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- From: msokos1@gl.umbc.edu (Mark Sokos)
- Newsgroups: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt,alt.answers,news.answers
- Subject: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt FAQ Version 20 (modified 06/18/97)
- Followup-To: alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
- Date: 23 Feb 1998 23:27:50 -0500
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- Summary: This posting contains a list of Frequently Asked
- Questions (with answers), general information, and resources
- associated with homebuilt computers. It
- should be read by anyone who wishes to post to the
- alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt newsgroup.
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- WELCOME TO ALT.COMP.HARDWARE.HOMEBUILT(v.20 Modified 6/18/97)
-
- This file contains frequently asked questions (FAQ) and general information
- pertaining to the newsgroup alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt. It is maintained
- by Mark Sokos (msokos1@gl.umbc.edu). It is posted every two weeks to the
- newsgroup alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt. The latest version may also be
- obtained by sending an e-mail request to the above address.
-
- This file is available via FTP from
-
- * ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
-
- A DOS text version is available from:
-
- * ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/di/dibald/FAQS Dave Baldwin's FTP site
- * ftp://ftp.psyber.com/tcj/faqs The Computer Journal (TCJ FTP)
-
- An HTML version is available online at:
-
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- This file is (C) copyright 1996, 1997 by Mark Sokos. It may be freely
- copied and distributed as long as this notice remains intact and the file
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-
- Contents:
-
- 1.0 What the group is about
-
- 1.1 What the group is about
- 1.2 How to deal with the Cancelbot
- 1.3 Who is PRR?
-
- 2.0 Questions
- 2.1 Can I post ads on the newsgroup?
- 2.2 Can I post questions involving hardware problems?
- 2.3 What's this about a new homebuilt newsgroup?
- 2.4 What is a "Wally"? (and other terms specific to this newsgroup)
- 2.5 Where can I get an EEPROM/PLD programmer?
- 2.6 How can I make my own SIMMS?
- 2.7 How do I interface to an IBM Clone?
- 2.8 How do I interface to a Mac?
- 2.9 Where can I find bus timing and information?
- 2.10 Where can I get hard drive specs and interfacing info?
- 2.11 Where can I find MIDI and other musical interfacing information?
- 2.12 How can I make my own circuit boards?
- 2.13 What is the Net Station?
- 2.14 How do I homebrew an LCD controller?
- 2.15 How do I make good front panels/cover plates?
- 2.16 What are PDF and Acrobat files?
- 2.17 Where can I get technical information about Game Boy?
- 2.18 How can I build a POST code reader for my PC?
- 2.19 Where can I find information on IR standards?
- 2.20 How can I make a mouse serial/ps2 or ps2/serial adapter?
- 2.21 How can I convert video formats?
- 2.22 Where can I find caller ID information?
- 2.23 Where can I find information about projects?
- 2.24 Where can I find standards for multi-processors?
- 2.25 How do I make loop-back plugs?
- 2.26 How do I make a null modem/laplink cable?
- 2.27 Where can I get schematic drawing, circuit simulators, schematic
- capture programs, and PCB layout software?
- 2.28 Where can I get software developement tools?
- 2.29 Where can I find operating system information?
- 2.30 How do I interface to DRAM/SIMMS?
- 2.31 How do I turn myself into a cyborg?
- 2.32 Who makes kits?
-
- 3.0 Where to get more information
- 3.1 Semiconductor Manufacturers
- 3.2 Vendors
- 3.3 Internet Resources
- 3.4 BBS Numbers
- 3.5 Book/Magazine List
- 3.6 CD Rom
-
- 4.0 Misc.
-
- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- 1.0 What the group is about
-
- 1.1 What the group is about
-
- This group was formed for the discussion of homebuilt computer hardware, as
- the name implies. The term "homebuilt" or alternately, "homebrew", refers
- to the hobby of building electronics at home, generally with a soldering
- iron or wire wrap. No knowledge or experience is required for posting to
- this group. Postings may deal with real hardware, or absract concepts, and
- are not restricted to any specific cpu or architecture. Topics may also
- include homebuilt peripherals added to existing off the shelf systems, or
- hardware hacks to existing systems/accessories.
-
- Please note: Unfortunately, the term "homebuilt" causes a great deal of
- confusion amongst IBM clone builders, which leads to a large number of
- inappropriate posts on this newsgroup. This group, as a general rule, is
- not for discussion of IBM related hardware, unless there is some aspect of
- home built electronics involved, such as connecting your own device to an
- IBM serial/parallel/game port, etc. or using IBM clone hardware as part of
- a homebuilt design (non-IBM design). Common IBM clone hardware hacks, such
- as overclocking and changing the UART chip, are best discussed in one of
- the IBM related newsgroups. An IBM clone hardware questions pointer is
- posted frequently on news.answers, and due to its length the information
- within it will not be repeated here.
-
- Warning: Any post that may be considered an "alt.fix.my.pc" post is likely
- to draw flames or intentionally misleading advice from the regulars at
- a.c.h.h. Following such advice for a "fix my PC" type post may be damaging
- to your computer. You have been warned.
-
- 1.2 How to Deal With the Cancelbot
-
- Because of excessive noise (mostly involving off topic "fix my PC" type
- questions) a cancelbot has been set up on this newsgroup. Failing to inform
- the cancelbot that you have read the posting rules may result in your post
- being automatically cancelled. To let the cancelbot know that you are aware
- of the posting rules, you must add the letters "PRR" (without the quotes)
- somewhere in your first post. PRR stands for "Posting Rules Read". These
- letters do not need to be included on subsequent posts.
-
- Questions or comments about the cancelbot should be directed to
- achhbot@mmc.et.tudelft.nl.
-
- 1.3 Who is "PRR"?
-
- See the previous section. Some people mistakenly add PRR to every post
- (only your first new thread needs these letters). Some people have mistaken
- it for a signature. Because the letters may be included anywhere in the
- post, some people have taken to creative uses of the letters, which include
- the fabrication of information about a mythical person with the initials
- PRR. At the time of this writing, PRR has been in the hospital, and is
- known to have an affection for Milk Duds. New readers are free to
- contribute to this on-going "story".
-
- 2.0 Questions
-
- Answers to specific questions are included in this section. Many of the
- answers are only pointers to more information, so that large volumes of
- information are not duplicated unnecessarily.
-
- 2.1 Can I post ads on the newsgroup?
-
- As a general rule, alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt is not a forsale group and
- thus does not allow advertising. An exception is made for advertising that
- is directed specifically for electronics homebuilders, and is not otherwise
- available on the net in general. Examples of this are device programmers
- and electronics parts. Trading between homebuilders is encouraged.
- Items that fit well into other existing forsale newsgroups should not be
- advertised here. PC related advertising, such as hard drives, motherboards,
- and other standard PC clone parts, is not permitted. While CPU
- advertisements in general are permitted, CPU advertisements for the common
- PC clone CPU's (such as 486 and Pentium chips) are not permitted because of
- the existing PC clone forsale groups that already provide plenty of
- coverage for these parts.
-
- 2.2 Can I post questions involving hardware problems?
-
- This question was asked to the group in general, and the overwhelming
- response was NO! The only exception would be if you are having a hardware
- problem with your homebuilt hardware, not pre-fab hardware. As Andrew noted
- in an early version of the FAQ:
-
- "Since EVERY SINGLE ONE of the replies I got re: the FAQ said "no, this is
- not the appropriate place for questiongs about PC building and pre-made
- parts and compatibility between them, the answer obviously is a very strong
- NO. This is not to say that you should not post questions, but only post
- questions about homebuilt computers, not computers built from pre-made
- parts. The difference should be very clear. If you post here about your
- hard drive that you want to slave, i doubt if people will have much mercy.
- It is getting on peoples nerves."
-
- Replies to PC hardware problems are also strongly discouraged. Such replies
- should either be posted on the appropriate groups or should be done via
- private e-mail.
-
- 2.3 What's this about a new homebuilt newsgroup?
