port code to chipkit uno32 ??

[amourdurisk]

I wonder if we could put the Alex program on a chipkit 32 Uno?

Thanks a lot

Matt.

[Alexinparis]

Hi,
Yes, I think it's basically feasible with some knowledge of PWM timing, interrupts and port manipulation.
The delta code should be less than 10%.

[amourdurisk]

Hi Alex,

Do you think it would bring something more?

Ps : As-tu eu le temps pour la version hélicoptère ?

regards,

Matt.

[timecop]

I ported it to STM8, very little effort involved, as Alex said just PWM/serial/gpio.
I'm tracking latest changes including 1.9.
You are welcome to use the code as a base.
http://code.google.com/p/afrodevices/so ... %2Fafrowii

[crashlander]

I ported it to STM8, very little effort involved, as Alex said just PWM/serial/gpio.
I'm tracking latest changes including 1.9.
You are welcome to use the code as a base.
http://code.google.com/p/afrodevices/so ... %2Fafrowii

Hello,
are there any noticeable pros to use STM8? Is it possible to buy Arduino-like board with that chip?

Regards, Andrej

[timecop]

No, probably no advantage for you as a user. It's better for development as code can be debugged on-chip, and better hardware-wise, as it has hardware PWM blocks, faster ADC, more 16bit timers, and in general better peripherals. As I'm not a big fan of arduino, the concept of "shields" is quite boring to me, I'd rather just make my own board for whatever purpose, which is what I did. Note, developing for any of the STM8/32 family of chips requires using a proper programming environment, as no dumbed-down version aka arduino IDE exists. So, to sum it up, for a user who clicks 'upload' in Arduino IDE there's no advantage. The other advantage (to me) is the code can be easily ported up to STM32 family, as most of the peripherals are same.

[cobra18t]

Has anyone started work on porting the code to chipkit? I can see value in porting the code since calculations could be made faster (=more stable aircraft). There are multiple serial ports so one could be used for debugging and configuration while the other is used for a GPS. Added processing power and memory could also lend itself to SD card configuration storage and datalogging. So I guess I am just saying that I am interested in an Uno32 port.