= The Paper Tape Project Next Generation = The goal of this project is to review the codes written in the [[PaperTapeProject]] and port them to AVR ATMega bases microcontrollers for enabling a common RS232 serial interface to all devices. This has serveral advantages: * All device driver logic is seperated from computers, today's operating systems and all problems that arise with them (Vendor lockin, Real Time behaviour, Driver permissions) * Much cleaner development setup (one development device instead of half a dozen computers equipped with different driver and OS versions) * Much cleaner usage setup (just one RS232 cable or USB adapter to e.g. a notebook instead of a proprietary cable, special PCI hardware and a huge computer station setup) The [[PunchCardProject]] has shown the usefulness of well written protocols. This will be done in this project, too. See e.g. the [[http://dev.technikum29.de/projects/checkout/paper-tape-project/punch-card/protocols/documation-m200/protocol.htm|PC Documation M200 μC Serial Communication Protocol]]. This project handles the connectivity to at least two classic devices: * The FACIT tape puncher * The Ghilmetti tape reader It was started in late Nov 2012. This project is the first project driven in the new technikum29 infrastructure and probabily will use a git repository or will live in the ''projects'' svn repository.