[PD] osx pduino: nothing works

[Derek Holzer]

Hi HC,

thanks for clarification. I will try to find some time to stick it in  
the FLOSS Manual Pduino chapters later on. I did get the ATMEGA8s  
running with the new baudrate, now I have a problem with the ATMEG328  
but I will deal with that tomorrow.

I tried to get all 12 students using same versions of everything but  
you know how hard that can be. What was supposed to be a 10 minute  
installation took the entire afternoon, along with questions about  
motors, circuits, mechanics and everything else in the middle of  
debugging. Not an optimal moment for concentration to fix a glitch...  
maybe I will stick to hardware-only workshops from now on, computers  
are only good for causing ulcers and hairloss!

I landed here Sunday and started the workshop the next morning so I  
had no time to investigate what hardware the school had. I told them  
they should upgrade the ATMEGAs they have but you know how long that  
takes at any kind of institution ;-)

Best from Helsinki!
D.

Quoting Hans-Christoph Steiner <hans at at.or.at>:

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> On Mar 10, 2010, at 9:59 AM, Derek Holzer wrote:
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>> List goofballs aside, I think it would be good to clarify all this stuff.
>>
>> The split between the things available on HCs site and what comes   
>> with Arduino is quite confusing. I was only using the ones from HC   
>> to keep the versions matching.
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> No argument here, its just a matter of finding the time to do it.  With
> Firmata 2.1 the baudrate should be totally stable (that's the big
> change between 2.0 and 2.1), and further updates shouldn't cause
> issues.  I'm working on finalizing the Pduino 0.5 release.
>
>> The Arduino-provided Firmata stuff does not contain the Pd objects   
>> themselves, and if the Pd objects must match certain Firmata then   
>> it would be good to make a note of that somewhere... maybe on the   
>> site where the Pd stuff is downloaded?
>
> For the latest Pduino, either use the included one, or the one in
> Arduino 0018.
>
>> And besides that, if some Firmata says it supports ATMEGA8 then I   
>> believe what it says. I spent half of yesterday smashing my face   
>> against the keyboards of 12 students, trying to teach them   
>> something that was broken, and the reason it was broken was not   
>> documented. So yes I get a bit cranky!
>
> Firmata is an Arduino library which fully supports the ATMEGA8.
> StandardFirmata is a firmware that uses the Firmata library that is too
> big for the ATMEGA8.  As a teacher, I would highly recommend avoiding
> the ATMEGA8, they are not well supported by the Arduino community.
>
> .hc
>
>>
>> Peace out dudes,
>> D.
>>
>>> 2010/3/10 Derek Holzer <derek at umatic.nl>
>>>
>>>> Where do I find the matching Pd Firmata objects for the Firmata in Arduino
>>>> 18 then?
>>>>
>>>> Maybe all of this could be a bit better documented? ;-)
>>
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