-
- It has been suggested at times (often sarcastically) that a new newsgroup
- should be made up with some name other than alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt, so
- that the group would not be plagued with off topic pc-clone related posts.
-
- A newsgroup specifically for "homebuilding" in the PC clone sense of the
- word (alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt) has been created. All PC questions
- should go to that newsgroup.
-
- alt.comp.hardware.homedesigned was created in an attempt to provide a low
- noise alternative to this group. It has since been abandoned.
-
- 2.4 What is a "Wally" (and other terms specific to this newsgroup)
-
- * A/D - Analog to Digital (converter)
- * ACHH - Alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt
- * a.c.h.pc-h. - alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
- * ACK - Acknowledge
- * ALU - Arithmetic Logic Unit
- * ASIC - Application Specific Integrated Circuit
- * ATA - AT Attachment (aka IDE)
- * Basic Stamp - a processor that is programmed using Basic, manufactured
- by Parallax.
- * BCD - Binary Coded Decimal
- * BIT - Binary Digit
- * BJT - Bipolar Junction Transistor
- * Bug - [1] A hardware or software error [2] An Integrated Circuit (the
- black plastic and silver "legs" look a little like an insect)
- * CAD - Computer Aided Design
- * CAE - Computer Aided Engineering
- * CCD - Charge Coupled Device
- * CISC - Complex Instruction Set Computer
- * CLK - A common abbreviation for clock (signal).
- * CMOS - Complimentary Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- * CRT - Cathode Ray Tube
- * D/A - Digital to Analog (converter)
- * Dead Bug - Non-functioning IC chip
- * DEBUG - Remove errors from hardware or software
- * DED - Dark Emitting Diode (a burnt out LED)
- * DIP - Dual Inline Package
- * DMA - Direct Memory Acccess
- * DRAM - Dynamic Random Access Memory
- * DSP - Digital Signal Processor
- * (E)EPROM - (Electrically) Erasable Programmable Read Only Memory
- * EISA - Extended Industry Standard Architecture
- * EPLD - Electronically Programmable Logic Device
- * ESD - Electro-Static Discharge
- * FD, FDD - Floppy Disk Drive
- * FDC - Floppy Disk Controller
- * FET - Field Effect Transistor
- * FP - [1] Floating Point [2] Flat Pack
- * FPGA - Field Programmable Gate Array
- * .h - An abbreviation for alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt generally used in
- conjunction with .pc-h
- * FPU - Floating Point Unit
- * GAL - Generic Array Logic
- * GaAs - Gallium Arsenide
- * GND - Ground (signal return).
- * GPIB - General Purpose Interface Bus
- * HD, HDD - Hard Disk Drive
- * HDC - Hard Disk Controller
- * HDLC - High level Data Link Control (ISO standard)
- * Homebrew - referes to the art of designing and building electronics at
- home, and has nothing at all to do with alcohol (usually).
- * IC - Integrated Circuit
- * IDE - [1] Integrated Drive Electronics [2] Integrated Developement
- Environment
- * IIC, I2C, I(squared)C - often written as such since a superscript 2
- (meaning squared) cannot be displayed on an ASCII terminal.
- * I/O - Input/Output
- * IRQ - Interrupt Request
- * ISA - [1] Industry Standard Architecture [2] Instrument Society of
- America
- * ISO - International Standards Organization
- * JFET - Junction Field Effect Transistor
- * KBD - Keyboard
- * LCD - Liquid Crystal Display
- * LED - Light Emitting Diode
- * LSI - Large Scale Integration
- * Midnight Engineering - refers to designing and building devices at
- home. Anyone who has stayed up till the wee hours of the morning
- trying to get something to work knows the origins of this term all too
- well.
- * MIPS - Millions of Instructions Per Second
- * MOS - Metal Oxide Semiconductor
- * MOSFET - Metal Oxide Semiconductor Field Effect Transistor
- * MMU - Memory Management Unit
- * MPGA - Mask Programmable Gate Array
- * MUX - Multiplexor
- * NTSC - National Television Systems Committee (Joke: Never the Same
- Color)
- * PAL - Programmable Array Logic
- * PC - [1] Program Counter [2] IBM Personal Computer (or clone).
- * .pc-h - Alt.comp.hardware.pc-homebuilt
- * PCB - Printed Circuit Board
- * PCI - Peripheral Component Interconnect
- * PEEL - Programmable Electrically-Erasable Logic (ICT, inc)
- * PGA - Pin Grid Array
- * PIC - [1] a microcontroller, manufactured by Microchip. [2]
- Programmable/Priority Interrupt Controller
- * PIT - Programmable Interval Timer
- * PLA - Programmable Logic Array
- * PLD - Programmable Logic Device
- * PROM - Programmable Read Only Memory
- * PSU - Power Supply Unit
- * PSW - Program (or Processor) Status Word
- * PWB - Printed Wiring Board
- * QFP - Quad Flat Pack
- * R & D - Research and Developement
- * RAM - Random Access Memory
- * RISC - Reduced Instruction Set Computer
- * ROM - Read Only Memory
- * RX - Receiver. Often used with TX.
- * SBC - Single Board Computer
- * SCR - Silicon Controlled Rectifier
- * SDLC - Synchronous Data Link Control (IBM protocol)
- * SECAM - Sequential Color and Memory
- * Si - Silicon
- * SIMM - Single Inline Memory Module
- * SiO2 - Silicon Dioxide
- * SIP - Single Inline Package
- * SRAM - Static Random Access Memory
- * TEC - Thermo-Electric Cooler (Peltier Device)
- * TTL - Transistor-Transistor Logic
- * TX - Transmitter. Often used with RX, as in TX/RX for
- transmit/receive.
- * UART (USART) - Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter (Universal
- Synchronous/Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter)
- * UJT - Unijunction Transistor
- * UV - Ultraviolet. Typically used in reference to PROMs that are erased
- using UV light. May also refer to the erasing equipment.
- * V+/V- - Supply voltages (positive and negative)
- * Vcc -
- * Vdd -
- * VLB - VESA Local Bus
- * VLSI - Very Large Scale Integration
- * VT - Video Terminal
- * Wally - someone who posts off topic noise to the group. No offense to
- real persons named Wally is intended (the term apparantly comes from
- the TV show "Leave It To Beaver"). "Getting rid of the wallies" is a
- common thread on the newsgroup.
-
- 2.5 Where can I get an EPROM/PLD programmer?
-
- * Advin Systems 1050-L East Duane St. Sunnyvale, CA 94086 1-408-736-2503
- * Alta Engineering http://www.gutbang.com/alta/
- * Andromeda Research, PO Box 222, Milford, OH 45150 1-513-831-9708
- * BP Microsystems
- * DATA I/0 (http://www.data-io.com)
- * Dataman Programmers ( http://www.dataman.com)
- * Digikey 1-800-344-4539 http://www.digikey.com
- * General Device Instruments, (408) 241-7376
- 408-241-7376 Sales 408-241-6375 FAX
- 408-983-1234 BBS All software to demo free
- e-mail:ICDEVICE@ix.netcom.com
- e-mail: icdevice@best.com
- http://www.generaldevice.com
- * Intronics, 612 Newton Street, Edwardsville, Kansas 66111
- (913) 422-2094
- 1-800-339-5152 (sales only)
- http://www.intronics.com
- * Jason-Ranheim Company, 3105 Gayle Lane, Auburn, California 95603.
- (800) 421-7731 Orders Toll Free (800) 421-7748 From California
- (916) 878-0785.
