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From: CBFalconer on 7 Sep 2006 17:47 Didi wrote: > .... snip ... > > no-no, this is not automotive. It is a full-blown analytical > gamma spectrometry system, using mostly HPGe (that is > high-purity_Germanium) detectors etc. > Feel free to contact me directly if you need some related info, > I'll be glad to help - right now I don't even know what you want > to be measuring :-). Due to the lack of quotes and top-posting it is impossible to tell what your problem is. I might be able to help; I spent something like 30 years in and around the nucleonics industry. -- Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net>
From: Ian Bell on 7 Sep 2006 13:43 John F wrote: > > I have to disagree. Assembler is a very important instrument. If you > aren't able to use it you shouldn't do embedded systems IMHO. > Seconded. Ian
From: Ian Bell on 7 Sep 2006 13:48 Joerg wrote: > > For hardcore realtime apps the is no alternative to assembler yet. No > matter which processor. Also, there are times (many times) when the BOM > budget or the battery budget does not allow a fancy chip. I just have > one of these: A Blackfin would just hit the spot. But, it's too > expensive and would deplete the batteries way too fast. IOW, with what > you coined "adequate" processor you would not have a saleable product. > Instead you would have an unhappy client or boss. > How very true. When you make a million units a year, saving 5 cents is worth 3 months of anyones time. Ian
From: Joerg on 7 Sep 2006 19:37 Hello Chuck, > -- > Chuck F (cbfalconer at maineline dot net) > Available for consulting/temporary embedded and systems. > <http://cbfalconer.home.att.net> OT question: Do you get a lot of spam from the posting of that direct email link on your web site? I've never done it after hearing horror stories but maybe spambots have migrated elsewhere now. -- Regards, Joerg http://www.analogconsultants.com
From: Yuriy K. on 7 Sep 2006 20:44
Jim Granville wrote: >> It would be hard to create architecture worse than x51 today. Limited >> stack, single pointer, three different type of data memory, no thought >> at all about high-level language, 12 clocks per cycle, etc. >> By any rules it should be dead long ago... > > You could say the same about almost any processor, the Pentium included. > Include that, and the 80C51 has a long life ahead of it still. I don't doubt that, of course. 8088 is still alive, as you mentioned. -- WBR, Yuriy. "Resistance is futile" |