hey, this looks very nice!
looks like you are an expert in accessing pc ports.
...but there are negative things about it, from user's view:
it makes not a lot of sense, to run a desktop pc all the time, just to =
charge some batteries. if you have kids, playing with battery powered =
toys, you are charging batteries 24hours a day, i.e. you need a =
dedicated pc to do this.
the best solution would be to use an old notebook for this...but they =
usually do not have a standard soundcard.
so why don't you use the serial or parallel port to control the charger, =
instead of using the soundcard?
you might need some additional components like buffers, a low pass =
filter for da conversion and a comparator for ad conversion, but for a =
'port control expert', it shouldn't be a big thing to modify the =
software in this direction.
btw: what happens if the pc gets hanging? does charging stop or does the =
battery get 'cooked'.
tino


>-----Original Message-----
>From: Arkady Skorokhod [mailto:ark1@MYREALBOX.COM]
>Sent: Wednesday, February 11, 2004 3:38 PM
>To: PICLIST@MITVMA.MIT.EDU
>Subject: [PIC:]New PIC related site
>
>Hi,
>
>Have a look at my new site at http://www33.brinkster.com/hobbyprojects/
>
>Among other projects, one more parallel port PIC programmer.
>Any suggestions, criticism are welcomed.
>
>Arkady.
>
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