- * JDR Microdevices Orders: 1-800-538-5000 Cust. Service: 1-800-538-5001
- 1850 South 10th Street, San Jose CA 95112-4108
- * Logical Devices, 130 Capitol Drive, Golden, CO 80401 1-303-279-6868
- 1-800-315-7766, tech support (in Flordia) 1-305-428-6868
- http://www.logicaldevices.com
- * M2L Electronics 3526 Jasmine #4 Los Angeles, CA 90034
- 310 837-7818 (9am-5pm)
- BBS/FAX: 310 841 6050
- loving@cs.ucla.edu
- http://www.cs.ucla.edu/csd-grads-gs3/loving/www/m2l.html
- * Microchip Technology Inc 602 786 7200
- 2355 W Chandler Blvd, Chandler AZ 85224
- http://www.ultranet.com/biz/mchip/
- * Mouser Electronics 1-800-346-6873 http://www.mouser.com
- * Needham's Electronics 1-916-924-8037 Fax: (916) 924-8065
- 4630 Beloit Drive, Suite #20, Sacramento, CA 95838
- BBS: (916) 924-8094
- http://www.needhams.com/
- * Stag Micro Systems. 1600 Wyatt Dr., Santa Clara, CA 95054
- 1-408-988-1118
- * System General
- * XELTEK unipro Universl Programmer that programs: Eproms, EEProms,
- Bipolar, Epld, Flash, Gal, Pal, and some Microcontrollers. Also tests
- TTL, CMOS, DRAM & SRAMS.
- 3563 Ryder St. Santa Clara, CA 95051
- (408) 524-1929 (voice)
- (408) 245-7084 (fax)
- (408) 245-7082 (bbs)
- http://www.xeltek.com/
- * http://www.proaxis.com/~iguanalabs/micropro.htm
- * http://www.isc-durant.com/nolan
- * Lists of available programmers:
- o http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/FAQ/BODY/F_Eprom_pr.html
- o http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/LINK/F_pal_gal.html
-
- Plans for making your own can be found at:
-
- FTP sites:
-
- * ftp.paranoia.com/pub/users/defiant
- * ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/goo/PLD/
- * ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/elrad/060/
- * ftp://rasi.lr.ttu.ee/pub/sis/CAD/DIY/BITMAPS/com84.zip
-
- WWW pages:
-
- * http://www.demon.co.uk/paulmax/stegen/hwsw.htm
- * http://www.man.ac.uk/~mbhstdj/files
- * http://www.www.ts.umu.se/~johan/project.html
- * A HREF=" http://www.bos.nl/homes/waklos/">
- http://www.bos.nl/homes/waklos/
-
- PIC Programmers
-
- * http://www.man.ac.uk/~mbhstdj/piclinks.html
- * http://rasi.lr.ttu.ee/~sis/mirror/robin/picpro.html
- * ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/micro-controllers/PIC/
- * http://www.lancs.ac.uk/people/cpaame/pic/pic.htm
- * http://www.spies.com/~eric/pic/
- * http://robotics.com/pic.html
-
- PAL/GAL Programmers:
-
- * ftp://ftp.funet.fi/pub/cae
- * ftp://ftp.cs.indiana.edu/pub/goo/PLD/pal2docs.zip
- * ftp://ftp.ix.de/pub/elrad/60/
-
- A simple eprom emulator circuit and DOS software can be found at
- http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jfrohwei/
-
- * Popular Electronics, in the July 1982 issue
- * "Popular Electronics", Feb 1978, page 41
- * "Build This PLD Programmer" by Robert G. Brown
- Electronics Now (magazine), May 1994
- * Various kits and software are available from R.G. Brown, 30 Wicks
- Road, E. Northport, NY 11731
- * "Project: GAL programmer" by Manfred Nosswitz.
- Elektor Electronics (magazine), May 1992
- * "Project: GAL Programmer Upgrade" by M. Nosswitz
- Elektor Electronics, June 1993
- The software and PC boards are available through the Elektor
- publishers/franchises in various countries.
-
- Old Colony Sound Lab
- P.O. Box 243, Peterborough, NH 03458
- (603) 924-6371 or -6526 Fax (603) 924-9467
- In the UK
- Elektor Electronics (Publishing)
- P. O. Box 1414, Dorchester DT2 8YH, England
-
- * The June '96 Elektor Electronics (UK edition). has an EPROM programmer
- and emulator
- * "Generic Array Logic (GAL)" D. Gembris
- Elektor Electronics, April 1992
- * "EPLD programmer design" John Cromie
- Electronics & Wireless World, February 1989
- * "Create Your Own IC's", Bill Green
- Popular Electronics, January 1990
- * If you have a Linux system you can design for Xilinx X3000 FPGA in a
- subset of VHDL. There is a free package named Alliance. It is
- available from www.mit.edu, or similar sites. Fire up your search
- engine and search for ALLIANCE.
- * "A PAL Programmer" and "Getting Started with PALS" , Robert A.
- Freedman
- Byte, January 1987
-
- 2.6 How can I make my own SIMMS?
-
- September 1995 issue of "Electronics Now" starting on page 35 has plans for
- 30 pin SIMMs
-
- SIMM blanks may be obtained from:
- In the US:
-
- * AutoTime Corporation
- 6605 SW MacAdam Avenue, Portland, OR 97201
- (503) 452-8577
- * Memory Conversion Products, mcp@peak.org
- 428 N.W. 9th Street, Corvallis, Oregon 97330-6133
- tel: 541 754-5000, fax: 541 752-8009
- 1-800-809-1379
- http://www.peak.org/~mcp
- * JMS Technologies, 4217C S Mellen Dr. Mountain Home, ID 83648
- FAX (208) 832-7897
-
- In Germany:
-
- * eMedia GmbH, Postbox 61 01 06, 30601 Hannover, Germany
- * http://www.linefeed.com/linefeed/hcs/index.html There are several
- versions of blank SIMM boards available from the UK including 1x1 ZIP,
- 1x1 DIP, 1x4 SOJ and 1x1 SOJ.
- * http://www.dircon.co.uk/linefeed/hcs/mempcb.html Web page offering a
- number of unpopulated PCBs for making 30 and 72 pin SIMMs.
-
- SIMM pinouts are available at http://www.cistron.nl/~nctnico
-
- Motorola's data book - Dynamic RAMs and Memory Modules
-
- 2.7 How do I interface to an IBM clone?
-
- * http://cal003109.student.utwente.nl/stefan has info on various ports
- (parallel, serial, keyboard, etc.)
- * The comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.* FAQ (posted on news.answers and
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc, available via ftp from
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.misc) contains
- connector/bus pinouts and other useful information.
- * http://www.hut.fi/~then/electronics/computer.html#pchardware IBM,
- Technical Reference, Personal Computer AT, 1984
- * "The IBM Personal Computer, from the Inside Out" by Sargent and
- Shoemaker (published by Addison-Wesley) provides a lot of information
- about interfacing an IBM type PC to various things.
- * Talking to a floppy control from NC4000:
- ftp://ftp.hal.com/pub/elvey/floppy.txt
- * Using a non-DOS machine to talk to a DOS disk
- ftp://ftp.hal.com/pub/elvey/disk.txt
- * http://www-techdoc.intel.com and www.national.com Look up the
- datasheets for their super-IO parts, which have Paralell Port, Serial
- Port, RTC, Floppy Controller, all in one chip.
- * http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/adc_dac/
- * 16- and 32-bit DLLs for port I/O may be found at: http://www.lvr.com
- * WINio.Dll and WIN32io for Windows 95 http://www.ping.be/~ping0751
- * Accessing PC I/O ports in Windows http://www.rain.org/~pra
- * EDE300 Application Note #1: Device Control via the PC
- http://www.netins.net/showcase/elab In the 'Integrated Circuits'
- section under 'EDE300'
-
- Also, see each sub-section below.
-
- The section "Recommended books/magazines" lists several books that may also
- be helpful.
-
- 2.7a Parallel/Serial/Game Ports
-
- Parallel Port:
-
- * ftp://ftp.ee.ualberta.ca/pub/cookbook/comp/ibm/pport094.doc.Z
- * ftp://ftp.armory.com/pub/user/rstevew the filenames are: *lpt.faq;
- ibmlpt.faq, tomlpt.faq, and krislpt.faq. each meets different skill levels
- and needs.
