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PIC in Practice: A Project-based Approach by Smith, David W

Dec 28, 2018

Vintage PIC Assembly Language Tutorial

I recieved this book 1 day ago, and thumbed through it. So take this information from that context. The book appears to describe the use of Assembly language for several different older PICs (16F84, 16F818, 16C54, 12C508/9, 12F629, 12F675, 16F627/8, 16F872-16F877). The main MCU used is the 16F84 for around half of the book. This uC is used to lay the groundwork for most of the instruction set. This isn't a complete guide to the instruction set or it's advanced uses. Note, I'm a total noob when it comes to Assembly. So be aware, I don't know squat. I'm just paraphrasing what is written in the preface. There isn't much info about how to upload a program into a chip, although there are tons of resources available on the internet. This is a handy reference if you're looking for a good way to learn some grassroots assembly language stuff. Be aware this old stuff is totally different than any of the modern C-Optimized ICs Microchip is producing now. From what I can tell thus far, these legacy chips might as well be from a totally different company. If you're just getting started, it is far easier to look up the list of chips supported by the MCC feature of Microchip's MPLabX IDE. This feature sets up your header file through a graphical interface that is much much easier to get started with. Overall, this book is worth paying less than $5 for as a reference. I wouldn't pay more than this for such dated information. If your looking for a current reference look up Programming PIC Microcontrollers with XC8 by Armstrong Subero. It's published by Apress in 2018. It's based on the PIC16F1717 and is a current chip with good peripherals and MCC/MPLabX support. I have that one as well, but it cost 8x as much. -Jake

Linux Kernel Programming

May 25, 2020

Too old to be relevant unless you are working with Linux Kernel 2.4

This book is centered around System V. Current Linux is System D based. This means almost everything about the Kernal is different (from my amateur perspective). The bootloader described in the book is LiLo, when it's replacement Grub is considered legacy. The file system is EXT2, current is ext4. This is pre Swap memory. There are 35 pages on memory management. There are 9 pages on the PCI bus and 14 on the ISA bus. The only networking info is ethernet based... I was curious, but this is mostly looking like a proper book shelf dust collector, as I suspected and confirmed. ISBN= 0-201-71975-4 Published 2002

Hand Sheet Metal Nibbler Cutter Tool Free Shipping New

Jun 28, 2019

Honest Review

I received this tool yesterday and just used it to cut out a window in steel for a 1602 LCD display. The metal I was cutting is 18 gage (aka 3/64in / 0.0478in/ ~0.12mm) steel inside an electronics project box. The tool worked great. It was a bit tedious to slog my way through this much steel but it was faster than drilling 4 holes and using a bow saw. The tool could really use a soft grip for this kind of steel, but I like the price more than my hand hurts. Taking out a large chunk of steel with this tool generates enough force to hurt a bit. I imagine this issue is simply due to the design of a nibbler in general, and would be similar with any brand or manufacturers product of a similar design. Once the edge of the cutting tooth makes it through the back side of the material the cutting action happens extremely quickly, at least with steel. This closes the handles with the full force you are applying and that usually results in a lot of impact on my hand. I didn't have this issue when testing these with plastic and aluminum. The tool I was sent has no issues with tolerances or "folding metal" as another reviewer said. I don't see how this is even possible. There is also another review I saw where someone said they had "the spring fall out," and while I can't speak for them, there is a small formed spring like clip that is used to hold the tool in the (almost) closed position. This seems to be primary intended for keeping the tool in place within the packaging. If you're not paying attention when you open the package this clip will fall out. Overall, I like the thing. I recommend it and would buy it again if I needed.

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