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Nutchips are programmable chips with thousands of applications. Nutchips are different because they use truth tables instead of a programming language. This is what makes them so easy to use.
A photocell, a wireless burglar alarm, a stepper motor driver, a timer, a remote control, a relay board for your PC... All of these circuits are easy to build with a Nutchip.
You are not limited
to zeroes and ones to fill a Nutchip's truth table. An embedded timer
(from 1 mS to 1000 hours) an integrated remote control decoder (compatible
with both infrared and radio frequency remotes), and an analog comparator
make the chip even more versatile (block
diagram here).
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The official web site is http://www.nutchip.com It includes complete documentation, and dozens of working projects for getting started. Parts of the site are in italian, please use the tranlastion "language tools" from Google or AltaVista for a funny but readable version. For your convenience, here is a page selection in english:
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 In a nutshell: four inputs, four outputs, a remote control decoder, a precise timer, plus some handy pins including a serial port and analog comparator. |
The software for editing truth tables and programming Nutchips is free for non-commercial use. Nutstation runs on any PC running Windows* and makes development an easy three-step process:
fill the table with input and output combinations
select your remote type, if used
program chip - without even removing it from the circuit!!!
Nutchip Commander is another useful program. It is a virtual remote control on your PC desktop.
Commander connects to Nutchip using the serial port, and features green and red LEDs to monitor Nutchip input and output pin.
It is easy and fun to control external hardware (lights, relays, LEDs, alarms) and to monitor external inputs (switches and logic levels), right from your PC.(*) software runs on Windows 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP
Experienced users versed in PC or BS2 programming will enjoy the Nutchip serial port.
Get remote control codes, check external switches, toggle relays with simple serial commands.
The italian site features a special section full of examples in Pbasic, including reading remote control codes, programming a Nutchip using the same cable of Basic Stamp, and generating remote control codes with a BS2.
Basic Stamp is trade mark of Parallax Inc.
Buy Nutchips online from Artek (www.artek.it). If you encounter difficulties just drop them an e-mail at diramm@artek.it with your requests (they ship worldwide). They will be happy to respond in English.
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