- * PC Magazine,. Oct 27, 1992 pages 367-376
- * http://www.mailbag.com/users/jaxelson/parport.htm
- * http://www.fapo.com/ieee1284.htm
- * http://weber.u.washington.edu/~pfloyd/ee/text/para-port.html
- * http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~donmck/pipex.html
- * http://www.fapo.com/1284int.htm
- * http://www.doc.ic.ac.uk/~ih/doc/par/
- * http://www.lvr.com/ibmlpt.txt
- * http://www.lvr.com/parport.htm
- * http://www.nmsu.edu/~ET/ETTI/review/phajun96
- * http://www.hut.fi/~iisakkil/stuff.html
- * http://www.access.digex.net/~pha
- * http://homepages.together.net/~tking/parport.zip
- * http://www.ens-lyon.fr/~jmfriedt/parport.faq
- * A web search for IEEE1284 (using the search engine of your choice, such
- as Alta Vista) will provide numerous links.
-
- Serial Port/Mouse:
-
- * "Using a serial port for discrete I/O operations" September/October
- issue of MicroComputer Journal.
- * Dallas Semiconductor has a PDF document on RS-232. http://dalsemi.com
- (home page) App Note 83 Fundamentals of RS-232 Serial Communications
- http://www.dalsemi.com/DocControl/PDFs/appindex.html (App Notes page)
- * National Semiconducor http://www.national.com AN-681: PC Mouse
- Implementation Using COP800
- * http://www.hut.fi/~then/mytexts/mouse.html
- * http://www.hut.fi/~then/electronics/pc.html#pc_mouse
- * http://www.argonet.co.uk/users/4qd
- * http://www.bb-elec.com/bb-elec/literature/.bab_newsletters/newsltr2.pdf
- * http://www.ee.washington.edu/eeca/circuits/serialpower.txt
- * http://www.hut.fi/~then/circuits/rspower.html
- * http://www.ee.washington.edu/eeca/circuits/serialpower.txt
- * http://www.airborn.com.au/rs232.html --Schematic diagrams showing how
- to wire up RS232 connectors with handshaking and without, loopback
- plugs and null modem
- * http://www.strangecreations.com/strange/library/hardware/index.htm
- * MicroChip has a very nice app note on rolling your own mouse. Both the
- Microsoft and Mouse Systems versions are covered. You might have to
- read a little PIC code to find what you want, but its there. The app
- note can probably be obtained from the microchip web site. App # is
- AN519.
-
- Joystick Port:
-
- * http://www.hut.fi/~then/circuits/joystick.html
- * http://www.oz.net/~wottenad/wheel2.htm
- * http://meritbbs.rulimburg.nl/Fun/pedals/pedals.htm
- * http://www.suncominc.com:80/technical/technical.html
- * http://www.nomius.com:80/~biggun/faq.htm
-
- 2.7b Keyboards
-
- * Articles about XT and AT type keyboards can be found in April/May 1995
- issues of Circuit Cellar Ink.
- * An early copy of Micro Cornucopia ( March-April 1990 ) has the details
- about standards, interface chips etc
- * John Voth has keyboard interfacing information at:
- http://nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca/~jdv/
- * http://www.enterprise.ca/~jbilous/kybrd03.htm
- * http://www.hello.co.uk/altek/scan_doc.html
- * A PC Keyboard FAQ has been written by Mark Schultz. Send e-mail to
- mchultz@wctc.net for details.
- * Go to the Aminet site (eg. ftp.netnet.net) and go to hard/hack, there
- you'll find 2 or more files for PC keyboard interfaces to Amiga. There
- is some documentation for the AT keyboard protocol.
- * Check out the Philips site. There is supposed to be an app note for PC
- keyboard to serial format.
-
- 2.7c BIOS code
-
- * Annabooks sell a 'bioskit' that is a complete BIOS, written mostly in
- C, with source. http://www.annabooks.com
- * Assembler source for a V20 BIOS has been published by c't magazine
- (http://www01.ix.de). The disk with the code and the burnt EPROM is
- still for sale.
-
- 2.8 How do I interface to a Mac?
-
- * Brian A. Cole's (tuc@cs.wisc.edu) Repository of Macintosh Information
- http://www.cs.wisc.edu/~tuc/mac/
- * ftp://ftp.support.apple.com or http://www.apple.com (Hardware
- Descriptions and Technical Notes)
- * http://web.de, follow the links "computer" "apple" "loeten am mac".
- Has information about interfaces, including a mac to VGA adaptor.
- Note: This site is in German.
-
- 2.9 Where can I find bus specs and interfacing information?
-
- * The VMEbus FAQ is at http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/archive/vmefaq.html or
- http://www.oritools.com/info
- * The I2C FAQ is available from: ftp.uni.paderborn.de/elrad
- * Universal Serial Bus home page: http://www.teleport.com/~USB
- * ISA pinouts can be found at http://www.cistron.nl/~nctnico/index.htm
- * ISA, EISA, VLB, and PCI pinouts, signal descriptions, and timing
- information can be found at http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~msokos1
- * "AT Bus Design, IEEE P996 Compatible", by Edward Solari ISBN
- 0-929392-08-6
- * Official standard for the EISA bus are available from BCPR services
- (Texas) Tel: 1-713-251-4770
- * Standards for the EISA bus are available from Global Engineering
- Documents, Englewood, Colorado USA at phone: (800)854-7179,
- fax:(303)397-7935
- * The PC/104 Consortium has a page at http://www.controlled.com/pc104/
- Request a resource guide and spec document.
- * The PCI specification may be obtained from: PCI Special Interest Group
- (SIG)
- P.O. Box 14070, Portland, OR 97214
- (800) 433-5177 (503) 797-4207 FAX: 234-6762
- (503) 797 4297
- http://www.pcisig.com/
- * Other PCI information:
- o http://www.teleport.com/~pc2/pcisigindex.html
- o http://www.vchips.com/products/pcicores.htm
- o http://www.altera.com/html/new/pressrel.old/pr_pcipack.html
- o http://www.cypress.com/cypressprodgate/apps/ultralogic.html
- o http://www.xilinx.com/apps/pci.htm
- o ftp://fission.dt.wdc.com/pub/otherdocs/pc_systems/how_it_works
- * AMCC makes a chip which provides an interface to PCI on one side and a
- fairly simple generic interface on the other side. AMCC is in San
- Diego, California. Their telephone number is (619)450-9333. The part
- number for the PCI interface chip is S5933.
- * Ziatech, http://www.ziatech.com has the CompactPCI spec in Acrobat.
- CompactPCI uses the PCI timing and pinout with a eurocard format and
- connector.
- * D Prutchi, "Hot Swapping on the PC - An Active Extender Card for the
- 16-bit PC-ISA bus", Circuit Cellar Ink, Issue #62, 62-71, September
- 1995.
- * PCMCIA specs are available from http://www.pc-card.com/ (not free) The
- PCMCIA association lists manufacturers with links to webpages, also
- links to books.
-
- 2.10 Where can I get hard/floppy drive specs and interfacing info?
-
- (IDE is also known as ATA)
-
- * Information on ATA 1,2,3 can be found at
- ftp://ftp.symbios.com/pub/standards/io
- Technical information about Seagate drives may be found at
- http://www.seagate.com.
- Western Digital technical support 1-800-275-4932
- ftp://fission.dt.wdc.com/pub/standards/ata/
- * http://www.itutech.com
- ftp://iglou.com/members/ITU/pc-int.
- See the ATAr4c.txt and ide-tech.txt files for more info.
- * "Yet Another Enhanced IDE/Fast-ATA/ATA-2 FAQ" is posted on
- comp.sys.ibm.pc.hardware.storage and .misc. It is also available,
- together with related material, by FTP from
-
- ftp.aimnet.com:/pub/users/clau/ide_ata/
- ftp.rahul.net:/pub/lps/hard-disk/
- ftp.wi.leidenuniv.nl:/pub/faqs/
- and by WWW from:
-
- http://www.wi.leidenuniv.nl/ata/
- http://www.seagate.com/techsuppt/faq/faqlist.html
-
- * Enhanced IDE FAQ
- http://thef-nym.sci.kun.nl/~pieterh/storage.html
- * For a complete treatment of IDE interfacing to 8-bit CPUs
- (particularly the Z80 family), check out issues 56, 63, 64, and 66 of
- The Computer Journal.
