Embedded Programming

DeviceNet and ASi stack recommendations.

Who's good? Target is Linux 2.6.x with plenty of RS485 UARTS and Intel 82527 CAN controllers.

3 comments posted 13yrs

posted by lcargill99

3 comments posted 13yrs posted by lcargill99

Interfacing 3.3V SPI devices to a 5V MCU

I'm about to do some work with interfacing 3.3V SPI based devices to 5V MCUs and unlike the devices I've been used to,...

12 comments posted 13yrs

posted by clubley

12 comments posted 13yrs posted by clubley

Non Standard Ethernet pass through connector

I have been asked by a customer if we can mount my networked product in a I P67 case. It has three connectors, power, R...

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posted by steve.jones

9 comments posted 13yrs posted by steve.jones

Methods for Reading a Positive to Negative Range on an ADC

I have a sensor circuit that will output a voltage between -4 and +4 V. I need to pass this to an ADC. What are some met...

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posted by lutherblackwood

20 comments posted 13yrs posted by lutherblackwood

Simple cPCI question 6U/3U

Hi, Can 3U cPCI cards ALWAYS be used in a 6U cPCI system (voltage variations aside)? I've looked at a number of FAQs an...

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posted by speffSNIP

2 comments posted 13yrs posted by speffSNIP

New Atmel SAMA5D3 has a cool Linux Trainer!

http://microcontroller.com/news/Atmel_SAMA5D3.asp A powerful Cortex-A5 with lots of features. But the demo/eval board i...

4 comments posted 13yrs

posted by billgiovino

4 comments posted 13yrs posted by billgiovino

large microprocessors?

I notice that the ram capacity (ignore program flash for now, but it tends to basically be proportionate) of microcontr...

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posted by no.email

41 comments posted 13yrs posted by no.email

Generating Accurate Timestamps While Capturing Sensor Data

I'm working on a project with an MSP430 that serves to capture sensor data from an external ADC. Capturing the raw data...

7 comments posted 13yrs

posted by lutherblackwood

7 comments posted 13yrs posted by lutherblackwood

Microcontroller power drain

Seems like everyone claims their cpu uses less power than the other guy, but hardly anyone puts up any actual numbers....

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posted by no.email

15 comments posted 13yrs posted by no.email

Non-text format for source code

For great many reasons, it would be convenient to have source code in some rich format rather then plain ASC text. I co...

64 comments posted 13yrs

posted by nospam

64 comments posted 13yrs posted by nospam

Let Us Sing the Song of the FAE Part 2 - Feel Our Pain!

http://microcontroller.com/news/National_Semiconductor_Friendly_Guys_From_Germany.asp More stories and songs of the Semi...

0 comments posted 13yrs

posted by billgiovino

0 comments posted 13yrs posted by billgiovino

ATXmega16A4U runs happily at 64 Mhz

Although I don't believe in shipping products with parts pushed past their datasheet specs, I'm not above playing aroun...

7 comments posted 13yrs

posted by jstewart

7 comments posted 13yrs posted by jstewart

FTDI4232H & DAC problem

Earlier I was able to interface with a ADC (ADS7871) using the SPI interface provided by FTDI. It was really a struggle...

0 comments posted 13yrs

posted by 30215

0 comments posted 13yrs posted by 30215

Looking for 1.8V shift register

Hi, I'm looking for a shift register to do some output expansion to drive LEDs, small relays, etc. I'd like to use some...

4 comments posted 13yrs

posted by allanherriman

4 comments posted 13yrs posted by allanherriman

Are real programmers a dying species?

I am setting up a new TV-set, a Philips 32pfl3807h . I had never seen a commercial product programmed in such a moronic...

60 comments posted 13yrs

posted by dp

60 comments posted 13yrs posted by dp