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05/18/08 23:12
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 		 #154869 - sure it is...
Responding to: ???'s previous message
... but I have at least ten times more '51s and other assorted microcontrollers around than PCs, not to say the troubles with Windows, hardware compatibility issues etc. I have learned the hard way back then, what the word "compatibility" really means, when it comes to PC being used as "just another programmable device". And, for a "waveform generator", whatever that means, is not likely you will need any of the services provided by the OSes on PC, whether it is a simple-task DOS-and-alike, or Win/ux.

FPGAs and the kind are of course fine when the task calls for it - and even when it does not, provided that you are proficient enough in it and the kit is at hand. However, if you need to control it, it's the very same decision whether to use a PC or a microcontroller.

JW


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TopicAuthorDate
Getting around Windows            01/01/70 00:00      
   That is the point            01/01/70 00:00      
      The point of Windows, yes, but not what I want            01/01/70 00:00      
         Boot from floppy or CD            01/01/70 00:00      
            I use removable HDD's            01/01/70 00:00      
         create MS-DOS floppy in XP/SP2            01/01/70 00:00      
            Put DOS on            01/01/70 00:00      
         That would be easier            01/01/70 00:00      
         some doubts            01/01/70 00:00      
         FreeDOS?            01/01/70 00:00      
   Virtualize.            01/01/70 00:00      
      Or simulate.            01/01/70 00:00      
         Doesn't virtualise/simulate timing            01/01/70 00:00      
            You are correct,,,,            01/01/70 00:00      
   Buy a signal generator            01/01/70 00:00      
   Thanks for all the hints            01/01/70 00:00      
   Some related good stuff from Richard Erlacher            01/01/70 00:00      
      depending on what do you mean by "waveform"...            01/01/70 00:00      
         the PC is just another programmable device            01/01/70 00:00      
            sure it is...            01/01/70 00:00      
               Did you miss the point?            01/01/70 00:00      
                  I do understand that well enough...            01/01/70 00:00      
                     I think you're fooling yourself            01/01/70 00:00      
                        oh, not the 8042!            01/01/70 00:00      
   are there equivalent 805x devices?            01/01/70 00:00      
      8051SL            01/01/70 00:00      
         Interesting ... I never encountered that one ...            01/01/70 00:00      

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