Revising a very old web site

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Cleaning Up!

I have finally gotten a way to access my old web information and will shortly include the original information as well as a blog/comment thread. I have fixed the ancient links that no longer lead to the right supplier pages. I may even some day get to finishing the answers to the book questions!

Talk to me

I have no feedback about my book–who is buying it, what they think of it, and what is most useful. I encourage you…if you have an interest in 8051-family development…to comment here. I have plans to regularly blog about the history of embedded micro development (you wouldn’t believe how ancient I am) as well as posting comments that were not suitable to the book itself. The only feedback I get these days is the sales numbers from the printer (a few tens of copies each month), so I “covet” your comments.

Why not just steal it on-line?

Of course anyone at all savy on the web can find two (illegal) copies of the book to download–the 4th edition aparently scanned into files, and the 3rd edition supplied by my former publisher without authorization (but then, if they didn’t pay the royalties owed, why should they hesitate to violate my copyright?). I was all set to fight, but it proved too slippery to pin down and I came to the conclusion that many wise folks have discovered it cost about the same to print bootleg copies as to buy a nicely finished and bound copy by the proper channels. If you are a strictly read-it-on-my computer type, go for it–I considered converting it for e-readers but the huge number of drawings, schematics, and program pieces makes me think it would be difficult to format well. Where else can you get a densely-filled mine of information/textbook for a modest $25 or so?

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    Good point! I am still learning to crawl before I can walk at this point, and I will have to balance simplicity with color and effectiveness. Last night I had a breakthrough and learned how to get a drop-down list under top menu items (call it a link with # as the address, then insert the list under it and drag the sub-items to the rightright by one click–if you have not wrestled with WordPress, ignore this).
    If you have the time I would like to learn of your ties to microcontrollers and your ideas of what would make a better page.

  • Quite a nice little read (love the diode! lol).I’m ceurrntly using one of these teeny tiny things as a err ROM’ cartridge for a small games console i am developing. Granted, its certainly not a ROM, but thanks to the PIC’s Harvard design, i had to invent a protocol where the game logic runs inside the cart, and it tells the main unit what to display and ask’s it for button inputs etc.This little chip just about has the needed IO for the SPI i’m using to accomplish this. Sadly though, i am just about out of both ROM & RAM space on the 10F200 for just the protocol and cartridge metadata before any game logic can fit on!Too bad, i might have to dump it in favor of a PIC12 or similar, but its been such a useful little development chip I can certainly vouch for its signal listening/sending capabilities though! This cute thing can pump some decent bi-directional I/O if you purpose it right