[Pd] Serial port out

[Chuckk Hubbard]

On 11/9/06, Cesare Marilungo <cesare at poeticstudios.com> wrote:

> I'm not an expert in electronics. But I believe that this should need a
> microcontroller.
>
> You send the notes you want to play via serial port to the
> microcontroller, which sends a pwm signal that can be flattened with a
> simple rc circuit (a condenser and a resistor).
>
> I've done this some years ago to control my Korg MS20. I've used an IC
> (Max232, IIRC) and the PIC 16f84a. It costed less than 5 EURO in parts.
>
> There are plenty of ready made projects and schematics for this task
> (just google for it).

I have, repeatedly, and it would take me more than the time I have
left in school to read everything.

I don't understand why the serial port itself couldn't send the PWM...
Of course I don't understand a lot of things, but is that what you're
saying?
I do happen to have a Max232 lying around, but I have no idea what to
do with it.
I've asked about this numerous times here, and probably annoyed
people.  If it's going to be that complicated, I can't do it.

I really just want to know how the [comport] object works.