How to turn a PC into an arduino-like system?

Question

Arduino

I have an old motherboard and I want to turn it into an arduino board. Is it possible to do this or is it cheaper to buy a board? I'm worried about the price, not the complexity of execution. Write any options

Answer 1

"Turn" is something occult, like Alla Pugacheva's ancient song "I wanted to make a thunderstorm, but I got a goat." You need to know the necessary spells, but who can tell them here? We are not magicians ...
And if without jokes, then first outline your goals. We are not only not magicians here, but also not telepaths - I have stated this for the hundredth time, and finally telepathic abilities began to erupt. They tell me that you either want to practice arduino programming, or you need a controller to control something simple and the ability to change the control algorithm by rewriting the program of this controller.
The first option will not work in principle, since the motherboard from a computer (even an ancient one) has a completely different architecture than Arduino, and you will learn something completely different from this motherboard. Well, unless you run an arduino emulator on it.
The second option is possible. How to arrange a controller based on the old mother, I already answered. The principle is simple - to control peripherals, you need to use the on-board 8-bit vintage LPT printer port, which is easily programmed bit by bit and whose address is set in the BIOS. But Arduino has nothing to do with it at all.

Answer 2

In order for the motherboard to become "Arduin-type", it must be supplemented with discrete and analog input-output in order to control and control something. The prices for industrial I / O boards that can be put into a regular motherboard are cosmic. So it's not economically viable.
Or why do you need Arduino?

Answer 3

You can change the state of the pins on the LPT port. But it's better to buy a board, because a PC is a PC and its tasks are different.

Answer 4

If there is lpt. Then write under the dos, there the nogogryg is the simplest.
The second option is Linux + MESA cards.
The most hardcore option is to burn your ISA PCI PCI-E or USB card
But why?
Arduinka is actually good because you don't need a layer. And raising x86 to protected mode is another quest.

Answer 5

Ardyne is worth a hundred rubles. Just go and buy.

Answer 6

Very simple:
1. Install windows on it
2. Install atmel studio
3. Install the plugin in atmel studio to compile arduino sketches.
4. Execute the resulting hex file in the simulator in atmel studio
5. ...
6. how perseverance is enough, maybe Profit! :)