AVReAl update – 1.28r0

avreal v1.28r0 (Wed 2010-01-20) has been released.

  • FTDI device list switch -aft2232 -p? doesn’t require microcontroller type switch +name.
  • tiny2313A, tiny4313 added.
  • -az switch leaves FT2232 in MPSSE mode with programming pins configured as inputs.
  • Pin groups led_ok, led_error are added for LPT-based adapters.
  • All record types including led_ok, led_error are supported now for FT2232-based adapter configuration.
  • enable pin for FT2232-based adapters is processed in the same way as for LPT-based so inversion mark ‘~’ is required for buffers with active low enable input.
  • Unbuffered mode is always used for program output for better information refreshing when IDE redirection is used.
  • HEX-file data records (type 00) with zero-length data field are ignored.
  • -ar switch was removed so configuration file must be created for inverted RESET.

AG6840H-E for free

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It goes in! And it comes out!

“So it does!” said Pooh. “It goes in!”
“So it does!” said Piglet. “And it comes out!”

I found out that a cover plug of Siemens ME45 mobile phone fits fairly to USB socket and can be used for dust, moisture and static electricity protection.

ME45_with_cover USB_with_cover

Machines should work, people should think

I considered it a good idea to add icons to links to make them noticeable. [internal link icon] for internal links and [external link icon] for external ones.
At first we should draw pictures and add classes to style sheet

.linkext {
    background:transparent url(/files/images/linkext.png) no-repeat scroll right center;
    padding:2px 15px 2px 0px;
}

.linkint {
    background:transparent url(/files/images/linkint.png) no-repeat scroll right center;
    padding:2px 15px 2px 0px;
}

But then we must walk around all the links and add appropriate classes… Why? “Machines should work, people should think”! This motto becomes especially pleasant when somebody has already thought before you 😉 and created plugin for WordPress which replaces text on the fly during page generation using regular expressions.
I made all the internal links relative without http:// so the thing is just to install re.place plugin and add two simple rules. The first inserts class="linkext" into external links replacing

<a *href=("http[^>]*)>

by

<a class="linkext" href=\1>

and the second inserts class="linkint" into internl links replacing

<a *href=([^>]*)>

by

<a class="linkint" href=\1>

The second rule order must be greater then the first to make this replacements work properly.
According to the first rule the string class="linkext" will be inserted into external links and they will not be recognized by <a *href=([^>]*)> pattern.
The patterns contain < and > symbols so do not forget to set “Escape HTML characters” option in re.place “List view options” for proper displaying of re.place rule list.

2010

For more than ten years our family has a tradition — on the december 31 I make a next year calendar and print it. After New Year midnight we take down previous year calendars and hang up the new ones. On frige, on wall, on PC cabinet.
We may buy a fine colour calendar but we can’t write on it and make notes…

So, calendar for 2010 year.

La Peau de chagrin

Річний проїзний на метро…
Ще на початку року це мене в ньому турбувало – щоденне нагадування про зменшення, зменшення, зменшення того, що залишилося. А зараз ну просто жах бере.
І так в кінці року стан тривожний — «Господи, скільки всього я знову не встиг!», особливо між батьковим та моїм днями народження та ще дужче між моїм та Новим Роком. А тут ще цей… Шагреневий пластик…

Інфлюенца.

Ну просто дурдом якийсь. Всі лише про грип і балакають. І я теж 🙂
Згадалася пісня — «Балада про інфлюенцу»
В інтернеті знайшов лише текст, але “погуглив” по своїх бобінах, розчохлив “Юпітер”, підняв audacity…
Вуаля — 1981 рік, вечір самодіяльної пісні на радіофізичному факультеті Київського держуніверситету.
В гостях серед багатьох інших — Володимир Семенов та Дмитро Кімельфельд.
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AVReAl update – 1.27r4

avreal 1.27r4 has been released.

AVReAl update – 1.27r3

avreal 1.27r3 has been released.

bug in AVReAl 1.27r2

BUGs found in avreal 1.27r2.

  • Unable to program microcontroller flash/eeprom with XTAL supplied by avreal (-o0) and no-polling write switch (-w not -wp). Fuses programming not affected.
  • Inaccuracy in at90usb82, at90usb162, atmega16u2, atmega32u2, atmega328P fuses descriptions.

The update will be released soon.

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