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Link&Locate 86?
Hi, Does any of you All knows what happened to the old Link&Locate? It seems to have totally vanished, and I don't see much suitable replacement for it... TIA, Phil ... 7 Sep 2006 02:58

8 bit microcontroller market
I am trying to get a handle on the current (or at least fairly recent) 8 bit microcontroller market. There is plenty of anecdotal evidence around, usually to show a particular manufacturer in a favourable light but apart from spending several grand on a marketing report I have been unable to find a set of basic fig... 18 Sep 2006 03:04

unable to connect to PowerPc target
hi when i work with xilinx edk (ver 8.1),after downloading my code to the V2Pro,the info below appears.but at first it is ok,and after some times,it appears. what what should i do to solve the prolbem? "unable to connect to PowerPc target, Invalid Processor Version No 0x00000000". ... 29 Aug 2006 21:56

Tiny Bootloader
Hi All, Has anyone manged to get the tiny bootloader from http://www.etc.ugal.ro/cchiculita/software/picbootloader.htm working? I have a 16F877A with a 4MHz crystal. I modified the frequency in the software and downloaded it with no problem. Running the software it discovers the PIC with no problem. Howev... 30 Aug 2006 13:24

Problem with SMTP mail and Siemens TI63
Hi! I have problem with my Siemen TI63 modem. I am trying to send a mail containing "hallo". The sequence i send using hypertherminal is ATE=0<CR><LF> AT+CMEE=1<CR><LF> AT+CRC=1<CR><LF> AT+COPS=0<CR><LF> AT+CREG=2<CR><LF> AT&C0<CR><LF> AT&D0<CR><LF> AT&S0<CR><LF> AT+CPIN=1177<CR> AT^SICS=1,conType,GPRS0<... 1 Sep 2006 05:49

Interessted in embedded systems; what to buy?
Hi everyone, I've got a completely and utterly newbie question for you all, which I hope hasn't been asked a thousand times already :) I've read the FAQ of this NG, but the last time it was updated was in 1997 (at least, that's the most recent version I could find) and I think a lot of new (better?) options ... 28 Aug 2006 18:12

Dell D-series Power Supply
may be this is a bit off topic here but I bought a 3 year old D-Series lattitude leasing laptop D600 in Ebay. My old notebook had a 2 pin power connector and the switching supply worked down to 12 Volt. Only battery charging was disabled if power supply was not 18 Volt. From this reason I always used a direct 12V s... 26 Aug 2006 15:50

SI and EMI training
I just took a course in SI and EMI and I was very impressed with the instructor. He made the entire subject very simple to grasp. I feel like I can do my next board level design with virtually no doubt about meeting the SI and EMI requirements. A lot of the class talked about so many "myths" that we as engineer... 3 Sep 2006 03:19

Calculate arcsin from arctan?
I'm using the IQmath library on a TMS320F2812 device from Texas Instruments. I need an arcsin function but there isn't one. But there is an arctan function. How can I calculate the arcsin? ... 4 Sep 2006 10:34

8051 C Compiler
Which is the best C compiler for 8051 (Analog Devices Aduc831/841 in particular)? Does anyone have experience with Accutron tools? Thanks in advance. ... 27 Sep 2006 07:09