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EeePC, Portable Hdd & 3G Phone – On The Road!

Last week, I got a chance to use the system live, I was away for a week with only the EeePC system and a three.co.uk 3G phone from Sony for a modem.  All did not go well!

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A VPS in the Home/Office

If a VMWare Server/Workstation or VMWare Player make life easy when mixing Linux and Windows on a single system, then a VPS will wipe the floor with them if you need to run several Linux environments and are not worried … Continue reading

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(Portable) Virtual Machines

I have used VMWare Workstation and more recently VMWare Player to both allow me to run Linux and Windows on the same computer and run several instances of Linux - to keep projects seperate from each other and to allow new versions … Continue reading

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PWM function in 16F876 I/O Processor

I have added a basic PWM service to the PIC 16F876 I2C Slave I/O Processor.  Here is the updated JAL Source and a Blassic program for the Router.  It reads the Analog input, and prints to the console or sounds … Continue reading

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Blassic PIC I2C I/O with Peek & Poke

Here is a little (extended)Blassic program to read the PIC 16F876A I2C Slave.

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EeePC, 3G Broadband, Mobile Phones

One of the reasons I got the EeePC was so that I could have easy access to the internet when away from home. I already knew that although getting a mobile phone to work with a Linux system is not … Continue reading

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EEPROM PCF8582C-2

The PCF8582C-2 is a 256×8 bit CMOS EEPROM.  It contains less memory than some PIC Processors!  As have a few of these chips, I use them as a benchmark for the Router and PIC I2C interfaces.

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Router I2C Interface

These are the I2C Bus Hardware and Software settings I am using with the on OpenWrt Midge router to talk to a PIC 16F876 I2C Slave.

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Asus EeePC Sub Notebook

A little while ago I got 4 4Gb EeePC Sub Notebook, The Wide screen Advent Laptop I have is great for presentations or watching dvds, but its too large to carry about for the odd occasion I need a portable … Continue reading

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I/O Bus Connections

These are the Connections I am using on the I/O Bus.

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