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1. The case for stand-alone reset timers in mobile devices

The case for stand-alone reset timers in mobile devices Interesting thoughts on hard reset and great diagrams! "Not only is removing the battery to force a hard reset less elegant but is often impractical for newer device designs which may not...

Monday, 03 January 2011 | 136 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

2. Orgatronics with Liquid copper

Orgatronics "Labrune's talk revolved around the idea of developing organic circuits and, more broadly, about an internet of thing which might one day be made of materials that grow, evolve, decay and die just like us." Liquid copper "Among the...

Tuesday, 04 January 2011 | 149 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

3. Digital power techniques threaten analog power-supply obsolescence

Digital power techniques threaten analog power-supply obsolescence "In reality, any digital power converter employs a combination of analogue and digital circuitry that mixed-signal silicon processes make possible. In this context, “digital...

Saturday, 01 January 2011 | 149 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

4. Introduction to security for smart object networks

Introduction to security for smart object networks "This white paper discusses smart object applications and relevant threats, evaluates various approaches to securing against specific threats, offers some practical guidelines for building security...

Monday, 03 January 2011 | 143 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

5. A Programmable Accessory for Cell Phones

A Programmable Accessory for Cell Phones Technical report from Microsoft Research describing Nokia 1650 cell phone accessory based on NXP’s LPC2148 ARM7 MCU. Partial schematic is included. Sample application – Cell tower-id based...

Saturday, 02 January 2010 | 199 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

6. The Semantics of Power and ARM Multiprocessor Machine Code

The Semantics of Power and ARM Multiprocessor Machine Code The Semantics of Power and ARM Multiprocessor Machine Code Abstract: We develop a rigorous semantics for Power and ARM multi-processor programs, including their relaxed memory model...

Saturday, 02 January 2010 | 165 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

7. Linux-Powered Amateur Rocket Goes USB

Linux-Powered Amateur Rocket Goes USB Describes using NXP's LPC2148 MCU in amateur rocket avionics by Portland State Aerospace Society (PSAS). External links: Web page link PSAS LPC2148 Software page link

Saturday, 02 January 2010 | 186 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

8. How to use ARM's data-abort exception

How to use ARM's data-abort exception "Processors giveth and processors taketh away. They can fetch and store data or they can refuse to do either. When your processor aborts a data access, what can you do? This in-depth article explains the hows...

Sunday, 03 January 2010 | 220 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

9. Representing a Microcontroller in C

Representing a Microcontroller in C Synopsis: The ARM core-based microcontrollers,like all 32-bit microcontrollers present a challenge in information assimilation and subsequent application. User Manuals for these microcontrollers run hundreds...

Sunday, 03 January 2010 | 144 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more

10. Running ARM7TDMI Processor Software on the Cortex-M3 Processor

Running ARM7TDMI Processor Software on the Cortex-M3 Processor The first question software developers will consider when looking at running ARM7TDMI processor software on a Cortex-M3 processor is: "How much time and effort is it going to take?"...

Sunday, 03 January 2010 | 129 hits | Print |  E-mail | Report | Read more