PocketPCR - low cost, USB powered, open source PCR

jbrennerFIT · September 16, 2021, 8:36pm

Thanks, Tom!

gaudi · September 17, 2021, 6:00am

Great work @Tom ,thank you. Would it be ok for you if I share your list of instructions and Windows program on the PocketPCR website?
Best,
Urs

jbrennerFIT · September 17, 2021, 3:05pm

The FlashStorage.cpp file has been updated over the years to include the AdaFruit SAMD51, but the new FlashStorage.cpp is not included in either Dr. Gaudi’s or Tom Hall’s files. I recommend substituting this version for those in their Arduino packages:

github.com

cmaglie/FlashStorage/blob/master/src/FlashStorage.cpp

/*
  Copyright (c) 2015 Arduino LLC.  All right reserved.
  Written by Cristian Maglie

  This library is free software; you can redistribute it and/or
  modify it under the terms of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License as published by the Free Software Foundation; either
  version 2.1 of the License, or (at your option) any later version.

  This library is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
  but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
  MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.
  See the GNU Lesser General Public License for more details.

  You should have received a copy of the GNU Lesser General Public
  License along with this library; if not, write to the Free Software
  Foundation, Inc., 51 Franklin St, Fifth Floor, Boston, MA  02110-1301  USA
*/

#include "FlashStorage.h"

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That, plus the help I got in this forum, solved my problem,
Jim Brenner

Tom · September 17, 2021, 5:00pm

@gaudi: It was made available for the community, so feel free to post anything you want about it. Also, if anyone wants to improve it or fix any bugs, all the better. Thanks for making the PocketPCR. It’s an awesome and creative gadget. I’m thinking if I can find the time of putting back an option to switch dynamically between stored program mode and your original dynamic programming interface, because it’s also convenient to be able to punch in a program on the device itself (even better would be an interface for open-ended programming with just the push button dial). I’d probably implement it with a timed threshold on a push dial double-click or something and a serial command so that modes could be switched either via computer or on the device itself when not connected via USB.

Tom · September 17, 2021, 5:03pm

@ jbrennerFIT: Thank you.