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by RiJoRi
Mon Oct 12, 2009 7:24 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: What Microcontroller Language do you prefer?
Replies: 19
Views: 16806

Re: What Microcontroller Language do you prefer?

Late entry! :shock:

Given my druthers, I druther program in BASIC. Realistically, I find myself using C. I also look over the assembly for the micro, as well as the Programming Model to get a feel for the micro.

--Rich
by RiJoRi
Mon Aug 03, 2009 11:23 am
Forum: Computer Programming
Topic: Changing my religion- to linux
Replies: 30
Views: 15189

Re: Changing my religion- to linux

Hi again, ... I think i am just too lazy to look into Linux anymore since i have tried them and had too much trouble getting them to work. I guess i would have to ask more questions. This is what keeps me from Linux. I have used TRS-DOS, OS-9, Xenix, MS-DOS, Windows 3.1, 95, XP & XP-Pro, and ha...
by RiJoRi
Wed Jul 22, 2009 7:59 am
Forum: Up For Grabs
Topic: DIP EPROMs
Replies: 0
Views: 5208

DIP EPROMs

When the company I work for moved, I got to raid the dumpster. I have a number of EPROMs from various manufacturers. Most of them are UV-erasable, and most of them have been programmed. The price is roughly 1/2 of what Jameco charges as of this morning, and does NOT include shipping nor handling (pa...
by RiJoRi
Fri Mar 06, 2009 12:00 pm
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Using used 805x chips
Replies: 0
Views: 2004

Using used 805x chips

Do any of you use (recycle??) used 805x chips? That is, setting up an external parallel (E)EPROM and the support circuits for your project?

--Rich
by RiJoRi
Thu Feb 05, 2009 12:50 pm
Forum: Computer Programming
Topic: This months Smiley's article
Replies: 15
Views: 12526

Re: This months Smiley's article

Smiley's article in this months is about makeing a Nav menu in C. He joked in the article saying that some users would probably laugh at his method of using a state machine and a ton of switch statements which made me wonder if theirs a better way to do it, even if it is more complex. There is. I j...
by RiJoRi
Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:58 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Alternative for Radio Shack Sound Module
Replies: 9
Views: 4915

P.S. As an aside- under "Technical Specifications" in the Radio Shack data, "Miscellaneous Features"- "Supported Languages" - English. It's a digital voice recording module! ENGLISH? What, the thing won't work in German? Scheesh. Well, no. IT has a special feature (cal...
by RiJoRi
Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:52 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Microchip now making 'Enhanced' versions of old chips
Replies: 12
Views: 5271

by RiJoRi
Thu Jan 15, 2009 7:45 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Downloads -- Where are they hidden?
Replies: 7
Views: 3931

Thanks to the both of you!

I suppose most people would not think of looking under "Back Issues" for the current issue, nor "4) Click on the image of the desired issue "

A-mazing!

THanks again,

--Rich
by RiJoRi
Wed Jan 14, 2009 11:35 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Downloads -- Where are they hidden?
Replies: 7
Views: 3931

Downloads -- Where are they hidden?

I am at my wits' end! Many articles in N&V say to visit the website to download code, yet I can not find any way to access said code! Is there a Deep Dark Secret Handshake that is needed? In fact, I can't see any way to contact the owners of the website: any contact button or tab leads me to a s...
by RiJoRi
Thu Sep 04, 2008 8:49 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Marking Threads As Solved
Replies: 10
Views: 4794

An "answered" mark would be nice; some way of indicating at what point it was answered would be better, especially if clicking on the icon would bring you to the first answer after "the" answer. A FAQ section would be good, and the first entry to each thread could be links to ref...
by RiJoRi
Wed Aug 13, 2008 11:21 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Circuit theory to reverse polarity of 12V, <1 amp
Replies: 10
Views: 6767

I would use a "electronically-activated bipolar switching device with audio feedback" -- a DPDT relay for polarity selection, and an SPST relay for power control. Set the relay to the polarity you want, then apply power for as long as needed. Use something like a ULN-2003 for the drivers, ...
by RiJoRi
Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:59 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Why All PIC+Basic+WIndows? Why not more AVR/ARduino+C ?!
Replies: 11
Views: 6142

Actually, the microcontrollers I've used most over the past few years have been Nat Semi's HPC and COP-8. Both are in the "we're only making these 'cause you and some other big companies are ordering millions of them" category. This is at work, of course. At home, I have a slew of 8051s, 8...
by RiJoRi
Tue Aug 12, 2008 11:40 am
Forum: General Discussion
Topic: Circuit theory to reverse polarity of 12V, <1 amp
Replies: 10
Views: 6767

Electronic Frogs. Wow.

A few questions to help me understand what's going on here: When the frog is in a "resting" position -- that is, it is not moving -- what is the voltage between the + and - inputs? And the voltage when it's switching? Does the voltage remain the same after the motion is complete, or does i...