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Fujitsu Stylistic LT RAM and other Qs 0 38 (9/19/2005 12:43:40 AM) comp.sys.laptops I've just bought a Stylistic LT (FMW2901T, the 233MHz Pentium MMX) tablet computer off eBay, and I'm wondering if anyone can tell me if the RAM is expandable. I'm guessing that the 64Mb is comprised of 32Mb on ... larwe

Averatec AV3715 - beware! 0 46 (9/18/2005 5:32:26 PM) comp.sys.laptops If you're considering the Averatec AV3715 mini-notebook computer, beware. This machine is an x86 knockoff of the 12" iBook, but the build quality is nowhere near Apple's. In particular the entire machine flexes... larwe

OT: Management and spacecraft 7 49 (9/4/2005 8:24:20 PM) comp.arch.embedded Most large companies with an engineering department have rules that require anyone at a given level of engineering management to have a certain minimum number of direct reports. After some thought, I have real... larwe

Jellybean barcode driver part? 7 55 (8/25/2005 3:34:18 PM) comp.arch.embedded Is there such a thing as a jellybean 74- or 4000-series part that takes a binary or BCD input and drives a bar graph LED from it? I need to drive an 8-LED bar graph from a 4-bit data source with the minimum of... larwe

Free: Philips 89C51RC2H 2 71 (8/23/2005 4:05:55 PM) comp.arch.embedded Free to good home (you pay postage), eight pieces Philips 89C51RC2HBA (44-PLCC). 20MHz@6clk / 33MHz@12clk 8051, 32K flash, 512b RAM 8051 device. Found in my box-o-OLD samples, I think they're almost certainly b... larwe

3-axis 2G MEMS accelerometers - trade for other MEMS/pressure sensors 10 52 (8/19/2005 1:17:43 AM) comp.arch.embedded Hi all, I have been given 21 new sample pieces of Kionix KXM52-L20 3-axis 2G accelerometers. The datasheet for these is at http://www.kionix.com/Product%20Sheets/KXM52%20Series.pdf. These devices are in DFN, ... larwe

Help getting spca5xx driver working in kernel 2.4.17 on 32-bit PPC 0 16 (8/7/2005 5:56:13 PM) comp.os.linux.powerpc I'm trying to get the spca5xx driver functional on a Kuro Box running HHL with kernel 2.4.17. However, it's unacceptably risky for me to modify the installed kernel, and I don't have a full build environment f... larwe

Video capture or image sensor suggestions 8 37 (7/31/2005 2:14:02 PM) comp.arch.embedded I've been doing some extremely basic machine vision experiments for a while, using STV0680-based USB cameras attached to Linux boxes. I now want to experiment with IR-illuminated subjects, but the cheap webcam... larwe

Which secondhand subnotebook w/WLAN should I buy? 0 38 (6/7/2005 4:09:08 PM) comp.sys.laptops I'm looking for a machine with the following specs: 500MHz P3 or better Expandable to 256Mb RAM 12" LCD, prefer 1024x768 resolution Internal WLAN (802.11b is fine) Less than 6lbs Wired Ethernet is desirable b... larwe

Getting uisp to work in cygwin? 7 48 (6/4/2005 12:54:53 PM) comp.arch.embedded Has anyone encountered problems getting uisp to run in cygwin? I'm using 20040311, and savannah.nongnu.org seems to be down so I can't check for a newer version. 20040311 works fine inside Linux and MacOS, but... larwe

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Mini Laptop- Can anyone help? 15 27 (9/18/2005 5:42:48 AM) comp.sys.laptops A few years ago, someone showed me a mini laptop, about 9-12 inches long and about 4-5 inches wide (when folded). It was a fully functional laptop, but far smaller than what we're seeing these days on the mark... msk_30339 (5)

DMA typical times 4 50 (9/18/2005 2:00:15 PM) comp.arch.embedded Hi I want to find out how fast DMA systems work on embedded systems ? The purpose is to model it in a simulator. So essentially I want to find out (roughly) given x bytes of data how much time would the dma ... shreyas76 (29)

Thinkpad - broken display 1 25 (9/18/2005 11:22:00 PM) comp.sys.laptops Hello, since the unit got Coke poured on it, my IBM Thinkpad T20's display seems broken. I don't know if it's the LCD itself or some controller that was harmed. What I really need to know is, do i have a fa... br9835 (1)

What is ICE?.... 30 51 (9/20/2005 1:53:55 AM) comp.arch.embedded Regards; What is ICE?.... thank you any positive suggestion is welcome may goodness be with you all ... mikelinyoho (6)

HP ZE 1210 laptop bios chip 2 38 (9/20/2005 10:11:18 AM) comp.sys.laptops Hello, I have a HP ZE 1210 laptop in need of a bios chip. I have been to badflash.com and they require the motherboard manufacture name and number and any revision as well as a flash in the binary form. A ... kbur (2)

Linux based OpenMoko - "embarrassing awful, slow, unusable, lethargic and unresponsive" 37 20 (7/30/2008 2:22:22 PM) comp.os.linux.advocacy - "This would be a phone you would use as a prop in a comedy sketch about bad Russian Cold War products." Yet the lienux liars here keep talking how it's going to be the next "iPhone killer" http://www.rab... Ezekiel

Senior Embedded Software Design Engineer Position 2 60 (7/31/2008 2:24:08 PM) comp.arch.embedded We are seeking a Sr. Embedded Software Design Engineer for a Client located on the outskirts of Springfield, Illinois! This is a Permanent role with a world-leader in the manufacturing of rugged electronics. T... jeremy7095 (1)

OT: Buzzing on iMac Driven by APC UPS 7 56 (8/2/2008 9:21:06 PM) comp.arch.embedded OT, but there are so many gifted hardware designers here ... Have a new Apple iMac, just connected it to a new hefty APC UPS. Noticed that when I kill power to the UPS and run on batteries (as a test), the i... dta (452)

eee pc? no eee box! 22 41 (8/18/2008 7:16:44 AM) comp.arch.embedded Is this where PC boxes are heading? $400USD for a PC that runs on 20W of power, and can bolt to the back of an LCD monitor. It's the Asus EEE revolution doing it's thing again. http://event.asus.com/eeepc/m... Don

LBA on USB Drive 4 36 (8/21/2008 1:12:41 AM) comp.arch.embedded There's a fascinating thread on this site called SD card - boot sector. CHS being dead might explain why multiplying the Cyl/trk/sectors (CTS?) values on my 2GB flash card don't equate to the disksize as return... erict (1)