Why I Still Hate The Arduino IDE; or "How Come The NMU-7700 Software Isn't Ready Yet?"

I've been adding stuff to the NMU-7700 page over the last week or two - I wanted to quickly wrap it up for now so it's done, ready to build, & I could move onto other things. So far all the hardware stuff's there; what's missing is the firmware/software.

Which is where the post title comes in…

An Updated Memory Module : Part 3a - Main Board Build

We have boards!

02/08/14, AM: Main boards arrived yesterday!

A little slower than usual (just under 3 weeks, vs just over 2 weeks in the past), but I'm not going to complain. I'll reserve my complaining for the idiot who ordered the wrong voltage regulators (TO-263 vs DPAK/TO-252); he has been given the task of finding the correct regulators on a Saturday morning. Not easy in a world where the main electronics hobby chain stocks more farting toys than surface-mount components…

For a change, I think I'll keep updating this post as I build and test the board - you don't want to dig through multiple posts, and I don't want to make them.

More when I get back from my search…

An Updated Memory Module : Part 2a - Hardware Changes, Demo Software

I know, I know … last time I said I'd post some very basic software soon. And, slackly, I haven't. Here's why…

The short version: after the first home-made prototype of the interface board I made a few changes to the circuit, re-designed the board, sent it out to have a small run professionally made, started work on schematic for the main board, ordered the parts for both, and planned to release a quick demo package after building a new interface board (rather than release my mess of spaghetti code and half-arsed functions as a 'demo' that'd need modification to work with the new design).

Most of that went swimmingly. But…