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So computers don't really like floating point. If you have an equation thats in scientific notation how do you convert it so that it works with integers? For simple equations I'm fine but it gets pretty hairy when the equation has big exponents and stuff like that. Can any point me in the direction ...

Man I wish I had someone else tell me this before I shelled out money for VB.net.<p> http://www.sharpdevelop.net/OpenSource/SD/Download/ <p>is a gnu open source c# ide for that rests on top of the .net framework...<p>...but it also works with VB code. So go to MS and install the .net framework and t...

Pic Basic by melabs isn't so bad for pic chips - and it produces hex files that any programmer can use. Its slower than asm but good for general use. See if www.melabs.com picbasic pro supports the chip your working with.<p>Cheers

I have xm with both the home and car system. The home system is great - no complaints no signal outages. I would not have been able to get the music I like on any radio station anywhere. Plus I treat CD's poorly so the radio makes even more sense. Only 3 classical stations - check the website if you...

I read the article on ZigBee and I'm really impressed. Has anyone had experience with this new technology? Any projects you made with it? If so what are the hardest aspects of working with it?<p>Thanks...

I know that "USB complete" is a good reference for getting started using/making usb compatible devices and talking to them. Is there any equivalent in the Firewire arena?

for anyone still curious - the chip was an ecog made by cyan technologies

Hey Guys,<p>I'm looking at "parallel port complete" and the a 2 d circuit comming out to the parallel port. Using VB to do whatever it wants with the data. Which is nice. I want to know, since VB 6.0 has gone and is replaced by .NET - what software/language are people using to access their...

Are we talking about a limited "room" version of LORAN ? LORAN has several transmitters located accross the coasts and your antenna on your boat...its used for navigation. I'm trying to get a better understanding of what your looking for.<p>Thanks

I can now see why darpa wouldn't want a robot that screams "HEY I'M OVER HERE!!!" when it kicks up all that dust. But anythings going to be visible when it travels at top speed (just like road warrior :D ). And the payload would be low to boot with the Hcraft. I guess it would need some ki...

I think the problem is the fact C programmers are so plentiful and the syntax is in so many other languages that its become the lingua franca. <p>My main problem right now in making a TIL is the lack of registers on the chip I'm using. Can anyone point me to resouces on how to use memory locations l...

Is anyone on this website familiar with threaded interpretive languages (in the spirit of Forth)? I'm making good progress in making one - but just checking if anyone's been tinkering with them lately?

Don Lancaster www.tinaja.com has written a whole lot about the pitfalls of getting a patent and how they're just about useless to most people. Unless your a big company and the product generates tens of millions of dollars worth of revenue - and there's no prior art - and the design is non-obvious. ...

The new darpa challenge is up on their website and I was thinking - even through the rules exclude it - if a hovercraft could do a better job than the last batch of atv's did. It would have to have better obstacle avoidance but it would be much more mechanically simple. If I built one I wouldn't min...

I was thinking about using a tether to a surface float with a Ramsey electronics tv transmitter and using a small pinhole camera inside a clear enclosure on the submersible part. About 30 feet of video cable connect the two.