I just downloaded my semester 2 timetable, and boy it’s a doozy! Looks like I’ll be attending every day still, however it’ll now be about 9-5 each day like a normal job (with the notable exception that I pay them to attend). With homework and the extra subject I won’t be having a great deal of time to work on my AVR projects, so looks like I’ll have to start making a portable toolchain so I can work during breaks at Uni.
I’ve finally got some Chapter 9 USB code in place, although only for a few commands and it’s very incomplete. I’m having real difficulties interpreting Atmel’s code - they seem to be twiddling the TXINI and RXOUTI bits a lot in the Chapter 9 commands as some sort of handshake. Needs further investigation.
I’m blessed in that the kind folks at Atmel donated a new JTAG-MKII to me for my moderation work at AVRFreaks.net a few months ago (as well as the USBKEY!) which I’m using to debug my code. Without a JTAG I’d still be on my first few lines — it’s absolutely indispensable for this sort of work. Any serious AVR engineer/hobbyist must have at least one - or a Dragon, if suitable - in their kit.
I’m out tomorrow, so no entry until Friday I’m afraid. Not that anyone’s actually reading any of this, however!
EDIT: Oh, and a postscript. To the person who found my blog via a search on Google for “jigger me timbers”, thank you. That made my day :).
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