I am fascinated by the idea of building a computer all by myself from elementary parts such as transistors, diodes etc. It seems to be a very complex task, but after seeng other people doing it and accomplishing it, now, perhaps I could also do such...
Have you ever made a processor? I did. Took me just 12 microchips and a clock generator. The processor can execute several commands, and programs can be written for it. The program code and input data are entered using micro switches, and the state of...
6809 ON STEROIDS Almost 40 years ago a home computer came onto the scene that appeared to be just another color game computer that the kids could hook up to the TV. The Radio Shack TRS-80 Color Computer affectionately known as the CoCo was...
That was the most expensive CPU, motherboard, memory setup the lion kingdom ever got. Getting a speed boost over what was $400 in 2010 took a lot more money than it did, but hopefully will last another 8 years. The #1 trap for young players: The...
Recently, obtained a copy of Retro Gamer Annual which gives full history and specifications to several older 8-bit consoles.Though working on building two machines, constructing a "test game" for the system (maybe an indie version of Super Mario...)...
Some time ago based on arm + uClinux development of a network monitoring system, seeing the project to be done immediately, and finally relieved, so finishing some notes and ideas and we would like to develop some of this model for some discussion, I...
The STM32 processor is a family of 32-bit microcontrollers based on the Arm Cortex-M processor. The first member of this series was introduced in early 2008. In January 2009, an agreement was signed between STMicroelectronics and ARM to co-develop the...
The physical address space of the AscetiCore CPU is divided into 4Kb pages. The lower 12 bits of a virtual address is used to address a byte inside the page, while higher 4 bits selects one of 16 page registers (PR0…15). The page register size is 16...
With advantages such as modularity, high efficiency, and easy deployment, fully intelligent picking robots have been applied to agricultural fields. From pinpointing to harvesting, from cutting to collecting, it can cover the entire process of agricultural...
MCU 01 What is MCU? MCU is a PC-like chip. It is not a chip that completes a certain logic function, but integrates a computer system into a chip; it is just not as powerful as a PC, but it can Embedded in other equipment to control it. In a word: a...
A hexa-core processor is a type of central processing unit (CPU) that contains six independent processing cores on a single integrated circuit (IC) chip. Each core is a fully functional processing unit capable of executing instructions and...
Speaking of single-board computer, we are not familiar with, what raspberry pi, banana pi, BeagleBone Black and so are all the classic open-source hardware board. Recently I got a handsome name more exaggerated open source hardware board - Graperain,...
Raspberry Pi Foundation has set a goal of introducing inexpensive products which are affordable and extremely useful for everyone. Therefore, Raspberry Pi 3 does not contain a PCle connector, SATA or USB C. Instead, it features a new CPU that is quad-core...
Received my ham radio call in 1974 while in high school in Hialeah Florida. A friend got interested in computers so our group helped him build his Imsai 8080. What fun coding our first programs and playing catch the rabbit on the led display. My first...
Now that we have a basic understanding of embedded systems, let’s look at some tips and tricks for optimizing their performance.1.Choose the Right Processor Choosing the right processor is critical to optimizing embedded system performance. Processors...