- * There is a simple IDE interface for the Z80 called GIDE (Generic IDE).
- It should be possible to adapt it to other 8-bit processors. There is
- an article about it on the TCJ Web Page. Click on 'GIDE'.
- * Connecting IDE devices to 8 bit machines:
- http://www.blkbox.com/~jdb8042/SmallSys/8bitIDE.html
- * http://nimitz.mcs.kent.edu/~clisowsk/8bit/ide8bit.html
- * SCSI:
- o http://www.symbios.com/ftp/pub/standards/io/scsi2
- o http://www.abekrd.co.uk/SCSI2/SCSI2-index.html
- o ftp://ftp.compusult.nf.ca:/pub/sunos/scsi-doc/scsi1.17b.gz
- o ftp://ftp.loria.fr:/pub7/obi/Standards/scsi/
- o ftp://unix.hensa.ac.uk:/mirrors/yggdrasil.fall95/disk1/usr/doc/scsi-1/
- o ftp://ftp.funet.fi:/pub/doc/SCSI/SCSI1-docs.tar.gz
- o ftp://romeo-klive.nvg.unit.no:/pub/hardware/scsi-3/x3t10/drafts/scsi1
- o ftp://ftp.nau.edu:/pub/info/hardware/scsi/
- o ftp://relay.cs.toronto.edu:/doc/scsi/
- o ftp://sunsite.unc.edu:/pub/academic/computer-science/history/pdp-8/fromnichols/scsi1-17b.zip
- o ftp://ftp.compusult.nf.ca:/pub/sunos/scsi-doc/scsi1.17b.gz
- o ftp://ftp.tu-clausthal.de:/docs/comp-allg/scsi2doc.zip
- o ftp://ftp.uni-kl.de:/pub3/docs+papers/scsi2
- o ftp://ftp.funet.fi:/pub/doc/SCSI/SCSI2-docs.tar.gz
- o ftp://romeo-klive.nvg.unit.no:/pub/hardware/scsi-3/x3t10/drafts/scsi2
- * The specification for ATAPI (IDE) CDROM drives can be obtained from:
- ftp://fission.dt.wdc.com/pub/standards/atapi/spec/SFF8020-r1.2/sff8020.ps
- In here you will find the complete command set detailing how to play
- audio tracks (among other things). The file is in postscript format.
- * Floppy drive information can be found in the data sheets for many FD
- controller chips.
- o 82078 (from http://www.intel.com),
- o 82C710 (from ftp://ftp.chips.com/pub/pdf)
- o FDC37C665 (from http://www.smc.com).
- o PC8477B (from National Semiconductor, http://www.natsemi.com)
-
- Intel's Embedded controller handbooks also contain some info.
- * Dave Brooks has interfaced a FDC37C665IR floppy controller to a Zilog
- Z80182. You can find some details at: http://www.iinet.net.au/~daveb.
- Follow the "P112" links.
-
- 2.11 Where can I find Midi and other musical interfacing information?
-
- * http://daemon.apana.org.au/~ghansper/MidiAxis.html
- * http://harmony-central.mit.edu
- * http://louie.udel.edu/pub/midi/software/mac/mac-midi
- * ftp://cher.media.mit.edu/pub/mainboard/mac
- * http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/~charro/cookbook/comp/ibm/midi1.asc
- * ftp://ftp.digex.net/pub/access/rdd/pdp/synth DEC PDPs and Music/Sound
- Synthesis Summary
-
- 2.12 How do I make my own circuit boards?
-
- There are several methods available. Most involve etching, where a mask is
- drawn or transferred onto copper clad board, and the board is immersed or
- sprayed by an etching solution. Boards and etchant can be purchased at most
- electronics hobby stores, and various manufacturers products are available
- via mail order. Some methods use iron-on transfers, and others use a
- photo-etching process. There is even a method using conductive ink and
- laser printers. Some people have reported good results using Vector wire
- and Verowire (UK). These methods are more similar to wire wrapping than PCB
- fabrication.
-
- PCB FAQ written by Vincent Himpe
- (vincent.himpe@ping.be) at http://www.ping.be/~ping0751
-
- PCB FAQ:
- http://cal003109.student.utwente.nl/stefan/elin the PCB section.
-
- DynaArt Designs, 3535 Stillmeadow Lane, Lancaster, CA 93536
- Voice: (805) 943-4746, FAX: (805) 943-3776
- E-Mail: dynaart@netport.com
- Web Site http://www.dynaart.com
- Home of the "Toner Transfer System"
-
- Coffman Enterprises, http://www.cdh.net/scoff
- Email: scoff @cdh.net. PerfectBoard purple paper process to make printed
- circuit boards.
-
- Electrolube : Photo Resist, developer, Lacquer , Nickel spray, Etchant
- Electrolube Limited,Blakes Road,Wargrave,Berkshire,RG10 8AW U.K.
- Tel. +44 1734 404031 Fax + 44 1734 403084
-
- Isel: Etchant ,plating solution etching equipment etc.
- Isel Automation, 6419 Eiterfeld 1,Germany
-
- Sifco : Plating Pen, 5708 Schaaf Rd. Cleveland OH 44131 USA
- Tel +1 216 524 0099 Fax +1 216 524 6331
-
- Vero Electronics can be contacted in the US on 1-800-242-2863.
-
- Circuit Works Conductive Pen is available from Ocean State Electronics,
- (800) 866-6626.
- The catalog number is CW2200
-
- Also see the section entitled "Where can I get schematic drawing, circuit
- simulators, schematic capture programs, and PCB layout software?". Some of
- the software packages are designed to allow the user to enter a schematic,
- test the circuit, and provide an output that can then be used to directly
- fabricate the PCB (either an electronic format or an actual printout that
- can be used for etching).
-
- 2.13 What is the Net Station?
-
- The Net Station was a project whose goal was to create a computer
- architecture and operating system that would be freely distributed on the
- net. An agreement on the architecture, etc. was never reached, and the
- project seems to have been abandoned. The thread does see occasional
- revival, but little practical progress has been reported lately (to the
- group, at least). There are unconfirmed reports that the project is still
- being worked on, but details are presently unavailable.
-
- 2.14 How do I homebrew an LCD controller?
-
- LCD FAQs can be found at the following locations:
-
- * http://cal003109.student.utwente.nl/stefan or
- http://cal003102.student.utwente.nl
- An LCD FAQ is in the misc section, file lcd_faq.htm
- * http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg
- * ftp://ftp.ee.ualberta.ca pub/cookbook
- * http://livewire.ee.latrobe.edu.au/~sjm/tools/lcd.faq
- * http://www.cs.colostate.edu/~hirsch/LCD.html
- * http://www.pobox.com/~lcd_info
-
- 2.15 How do I make good front panels/cover plates?
-
- "K-SUN"'s "Letter Quick" Electronic Lettering and Labeling System. American
- Draftsource, 1152 Marina Blvd. San Leandro, CA 94577 (510) 352-8688
-
- Toner Transfer System by DynaArt Designs is a wet method for transferring
- laser prints for making printed circuit boards. The maker claims it can
- also be used for decals and faceplates. This material can be obtained from
- All Electronics, (818) 904-0524.
-
- "Copi-Tak" is a peel and stick plastic sheet that you first print on with a
- laser printer. You can cut it to fit your panel shape and then peel &
- stick.
- Fidelity Products Co.
- 5601 Intl. Prkwy. P.O. Box 155 Minneapolis, Mn. 55440-0155
-
- 3M Dynamark II system uses a photo-sensitive label material is exposed to
- UV light - through your negative - in much the same way as you produce
- prototype PCB's. It is then developed and produces a very nice professional
- label.
