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SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« on: May 11, 2014, 12:07:51 am »
So some user know i have been working on a silverlink clone and guess what. 

IT WORKS :D

now the not so fun news its slow. 1.1KB/s average. Where as the original is closer to 4.4KB/s average. Why its so slow I honestly have no idea as of the moment.




Things it seems to not handle ATM. It does not like to overwrite variables. I think I know why that's the next thing to fix. And it occasionally freezes because I have not enabled usb Reset yet (and other power save features)

Anyone have an arduino leonardo OR clone to test?

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #1 on: May 11, 2014, 03:42:06 am »
I don't have any kind of Arduino for now. Does it emulate a Silverlink or does it use a new protocol that you added to TiLP ?

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #2 on: May 11, 2014, 10:41:26 am »
It's uses the actual silver link driver from time or libusb for tilp they both work.  So yes it's emulated.

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #3 on: May 11, 2014, 10:43:32 am »
Oh nice. I found the silver link to be much more reliable than direct USB. Only issue is when trying to send OS's with TiLP, it always fails after sending one page. I don't know if you can fix this or not but bleh whatever.

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #4 on: May 13, 2014, 11:02:23 pm »
Yeah I have issues with my clone and my actual one with TiLP so its not just you :P I can look into TiLP's source to see if this is fixable its an issue with how os sending is handled I am sure. The calculator expects certain delays and I am sure that TiLP does not care.

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #5 on: May 14, 2014, 12:10:16 am »
Good luck on this geek. I myself mostly use DirectUSB because it's much faster but sometimes I have to use SilverLink since the 83+ doesn't have an USB port (except in France)

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #6 on: May 14, 2014, 07:35:45 am »
Oh nice. I found the silver link to be much more reliable than direct USB. Only issue is when trying to send OS's with TiLP, it always fails after sending one page. I don't know if you can fix this or not but bleh whatever.
I also get this bug with the silver link.

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #7 on: May 15, 2014, 06:40:31 am »
Geek: I have an arduino and parts enough (I think) to test. Will you please post some schematics and code?
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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #8 on: May 15, 2014, 06:54:00 am »
Pimath it requires an Arduino Leonardo. I'm pretty sure you have an Uno which has no USB controller.

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #9 on: May 15, 2014, 11:22:37 am »
Oh right, it has I2C :P

I could get a usb controller shield, though.
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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #10 on: May 15, 2014, 12:47:17 pm »
Bleh, just get a Leonardo it's better. :P
By the way IIRC the arduino micro is basically a Leonardo but much smaller so it would fit that project pretty nicely. ;)

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #11 on: May 15, 2014, 01:22:15 pm »
I plan on making a custom board for this in the long run. But I'm thinking of investing in a teensy soon.  Pretty much a 16$ atmega32u4 breakout.  I don't use any arduino specific code so my code is immediately compatible with it as well :D

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Re: SilverLink Clone - Wip Beta
« Reply #12 on: May 15, 2014, 01:23:46 pm »
Nice ! :D Also yeah having read the Cemetech news (I'm subscribed to their RSS) I know you use pure AVR C code. :P