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Re: Watchdog timers & Cooperative OS'es
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 1 Comments

"Ralph Mason" <masonralph_at_yahoo_dot_com@thisisnotarealaddress.com> wrote in message news:<5IdYa.107795$JA5.2391890@news.xtra.co.nz>... Ralph, Here is an article from...

Re: Watchdog timers & Cooperative OS'es
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 1 Comments

"Ralph Mason" <masonralph_at_yahoo_dot_com@thisisnotarealaddress.com> wrote in message news:<5IdYa.107795$JA5.2391890@news.xtra.co.nz>... I've seen the high priority vs. low priority choice develop...

Re: PalmChip bus patent threatens most SoCs
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Easily, given the broken and outmoded state of the patent process. This patent will probably not survive a challenge, though. Specious patent claims are the only profit growth center left in...

Re: Interrupt in P&E Debug
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 0 Comments

take a look at http://www.cosmic-software.de the ZAP debugger is available in simulator and monitor version. MMDS version also available. The simulator can simulate interrupts and the monitor can set...

Embedded Linux Newsletter for Aug. 7, 2003
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 0 Comments

LinuxDevices.com has just published its latest weekly Embedded Linux Newsletter, with all the latest news and info from the exciting world of Embedded Linux and Linux-based gadgets. Read it...

Re: SDRAM Tutorials or Guides
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 1 Comments

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 04:17:58 GMT, Jack Klein <jackklein@spamcop.net> wrote: Hi Jack, The best place to find those types of documents is from the SDRAM supplier. Micron has some great app notes...

Re: Watchdog timers & Cooperative OS'es
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Ralph Mason wrote: You're not thinking of implementing it entirely in software, are you?

Re: MSP430 C compiler query
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 1 Comments

"David Milne" <dmmilne@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message news:3F311600.325FC0B1@ozemail.com.au... The cheapest one is the free GNU compiler (http://www.avrfreaks.com)

Re: Watchdog timers & Cooperative OS'es
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Ralph Mason <masonralph_at_yahoo_dot_com@thisisnotarealaddress.com> wrote: That can be quite hard. In the end, it all depends on what _exactly_ you want the dog to watch out for: complete...

Re: MSP430 C compiler query
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 2 Comments

MSPGCC is free, ICC from imagecraft, Crossworks from Rowley Associates and Quadravox are all out there and have good reputations. IAR is effectively free from Ti, but limited to 4k code. The MSP430...

Re: SDRAM Tutorials or Guides
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 1 Comments

Jack Klein <jackklein@spamcop.net> wrote: In a nutshell: don't do that. For an embedded application, you almost certainly shouldn't ever end up in a situation where you have to "determine" these...

AMD buys National's Geode unit
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 5 Comments

http://www.itworld.com/Tech/2428/030806amdbuy/ What do you make of it?

Re: USB Hardware Advice...
Posted on August 7th, 2003 | 3 Comments

I was in a similar situation and decided to use TCP/IP over ethernet instead. Dealing with and possibly having to create my own USB driver on the Windows PC side was more than I wanted to bite off. ...

Re: MSP430 C compiler query
Posted on August 6th, 2003 | 0 Comments

On Thu, 07 Aug 2003 00:51:44 +1000, David Milne <dmmilne@ozemail.com.au> wrote: Check out the Imagecraft MSP430 C compiler. There's a fully functional demo (30 day time limit) at...

Re: USB Hardware Advice...
Posted on August 6th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Andy Greensted wrote: http://www.dontronics.com/dlp.html and http://www.dontronics.com/giga.html may help you. -- Don McKenzie E-mail: http://www.dontronics.com/e-mail.html

Re: USB Hardware Advice...
Posted on August 6th, 2003 | 0 Comments

On Wed, 06 Aug 2003 13:26:55 +0200, Andy Greensted wrote: We use a ST7F652 from STM what is full speed USB (12 Mbit). This seems to require less HW resource than TCP/IP and Ethernet. To avoid...

Re: MSP430 C compiler query
Posted on August 6th, 2003 | 0 Comments

"David Milne" <dmmilne@ozemail.com.au> wrote in message news:3F311600.325FC0B1@ozemail.com.au... Softbaugh is well established with TI and offers several development tools, including some free...

*NOT* GOOD ---> PalmChip bus patent threatens most SoCs
Posted on August 6th, 2003 | 1 Comments

I thought this deserved a better (more pronounced) subject line than my prior post: PalmChip bus patent threatens most SoCs http://www.eetimes.com/story/OEG20030801S0043

Implications of two transformers on Ethernet port?
Posted on August 6th, 2003 | 2 Comments

I'm trying to rework an existing application (based around an Intel SBC) to use a different SBC, and in the process I need to make a daughterboard that holds two USB connectors, an RJ45 jack, and...

Re: Questions in Altera FPGA MegaCore Compact-PCI Configuration Spaceunder Windows NT
Posted on August 6th, 2003 | 0 Comments

Beeson Wong wrote: I have had problems with the PLX PCI9052 and certain versions of the Compaq EVO series. It appears to be a BIOS problem, they aren't allowing the PLX chip enough time to load...