- 3M House, 28 Great Jackson Street, MANCHESTER. M15 4PA. Tel: 0161-237-6142
- Fax: 0181-237-9320 3M Specialty Marking Systems Project St. Paul, MN
- 55144-1000
-
- 2.16 What are PDF and Acrobat files?
-
- Most semiconductor manufacturers use this format for data sheets. A PDF
- viewer (Acrobat Reader) may be obtained from http://www.adobe.com. Many
- semiconductor manufacturers either link to Adobe or have local copies of
- the viewer on their own sites.
-
- A freeware pdf viewer for Xwindows systems is also available, do a search
- for xpdf. This is useable for systems they haven't ported acrobat to, even
- homebuilt ones.
-
- 2.17 Where can I get technical information about Game Boy?
-
- Jeff Frohwein's Gameboy technical page, http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jfrohwei/
- Follow the links for Technical Information and Gameboy.
-
- 2.18 How can I build a POST code reader for my PC?
-
- Aug. 1993 Electronics Now magazine, page 31 "Post Code Reader For Your PC".
- It is idendical to the card sold by JDR.
-
- July 1993 issue of Popular Electronics
-
- 2.19 Where can I find information on IR standards?
-
- * http://falcon.arts.cornell.edu/~dnegro/IR/IR.html
- * http://www.hut.fi/~then/electronics.html#irremote
- * http://149.170.200.3/Physics/Acorn/About.html For a linux driver, see
- http://www.thp.uni-koeln.de/~rjkm/lirc/lirc.tar.gz
- * computer controlled IR remote control:
- http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/6552
- * There's an application note entitled "IrDA-Compliant Transmitter/
- Receiver," with lots of detail about the standard, at the SHARP web
- site, http://www.sharpmeg.com/datasheets/rf-ir/#0 and data sheets at
- http://www.sharpmeg.com/datasheets/rf-ir/#4
- * http://www.irda.org/ The home of the IRDA standards organisation,
- somewhat messy, but they do provide the standards free for
- downloading.
- * ftp://ftp.armory.com./pub/user/rstevew/IR/
- * http://www.misty.com/~don/irfilter.html
-
- 2.20 How can I make a mouse serial/ps2 or ps2/serial adapter?
-
- Serial mice and ps2 mice do not use the same type of communication. Some
- mice can detect which type of port they are connected to, and adapters for
- these are not standard. Consult your specific mouse manufacturer to find
- out if an adapter is possible, and the necessary pinouts.
-
- Microsoft and Logitech have produced mice useable in serial and PS2 ports.
- Connecting diagrams/details may be found at http://asustek.asus.com.tw
-
- 2.21 How can I convert video formats?
-
- * http://www.hut.fi/~then/circuits/vga2tv.html
- * http://www.hut.fi/~then/electronics/video.html#chips
- * http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/REPAIR/ (in the USA)
- http://ftp.cised.unina.it/pub/electronics/REPAIR/ (better for Non-USA)
- * http://www.hut.fi/~then/circuits/vga2rgbs.html It has the schematic
- and drivers for VGA to TV adapter. That adapter is for TVs which have
- RGB inputs, but can be connected to an external RGB-NTSC chip.
- * Raytheon TMC2360 - Documentation is unavailable via the web, but the
- faxback system (415-988-2123) has it as document number 1129.
-
- The following links provide information how to use workstation monitors on
- PCs:
-
- * http://madison.tdsnet.com/video/
- * http://rugmd0.chem.rug.nl/~everdij/con.txt
- * http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/REPAIR/F_Sync_Green.html
- * SVGA-Sun
- ftp://ftp.cs.unc.edu/pub/users/mueller/sun.faq
-
- 2.22 Where can I find caller ID information?
-
- http://www.hut.fi/~then/docs/caller_id.html http://www.zilog.com/app.html
-
- ITU Technologies, makes a Caller ID to PC interface kit
- http://www.itutech.com
-
- 2.23 Where can I find information about projects?
-
- * Hilary D. Jones, Building a Computer from Scratch, BYTE, Nov. 1977.
- * Ingo Cyliax from Indiana University made a good project wich mixes a
- 68030 and a VGA card on a ISA bus. Schematics and info are at:
- http://www.cs.indiana.edu/hyplan/cyliax/ws030.html
- * A free MC68K hardware/software design is available (they also sell the
- computers complete)
- For further information send mail to walter@mct.mct.de
- * Z80 project:
- http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~donmck/z80.html
- * Instructions for building an 8051 sbc may be found at:
- http://www.ece.orst.edu/~paul/8051-goodies/goodies-index.html
- * ftp://ftp.ee.ualberta.ca/pub/cookbook
- * STM, a 32 bit RISC processor, designed in an HDL.
- http://www.asahi-net.or.jp/~uf8e-itu
- * http://www.isr.com/~chuck/segasix.txt how to interface to the six
- button Sega Genesis joypad controller
- * Simplex III, an all TTL homebuilt computer.
- http://www.iinet.net.au/~daveb/simplex/simplex.html
- * http://www.eece.unm.edu/staff/ahvezda/hardware/homebuilt.html links to
- homebuilt CPU's
- * There are schematics and other info of 8255 based 84 line I/O card for
- PC ISA bus at http://www.cs.tut.fi/~pam
- * There is an ASCII schematic of an ISA parallel port adapter card at
- ftp://ftp.armory.com:/pub/user/rstevew/LPT/ filenames
- lptskmtc.asc/.unx/.wid
- * PCIO and PCUC projects (ISA interface)
- http://home.t-online.de/home/akugel/projects.htm More detailed info
- and schematics are on the German page
- http://home.t-online.de/home/akugel/projekte.htm
- * Parralel port ide interface:
- http://www.edu.lahti.fi/~memon/projects.html Texts of the circuit are
- in Finnish and there was no driver when last checked.
- * There is a zip-file with schematics and PCB-layout for a parallel port
- IDE interface at http://www.edu.lahti.fi/~memon/projects.html.
- * http://www.torque.net/linux-pp.html - It's a linux driver site, but
- has a lot of technical info about 20 or so different implementations
- of the LPT to IDE hack
- * D-BOX, is an 8031 based device which controls up to 8 SONY LANC
- devices, and provides a simple ASCII command set to the computer via
- standard serial port. There is some information on the LANC commands
- etc. in the documentation. http://www.dunfield.com Look for
- DBOXKIT.ZIP in the file area
-
- * ISA "backplane" box:
- "Interfacing to the IBM Personal Computer" second edition by Lewis C.
- Eggebrecht. Chapter 9 goes over two designs, one for a four slot
- expansion of up to three feet and the other is for a ten slot
- expansion of up to eight feet.
-
- * Homebuilt PDA: http://www.mauve.demon.co.uk/
- * http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~fachat/csa/gecko/index.html - CS/A 6502
- Gecko Computer, a small self-designed and self-built computer based on
- the 6502 CPU. Circuit diagrams and software.
- * Wally'sWorld of Driving Simulators - Build your own Wheel and Pedals
- http://www.oz.net/~wottenad/wheel2.htm
-
- 2.24 Where can I find information about multi-processing standards?
-
- http://stdsbbs.ieee.org/products/oui/tutorials/sci.html
- http://www.ifi.uio.no/English/Research.html#COMP
-
- Intel's FTP site has information on the intel SMP spec, in the event that
- you would wish to build a multi-processor computer that is compatible with
- this specificiation. (ftp://ftp.intel.com)
-
- 2.25 How do I make loop-back plugs?
-
- Norton Diagnostics uses these:
-
- 9 Pin Serial - DB9S Connector (Female)
-
- 2 3 7 8 1 4 6 9
- |__| |__| |__|__|__|
-
- 25 Pin Serial - DB25S Connector (Female)
-
- 2 3 4 5 6 8 20 22
- |__| |__| |__|__|__|
-
- 25 Pin Parallel - DB25P Connector (Male)
-
- 2 15 3 13 4 12 5 10 6 11
- |__| |__| |__| |__| |__|
-
- http://www.airborn.com.au/rs232.html --Schematic diagrams showing how to
- wire up RS232 connectors with handshaking and without, loopback plugs and
- null modem
-
- 2.26 How do I make a null modem/laplink cable?
