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Automator.2006-03-26 (0, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application (0, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\automator.cpp (6284, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\Automator.exe (229888, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\gui.fl (788, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\hidsdi.h (1693, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\Makefile (1324, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\Makefile.windows (478, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\parser.c (7251, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\parser.h (1240, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\usb-libusb.c (7449, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\usb-windows.c (6507, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\usbcalls.c (545, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\application\usbcalls.h (3582, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\Changelog.txt (968, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\circuit (0, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\circuit\automator.brd (48034, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\circuit\automator.sch (307162, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\circuit\circuit.pdf (47696, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware (0, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\automator.h (999, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\checksize (727, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\main.c (20453, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\main.hex (13133, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\Makefile (2615, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbconfig.h (6877, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv (0, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\Changelog.txt (4046, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\iarcompat.h (2099, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\License.txt (23595, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\oddebug.c (1117, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\oddebug.h (2888, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\usbconfig-prototype.h (9796, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\usbdrv.c (20350, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\usbdrv.h (21030, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\usbdrvasm.asm (553, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\usbdrvasm.S (26925, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\firmware\usbdrv\USBID-License.txt (6499, 2006-03-27)
Automator.2006-03-26\License.txt (23595, 2006-03-27)
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This is the README file for the Automator USB device. Automator is a hardware device which controls relays (switches) similar to the way how punched tape was used in teletypes. You can also compare it to musical box where a cylinder with tiny pins plays a melody on a metal comb. Automator learns by example: Each relay can be controlled with a key. When you press the keys to control the relays, Automator records your actions for later playback. This type of device may be useful for many applications. The prototype has been built for an artist who wants to animate puppets and other objects. It uses Objective Development's firmware-only USB driver for Atmel's AVR microcontrollers to download and upload program files. From a technical point of view, it demonstrates how a HID class device can be controlled with native Windows API functions without a dedicated device driver. FILES IN THE DISTRIBUTION ========================= Readme.txt ........ The file you are currently reading. firmware .......... Source code of the controller firmware. firmware/usbdrv ... USB driver -- See Readme.txt in this directory for info application ....... Source code of the host software. circuit ........... Circuit diagrams in PDF and EAGLE 4 format. A free version of EAGLE is available for Linux, Mac OS X and Windows from http://www.cadsoft.de/. License.txt ....... Public license for all contents of this project. Changelog.txt ..... Logfile documenting changes in soft-, firm- and hardware. BUILDING AND INSTALLING ======================= This project can be built on Unix (Linux, FreeBSD or Mac OS X) or Windows. Building on Windows: You need WinAVR for the firmware and MinGW, MSYS and FLTK 1.1 for the host software. Visual C++ instead of MinGW might work as well, but we prefer free development environments. These packages can be downloaded from: WinAVR: http://winavr.sourceforge.net/ MinGW and MSYS: http://www.mingw.org/ FLTK 1.1: http://www.fltk.org/ Install the packages in this order and follow the installation instructions of the respective package. Hint: Use the big ready-made archives for MinGW and MSYS, not the individual packages. You can identify these by their file size. To build the firmware with WinAVR, change into the "firmware" directory, check whether you need to edit the "Makefile" (e.g. if you use AVRDUDE instead of UISP) and type "make" to compile the source code. Before you upload the code to the device with "make flash", you should set the fuses with "make fuse". In order to build the application, you must first build and install FLTK (usually a task of running "./configure", then "make" and then "make install" in an MSYS window). Then change to the "application" directory and edit the "Makefile". Comment out the definitions which are for Unix only and uncomment those for Windows. Then type "make" to build "Automator.exe". Alternatively, if everything is installed in the default locations, you can type "make -f Makefile.windows". Building on Unix (Linux, FreeBSD and Mac): You need the GNU toolchain and avr-libc for the firmware and FLTK 1.1 and libusb for the application. These packages can be downloaded from: GNU toolchain and avr-libc: See http://www.nongnu.org/avr-libc/user-manual/install_tools.html FLTK 1.1: http://www.fltk.org/ libusb: http://libusb.sourceforge.net/ Install the packages in any order and follow the instructions for the respective package. To build the firmware, change to the "firmware" directory, edit "Makefile" to use the programmer of your choice and type "make" to compile the source code. Before you upload the code to the device with "make flash", you should set the fuses with "make fuse". In order to build the application, make sure that the commands 'fltk-config' and 'libusb-config' are in your search path. Then change directory to "application", check whether you need to edit "Makefile" (should not be necessary on Unix) and type "make" to build the "Automator" application. WORKING WITH AUTOMATOR ====================== The device has 8 relays and related wire clamps, 4 wire clamps for external switches, 8 programming keys controlling the relays, 4 input keys to simulate the external switches, one Reset/Record key, one Stop/Store key, one trim-pot and various LEDs. When you first power up Automator, the program memory is empty. To enter a program, hold down the "Reset/Record" key (the Status LED will reflect the clock rate while you hold the key) and press the program keys for those relays you intend to program. The LEDs related to these relays will light. If you made an error, clear all LEDs (still holding "Reset/Record") with the "Stop/Store" key. After deciding which channels to program (all other channels will not be affected), release the "Reset/Record" key and start entering the program immediately. Press the program keys to activate relays. Where the program must wait for an exxternal event, close the an external switch or press the related simulation key. When you are done programming, press the "Stop/Store" key immediately to store your program. You can now start it from the beginning by pressing the "Reset/Record" key once. Recording is done in units of a clock rate. This clock rate is shown through the Status LED while you hold the "Reset/Record" key and can be adjusted with the trim-pot. Try playback with a different clock rate than used during recording! When you have a program which suits your needs, you can archive it on your computer using the host software. Connect the device to the USB bus, start the "Automator" software and click the "Save to File" button. An FLTK File Chooser will pop up which lets you store the program in a file. Automator writes human readable text files which may even be modified with an editor. To upload a (modified) program to the device, click the "Restore from File" button and choose the file to upload. USING THE USB DRIVER FOR YOUR OWN PROJECTS ========================================== Automator is a rather complex example because it was built for a real purpose. It demonstrates how a USB HID can be controlled from Windows using only native Windows API functions. If you want a more basic example, we recommend that you download "PowerSwitch" or "HIDKeys". The former is the simplest example available while the latter is the simplest example implementing a HID. Both projects can be downloaded from http://www.obdev.at/products/avrusb/. ABOUT THE LICENSE ================= It is our intention to make our USB driver and this demo application available to everyone. Moreover, we want to make a broad range of USB devices and ideas for USB devices available to the general public. We therefore require that all projects built with our USB driver are published under an Open Source license. Our license for the USB driver and demo code is based on the GNU General Public License (GPL). We add some special requirements and privileges, though. See the file "License.txt" for details. If you don't want to publish your source code and the circuit diagrams under an Open Source license, you can simply pay money for AVR-USB. As an additional benefit you get USB PIDs for free, licensed exclusively to you. See http://www.obdev.at/products/avrusb/license.html for details. MORE INFORMATION ================ For more information about Objective Development's firmware-only USB driver for Atmel's AVR microcontrollers please visit the URL http://www.obdev.at/products/avrusb/ A technical documentation of the driver's interface can be found in the file "firmware/usbdrv/usbdrv.h". -- (c) 2006 by OBJECTIVE DEVELOPMENT Software GmbH. http://www.obdev.at/

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