HP-IL to Arduino bridge

[J-F Garnier]

(04-07-2016 09:44 PM)Trancheterriere Wrote:  Didier, for the HP-IL shield, I don't want to handle all the logistic. With the agreement of J-F Garnier, I can provide the eagle files and the BOM to any one interested in assembling the board for themselves or for others. The HP-IL to uart converter device that you see on the board is of course coming from J-F.

Nice work, Patrick.

You can provide the eagle file and BOM to any one interested, I have no objection. Your schematic is based on my document here, for which I gave permission for non-commercial use.
I can provide the microcontroler programmed with the latest firmware, note that versions 2.x now use a new microcontroler that doesn't need the external crystal and the two associated capacitors anymore.

A final note: I would prefer the board to be called "HP-IL shield" or "PIL shield" rather than "HP-IL Pil Box". The PIL-Box is ... a box.
BTW, "PIL" comes from the original HP name "Peripheral Interface Loop", before being renamed to "HP-IL".

J-F