-
- Pinouts for most IBM cables (laplink serial/parallel, etc) can be found in
- the comp.sys.ibm.hardware.* FAQ, which may be obtained via ftp from:
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.sys.ibm.hardware.misc
-
- http://www.airborn.com.au/rs232.html --Schematic diagrams showing how to
- wire up RS232 connectors with handshaking and without, loopback plugs and
- null modem
-
- 2.27 Where can I get schematic drawing, circuit simulators, schematic
- capture programs, and PCB layout software?
-
- * AIM-Spice (student version available free)
- http://fulton.seas.virginia.edu/~ty2n/aimspice.html
- * Deutsch Research: DR SPICE
- http://www.deutsch.com
- * Microsim PSpice
- http://www.microsim.com
- * PADS software PowerPCB, WIN95 and Unix
- http://www.pads.com
- * Spectrum Software: Micro-CAP V (SPICE, PSpice compatible)
- http://www.spectrum-soft.com
- * SynaptiCAD: WaveFormer Pro
- http://www/syncad.com
- * Simetrix From Newbury tech
- http://www.newburytech.co.uk/index.html
- * http://home.aol.com/drvgb Home Page for DrVGB
- * http://home.aol.com/drvgb Intusoft - WWW Directory Listing
- * Intusoft are releasing their schematic editor for Windows 95 and NT as
- freeware; the beta version can be downloaded from
- http://www.intusoft.com
- It is about 5Mbyte of code, installed. The much smaller Circad package
- is available as a not-too-seriously crippled demonstrator from
- http://www.holophase.com
- * http://http.ee.queensu.ca:8000/www/dept/courses/elec221/pspice.htm
- PSPICE Links
- * http://www.ece.uwaterloo.ca/~pwr_elec/spice.html Unofficial List of
- SPICE Resources
- * http://ftp.heise.de/pub/elrad/051/
- * Logysis is part of the simtel archives at ftp://oak.oakland.edu (and
- other mirror sites)
- * TurboSIM
- http://www.islandlogix.com
- * http://www.blackbelt.com/blackbelt/bx_home.html
- * Windraft from Ivex (shareware CAD schematic editor) and Winboard (PC
- board layout tool) Both can be obtained at ftp.ivex.com . Ivex also
- has a webpage at http://www.ivex.com
- * There is some free pcb layout software offered by Protel, at
- ftp://ftp.protel.com http://www.protel.com
- * http://www.bestproto.com/ftpsite
- * Go to the FreeBSD homepage (http://www.freebsd.org) and follow the
- links to the "cad" group of "ports". Look for "pcb" for PCB layout and
- "chipmunk" for schematic capture. Also, there is a digital schematic
- tool called 'diglog', and an analog version called 'analog'.
- ftp://freebsd.cdrom.com/pub/FreeBSD/ports-current/cad For general
- information on FreeBSD ports:
- http://www.freebsd.org/handbook/handbook24.html#26
- * Niche Software's PCB Designer (Windows based PCB CAD program) A
- fully-functional (except for printout) demo is available from
- ftp://ftp.demon.co.uk/pub/ibmpc/win3/apps/pcbdemo/pcbdemo.zip
-
- 2.28 Where can I get software developement tools?
-
- http://www.psyber.com/~tcj/ PALASM 4 v1.5 from AMD,
- http://www.amd.com/html/products/pld/software/palasm.html
- http://www.mpage.demon.co.uk http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapps.shtml
- Texas Instruments offers a free copy of CUPL for windows. The manual in
- word 6 format. http://www.ti.com/
-
- 2.29 Where can I find operating system information?
-
- * Linux:
- ftp://sunsite.unc.edu
- * Free BSD:
- http://www.freebsd.org
- * NetBSD:
- http://www.netbsd.org
- * OpenBSD:
- http://www.openbsd.org
- * SCO Unix:
- http://www.sco.com
- * Forth:
- See the newsgroup comp.lang.forth. Their FAQ is archived at
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.lang.forth
- * CP/M:
- On Sept 10, 1996, Caldera, the company that bought all of the Digital
- Research assets from Novell, announced that they are going to release all
- of the source code for those products including CP/M and DR-DOS. See
- http://www.caldera.com for details.
- * Minix:
- See the newsgroup comp.os.minix. Their FAQ is archived at
- ftp://rtfm.mit.edu/pub/usenet/comp.os.minix
-
- 2.30 How do I interface to DRAM/SIMMS?
-
- Tim Olmstead has written a paper on interfacing to DRAMs
- http://www.psyber.com/~tcj (look in the section titled "On-Line articles")
- http://www.gl.umbc.edu/~msokos1/ The paper can be viewed on-line, as an
- HTML document, at: http://www.randomc.com/~llama/dram
-
- 2.31 How do I turn myself into a cyborg?
-
- Wearable computers and virtual reality (VR) equipment are also discussed on
- the newsgroup sci.virtual-worlds.
-
- 2.32 Who makes kits?
-
- * Heathkit is still in business, but unfortunately now makes educational
- products and not the kits that the used to make.
- * DIY Electronics has a list of kit manufacturers on their web page.
- http://www.hk.super.net/~diykit
- * Personal PBX: PCB with parts placement diagram, printed schematics and
- source code on diskette. Eprom also available. email:
- pcb@phoneswitch.com
-
- 3.0 Where to get more information
-
- 3.1 Semiconductor Manufacturers
-
- * Acapella http://www.acapella.co.uk
- e-mail: oconell@acapella.co.uk
- * Actel: http://www.actel.com
- * Adaptec: http://www.adaptec.com
- * Advanced Hardware Architectures (AHA): http://www.aha.com
- * Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) http://www.amd.com
- * Literature distribution by Telephone is at 800-222-9323 which is also
- a fax-back number, or at Tel. 408-749-5703. 408-732-2400
- Facts-On-Demand. 1-800-222-9323 Option #1
- * Advanced RISC Machines (ARM): http://www.arm.com
- e-mail: info@armltd.co.uk
- * AKM Semiconductor: http://www.akm.com
- * Altera (800) 5-ALTERA
- http://www.altera.com
- ftp.altera.com e-mail: lit_req@altera.com
- Literature Dept: 408-894-7144
- BBS: 408-954-0104
- * AMCC: http://www.amcc.com
- * Analog Devices: http://www.analog.com
- * Austria Mikro Systeme (AMS): http://www.ams.co.at
- * Advanced RISC Machines (ARM): http://www.arm.com
- * Altera: http://www.altera.com
- * Atmel
- 1-800-365-3375 Fax 408-436-4300 Faxback: 1-800-292-8635
- email: tanagnos@atmel.com
- * AT&T Microelectronics: http://www.att.com/micro
- * Benchmarq: http://www.benchmarq.com
- * Brooktree: http://www.brooktree.com
- * Chips and Technologies
- http://www.chips.com
- ftp.chips.com/pub/pdf
- 2950 Zanker Road, San Jose, CA 95134
- (408) 434-0600
- * Chrontel: http://www.docwriter.com/chrontel/prod.html
- * Cirrus Logic: http://www.cirrus.com
- * Cypress Semiconductor: http://www.cypress.com 3901 North First Street,
- San Jose, CA 95134
- * Cyrix: http://www.cyrix.com
- * Dallas Semiconductor: http://www.dalsemi.com
- e-mail: micro.support@dalsemi.com
- FTP archive is at ftp://ftp.dalsemi.com
- Fax-Back (214) 450-0441
- * Digital Equipment Corp. 1-800-332-2717
- * http://www.digital.com, ftp.dec.com
- * Elantec: http://www.elantec.com
- * EXAR: http://www.exar.com
- * Fujitsu Microelectronics, IC Division
-
- http://www.fujitsu.com
- 1-800-642-7616, fax 408-954-0616.
