On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 4:33 PM, Arun Venkataswamy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Thu, Feb 11, 2010 at 2:35 PM, Salvadesswaran P.S. < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi. >> >> Data transmission on parallel ports is working, and they need to >> interface the microcontroller with the PC now. >> > > If you are sure that the data transmission is working from the Linux desktop > using that C code, it means that the Linux based computer is OK to be used > as a host or a slave to the micro controller's application. Beyond this, you > need to tell us what exactly you want for us to help you?! Is the micro > controller also running Linux? > > Like what Thyagarajan said, normally micro controller apps are designed to > use the serial port unless of course you have a specific reason such as high > speed communication etc. > > A word of caution through - Setup the parallel port in the BIOS setup as > standard SPP. Otherwise you will have to implement the corresponding > protocol in the micro controller hardware and software. >
Thanks for your guidance. I'll check out how it works. I think the Arduino board is the best option. -- Salvadesswaran Srinivasan http://www.twitter.com/salva_eswar http://queasyquagmire.wordpress.com _______________________________________________ ILUGC Mailing List: http://www.ae.iitm.ac.in/mailman/listinfo/ilugc
