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TTA-Based Co-design Environment (TCE) v1.4 released
TTA-Based Co-design Environment (TCE) is a toolset for designing application-specific processors (ASP) based on the Transport Triggered Architecture (TTA). The toolset provides a complete retargetable...
 
ccitt crc error detection failure rate test program
Out of curiosity, I've lashed up a program (see below) to try and test the detection failure rate for the ccitt 16 bit crc. It repeatedly generates a buffer of 32 pseudo-random bytes, calculates the...
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Altium Limited closing up shop - Altium Designer discontinued
FYI: Altium limited has laid off 60% of their staff and will be closing the australia offices by the end of the month.
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IR network for PIC-processors
Hi, I have built timer/controllers for 10 kodak dias caroussels with a pic18f2550 microcontroller, and I want them to communicate to each other. Therefore I put a IR-LED and a IR-receiver on the pic's...
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Call for papers - ParaFPGA2011: Parallel Computing with FPGAs
===================================================================== CALL FOR PAPERS ParaFPGA2011 Parallel Computing with FPGAs A Mini-Symposium held in conjunction with the Conference "Parallel...
 
Poor Mans Automated Test
I want to set up a some automated testing of our product. I need to be able to: 1) Manipulate GPIO 2) Time edges (down to 100us) 3) Communicate via serial (SPI, RS232) 4) Set an analog trigger and...
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Priority inversion and counting semaphores
Hi, Sorry if this is a dumb question... but, is there a "textbook" solution for handling priority inversion with *counting* (i.e., non-binary) semaphores? I've come up with a few approaches but none...
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Reference book on Pci-express (Hardware and software point of view)
Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone here can suggest me a good reference book on PCI express design. I've seen a few on amazon but before buying I'd like to hear your suggestions. Thanks
 
Toolchain for the MC68332
Does anyone know what options there are for current toolchains supporting the MC68332? I know that gcc supports it, and one option is to build the toolchain myself (if the customer is happy with that,...
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VDC is conducting its annual survey of embedded engineers, and if you are involved in the engineering of mobile or embedded systems/ software, this is your chance to influence key embedded solution...
 
Texas Instruments Buys National Semiconductor
A melding of two historic companies: National has been struggling as the size of the company has been shrinking. Hopefully, TI can provide some badly needed discipline. Article includes a comparison...
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IEC 61508 et al - when required?
This is a general question about standards that address potentially hazardous failures, especially in software. My question, as simply as I can phrase it, is: If a company develops software that...
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Progress indicators (reprise)
Hi, Some preliminary thought on alternative approaches to reporting (to the user) "progress" on a task's completion/status. I tried reimplementing the traditional "progress bar" with an emphasis on...
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Japan supply chain 'clearinghouse'
according to a blurb at , Avnet is collecting info on various suppliers and their status/press releases concerning operations out of Japan. check; fyi
 
Hiring Advice
Hey y'all - So we've been having miserable luck trying to hire an embedded programmer. The requirements are fairly simple. * Must speak C (the language, not the entire standard library) fluently....
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