Newsgroups: comp.sys.transputer From: Charles Sweeney Reply-To: CharlesSweeney@compuserve.com Subject: Re: A Problem ? Organization: Embedded Solutions Ltd Date: Wed, 05 Nov 1997 10:39:12 +0000 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <34604CD0.62F7@compuserve.com> Mark Booth wrote: > > We have a number of solutions. Our dual T225 and out T425 robot control > boards have a number of external communications interfaces. Firstly they > have a normal TTL link interface (including system services), secondly > they have RS422 (differential) tranputer interfaces, for long distance > and noise tolerant communications. Finally they have an RS232 serial > interface. Thus for development and high bandwidth needs, we can connect > by transputer links, for lower bandwidth comms (to code booted from rom) > we can use a standard serial interface. > > >I therefore propose the construction of a housing in which a small > >power supply with a fan, which would be connected to the card via an > >ISA slot connector. The board would be mounted in the box on standard > >pcb supports. The C012 ic would then be wired to a set of driver ics > >for connection to a parallel port. > > There are allready PC card (nee PCMCIA) transputer interface cards, and > I think that there are parallel port transputer interface cards, but I > havnt used any of them. Have a search on the Web. > If you're looking for interfaces to the outside world from transputer systems then you may be interested in our Accelerator System. It is a TRAM with two Xilinx FPGAs on it for data processing and external interface. The external interface can be configured to be whatever you want because it is controlled by your program in the FPGAs. Depending on the algorithm, the FPGAs can give you more data processing power than a transputer! The FPGAs can be programmed with any Xilinx tool or our C-based compiler Handel-C. A free demo version of this will be available in a few days from our web site. There's also a University Program. Regards, Charles Charles Sweeney, Engineering Director, Embedded Solutions Ltd Tel/fax +44 1235 510456 Email CharlesSweeney@compuserve.com or csweeney@embedded-solutions.ltd.uk 6 Main Road, East Hagbourne, Didcot, Oxfordshire. OX11 9LJ. UK.