Just a little Saturday project. Introducing: TashIO!
TashIO: Clone of BeeHive Technologies's ADB I/O
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That's what the original looks like, yeah. At the moment, mine looks like a microcontroller. =D I hope to collaborate with someone to make up a fully populated PCB for it so it's a full clone of the original.
And I found this. 
Would be great if it was compatible with LabView software.
Labview primarily controls National Instruments hardware, but I don't see why a third party hardware tool couldn't be made to work with it. Software is key to making good and useful data acquisitions.
macintoshgarden.org
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Labview primarily controls National Instruments hardware, but I don't see why a third party hardware tool couldn't be made to work with it. Software is key to making good and useful data acquisitions.
LabVIEW 3 - Macintosh Garden
LabVIEW is commonly used for data acquisition, instrument control, and industrial automation. The 1st download is LabVIEW 3.0.1 (disk images). The 2nd download is LabVIEW 3.1.1. See also: LabVIEW 2,LabVIEW 4, LabVIEW 5.
Is this the LabVIEW software you are referring to, @JDW?
National Instruments LabView - 1989 - For Macintosh - Complete, Never used | eBay
For Apple Macintosh.
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Yes, and I see it's as expensive as ever. That's why the Macintosh Garden version is a much better deal, if you don't need the manuals.Is this the LabVIEW software you are referring to, @JDW?
National Instruments LabView - 1989 - For Macintosh - Complete, Never used | eBay
For Apple Macintosh.www.ebay.com
Yes, and I see it's as expensive as ever. That's why the Macintosh Garden version is a much better deal, if you don't need the manuals.
Yeah.
National Instruments archived the user manual from January 1989 to work with that version of LabView. The Macintosh Garden appears to have version 2 from 1991, whereas this physical copy and manuals appears to be from 1989 version 1. Hmmm. Right around the time of the SE/30.Product Documentation - NI
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I found more information on the Beehive ADB I/O.
I have not yet verified compatibility of the Beehive ADB I/O as a qualified DAQ for the LabVIEW. I suspect LabVIEW expects serial connection or one of the boards (such as a NuBUS card or a PCI card in the later PPC Macs) where as the newer LabVIEW versions probably after 1991 may be able to use ADB I/O for Data Acquisition (DAQ).
That is something we will need to find out down the road.
That is something we will need to find out down the road.
The manual comes with schematics for the I/O part, and that doesn't seem overly complex. Doing it in all-THT and with the sockets to switch between relays and optocouplers takes space, though.
To cut costs, I would suggest getting rid of the UnitSelect part entirely (can probably be hardwired in the firmware, putting the PIC into another socket would enable 'updating' the Unit number by changing the firmware, I guess); using SMD; and hardwiring the choice of relay/optocoupler to avoid all the extra pins of the two form factors. Depending on the size of the 'external' connectors (here I just used regular 2.54mm header), you could probably go down to 60mmx60mm or even less.
Another ADB tool for your tooling pleasure:
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This allows the user to prototype the behavior of an ADB device in Python (or other language on a host system) or imitate the behavior of an ADB device in order to stimulate a driver on the Mac.
EDIT: Just realized I posted this in the wrong thread. Oops. Well, it's there if it interests anyone. =D
GitHub - lampmerchant/adb-test-device: A test device for the Apple Desktop Bus (ADB).
A test device for the Apple Desktop Bus (ADB). Contribute to lampmerchant/adb-test-device development by creating an account on GitHub.
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This allows the user to prototype the behavior of an ADB device in Python (or other language on a host system) or imitate the behavior of an ADB device in order to stimulate a driver on the Mac.
EDIT: Just realized I posted this in the wrong thread. Oops. Well, it's there if it interests anyone. =D
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@Tashtari Files on GitHub: https://github.com/rdolbeau/tashio/tree/kicad_pcb/KicadPCB. Quick implementation, the connector are all 2.54mm headers as they are easy to use for a first draft. Also, missing a polyfuse on the ADB 5V line (a very good point made on 68kmla). The schematics are hierachical, as I prefer that to make sure all replicated bits are identical - but some will find that less readable than having everything on one sheet.
I've removed the branch from the public repo; I had made a stupid mistake, picking up a 2x8-pins instead of a 2x7-pins footprint, so everything was off...