Paul Breneman wrote:
My main specialty is communication software ( www.turbocontrol.com/APro.htm ), so right now that is what I'm working on. I have a USB hub working with a keyboard on my Nexus 7 (via OTG), but a FTDI USB-serial adapter doesn't show up in /dev so I hope to get that (and some other Bluetooth and TCP/IP stuff) working next.
I've not got a Nexus but I suggest looking to see whether whoever's made the adapter (using the FTDI chip) has given it a vid:pid that the OS doesn't recognise. I think that fiddling with kernel module parameters or editing the identifier info into a config file are beyond what the average user can be expected to do.
But a GUI Hello World would be nice! I did install the "libc-dev" package to compile a Synapse Synaser program so if anyone wants to try www.CtrlTerm.com that would be appreciated.
Some patches for serial.pp were recently applied to 2.7.1. This is for low-level access and requires that you do the thread handling yourself, but doesn't require libc etc. It was tested on ARM Linux when written.
My main (first) goal in this is to be able to run a single program (for machine control) on an inexpensive tablet. Maybe even with embedded Firebird (I have an Android tablet with an Intel CPU if that is needed).
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