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Old 3rd Sep 2020, 7:50 pm   #5
SiriusHardware
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Default Re: I found it !. A very sorry looking MK14

It has been argued here that the MK14 was really the Arduino of its day - although it never had 'Flash memory' as such, you could buy the optional PROM programmer and burn project-specific firmware for it so that it would instantly do that job as soon as it was turned on, much like an Arduino which has been programmed with a 'sketch'. Yours of course had (rather rare) nonvolatile program storage so yours could have been used in a more Arduino-like fashion than most.

I've heard of one case (only) where MK14s were apparently used as dedicated controllers in stage / venue lighting equipment, but unfortunately I don't have the name of that specific product. There may be a few 'embedded' MK14s still around awaiting to be discovered in the back rooms of old clubs or theatres.

The Pi and Arduino both provide handy ways of 'typing' code into the MK14 at fairly high speed, so they have their uses.
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