my inane questions.  The really
great thing, is that they are "open source" on both the softaware AND the
software; and they provide for a migration path to other high performance
java-JVM based products.

I also need to mention AAG Electronica at:
http://www.aagelectronica.com/aag/index.html ...which does an excellent job
at complementing the Systronix products with the addition of 1-Wire modules.
I have married the two together, to make a very usable "Home Automation
System", with WWW browser access.  I run multiple TStik's off of one IP
address by using one of them as a proxy server (plus running some
applications), while the others do the "grunt" stuff.

Joel - Contact me off list, if you want my Proxy Server 0.3 code.

Best regards, Kelly Smith




-----Original Message-----
From: tini-admin-6tN4nzCoH/[email protected] [mailto:tini-admin-6tN4nzCoH/[email protected]]On Behalf Of
Joel Rowley
Sent: Monday, May 17, 2004 12:53 PM
To: tini-6tN4nzCoH/[email protected]
Subject: [TINI]Using the Systronix TSilk along with the TILT400


Hi all on the list,

I just ordered a Systronix TStik.72.nb.1024 along with a TILT400.Pro Socket
board this past week.  I haven't received it in the mail yet, but I was just
wondering if anyone else on this list has ordered a TSilk and if there is
anything I should know before I start programming for it that will save me
headaches in the future.

Thanks!
Joel Rowley

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