Scratch

Hi, all -

I asked this same question over at the Processing forum, but no replies just yet, so I thought I'd go to the source.

I'd like to be able to use the Picoboard with environments other than just Scratch (though I love it for Scratch!). Specifically, it would be a great prototyping tool in Processing and QuartzComposer.

I've read the technical spec on the PicoBoard:

http://scratch.mit.edu/files/scratchboard/ScratchBoard_Tech_InfoR1.pdf

Unfortunately, I don't have enough experience with hardware integration for that document to be helpful. Here's what I also tried:

In Processing, I opened up the SerialDuplex sketch by Tom Igoe (in the Serial library) and ran it. It showed the following serial ports:

Java lib Version   = RXTX-2.1-7
[0] "/dev/tty.usbserial"
[1] "/dev/cu.usbserial"
[2] "/dev/tty.PL2303-0000101D"
[3] "/dev/cu.PL2303-0000101D"
[4] "/dev/tty.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync"
[5] "/dev/cu.Bluetooth-PDA-Sync"
[6] "/dev/tty.Bluetooth-Modem"
[7] "/dev/cu.Bluetooth-Modem"

Now, I know from installing the Scratch board that it uses the PL2303 USB-to-serial driver, so I tried setting the sketch to use either port 2 or port 3, both of which are labeled "PL2303", but I'm still not seeing any sign of data showing up in the sketch.

I did test it out in Scratch, and verified that the board is sending data OK (it shows up in a Scratch program).

Any further thoughts?

Thanks in advance,

Bill