-
- * Harris Semiconductor
-
- http://www.semi.harris.com
- e-mail: centapp@harris.com
- (407) 729-4984, fax (407) 729-5321.
-
- * Hewlett Packard: http://www.hp.com
- * Hitachi Semiconductor: http://www.hitachi.com
- * IBM Semiconductor Division: http://www.chips.ibm.com
- * Integrated Circuit Systems (ICS): http://www.icsinc.com
- * ICT, Inc: http://www.ictpld.com
- 2123 Ringwood Avenue, San Jose, CA 95131 (408) 434-0678
- * Integrated Device Technology, Inc.: http://www.idt.com
- * Intel: http://www.intel.com
-
- 800-548-4725, 800-468-8118.
- Fax 800-628-2283, 916-356-3105.
- PO Box 58130, Santa Clara CA 95052-8130
-
- * Lansdale Semiconductor: http://www.syspac.com/~lansdale
- * Latice: http://www.latice.com
- * Linear Technology: http://www.linear-tech.com
- * Logic Devices: http://www.logicdevices.com
- * LSI Logic: http://www.lsilogic.com
- * Matsushita Electric: http://www.mei.co.jp
- * Maxim
-
- http://www.maxim-ic.com
- http://www.mxim.com/
-
- * Microchip Technology
-
- http://www.ultranet.com/biz/mchip
- http://www.mchip.com/microchip
-
- * Micro Linear: http://memec.com/selector/MicroLinear
- * Micron: http://www.micron.com
- * Mips Technologies, Inc.: http://www.mips.com
-
- 800-998-6477, 415-933-6477.
- Fax back: 800-446-6477, 415-688-4321.
-
- * Mitel Semiconductor: http://www.semicon.mitel.com
- * Mitsubishi Electronics America: 408-730-5900
- * Mosel Vitelic: http://www.moselvitelic.com
- * Motorola 1-512-928-6800, 1-800-441-2447
-
- Motorola Literature Distribution
- PO Box 20912, Phoenix, AZ 85036
- automatic fax-back information: 602/244-6609
- regular fax: 602/994-6430
- BBS: 512-891-3733 9600 V32 8N1
- European Literature Center, 88 Tanners Drive
- Blakelands, Milton Keynes, MK14 5BP, England
- http://www.mot.com
-
- * Music Semiconductors: http://www.music.com
- * National Semiconductor 1-408-721-5000
-
- 2900 Semiconductor Drive, PO Box 58090 Santa Clara, CA 95052
- http://www.natsemi.com
- http://www.nsc.com
-
- * NEC
-
- 1-415-960-6000
- 401 Ellis St, PO Box 7241, Moutain View CA 94039
- http://www.nec.com
- http://www.nectech.com
-
- * Oki Semiconductor, Inc.: http://www.oki.com
-
- 408-720-1900, 800-654-6388
- Fax: 408-720-1918.
-
- * Orbit Semiconductor: http://www.orbitsemi.com
- * Paradigm: http://www.gist-erd.com/PRDGM.site/Product.html
- * Pericom Semiconductor: http://www.pericom.com
- * Philips Semiconductor
-
- http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/ps
- 800-447-1500, Fax.708-635-8493
- Faxback 800-282-2000.
-
- * Ramtron: http://www.csn.net/ramtron
- * Raytheon
-
- http://www.raytheon.com
- webmaster@raytheon.com
-
- * Samsung: http://www.samsung.com
- * SGS-Thomson Microelectronics: http://www.st.com
- * 602-867-6100, Fax 602-867-6200
- * Sharp: http://www.sharpmeg.com/products.html
- * Siemens AG: http://www.siemens.de
- * Silicon Engineering, Inc (SEI): http://www.sei.com
- * Simtek: http://www.csn.net/simtek
- * SMC: http://www.smc.com
- * Sony Semiconductor: http://www.sel.sony.com/semi
- * Standard Technologies Co
- * P.O. BOX 325 Canonsburg, PA 15317
- PHONE:(412) 746-8696
- FAX :(412) 745-8596
- * Synergy Semiconductor: http://www.synergysemi.com
- * TEMIC Semiconductors, Inc.
-
- 408-988-8000, 800-554-5565
- Faxback. 408-970-5600.
-
- * Texas Instruments, Inc. 800-477-8924.
-
- PO Box 655012 MS 308, Dallas TX 75265
- http://www.ti.com, ftp://ftp.ti.com
- Product Info Ctr: (214) 644-5580
-
- * Toshiba: http://www.toshiba.com
- * 714-455-2000.
- * USAR systems: http://www.usar.com
- * Via Systems: http://www.via.com
- * Western Digital: http://www.wdc.com/products/iop
- * The Western Design Center, Inc.
-
- TEL:602-962-4545 FAX:602-835-6442
- EMAIL:wdesignc@indirect.com
- http://www.eg3.com/wdcxwwwx.htm
-
- * Winbond: http://www.winbond.com.tw
- * Xicor
-
- http://www.xicor.com
- e-mail: info@smtpgate.xicor.com
- e-mail: literature@smtpgate.xicor.com
- Tel. 408-432-8888, Fax. 408-432-0640
- Faxback. 408-954-1627,
- BBS. 800-258-8864, 408-943-0655.
-
- * Xilinx: http://www.xilinx.com
- * Zilog:
-
- http://www.zilog.com
- e-mail: info@zilog.com
- 1-408-370-8000, Fax 408-370-8056.
- technical center 1-215-653-0230
-
- Links to manufacturer's data sheets:
- http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/~dburke/databookshelf.html
-
- Semiconductor manufacturer websites
- http://www.scruznet.com/~gcreager/hello5.htm
-
- If you are interested in just the programmable logic suppliers, and
- subsequent links to the Web pages, you can also point your browser to:
- http://www.netcom.com/~optmagic
-
- 3.2 Vendor List
-
- Electronics Resource Center:
- http://www.digitalmarket.com/resource.html (links to distributers and
- manufacturers web pages)
-
- US:
-
- * Active Electronics
- * 11 Cummings Park, Woburn MA 01801
- 237 Hymus Blvd, Pointe Claire, Quebec H9R 5C7 1-800-677-8899
- (US/Canada)
- 1-514-630-7410 (International)
- * All Electronics
- 1-800-826-5432
- PO Box 567 Van Nuys, CA 91408
- E-mail: allcorp@allcorp.com
- http://www.allcorp.com/allcorp
- * Allied Electronics 1-800-433-5700 1-817-595-3500
- FAX: 1-817-595-6444 Modem: 1-800-433-5003
- http://www.allied.avnet.com
- 7410 Pebble Drive, Fort Worth, TX 76118
- * Alltronics 1-408-943-9773
- 2300 Zanker Road, San Jose CA 95131
- http://www.alltronics.com
- * Almost All Digital Electronics
- aade@ix.netcom.com
- * AM Research
- http://www.amresearch.com
- SBC's, parts, embedded controllers, software
- * American Science and Surplus 1-708-982-0870.
- 3605 Howard Street, Skokie, IL 60076
- * Arrow Electronics 1-800-93 ARROW
- 1860 Smithtown Ave, Ronkonkoma NY 11779
- Catalog Division: 25 Hub Drive, Melville, NY 11747-9828
- * B.G.Micro 800/276-2206, FAX 214/271-2462
- P.O.Box 280298, Dallas, TX, U.S.A. 75228
- bgmicro@ix.netcom.com.
- * Circuit Specialists Inc 1-800-528-1417 1-602-464-2485
- PO Box 3047 Scottsdale AZ 85271
- http://www.cir.com
- * Computer Component Source 1-800-356-1227.
- * Dalbani
- 1-800-325-2264 Fax: 1-305-594-6588. Int. Voice: 1-305-716-0947. Int.
- Fax: 1-305-716-9719.
- * Dan's Small Parts
- Box 3634 Missoula, Montana 59806-3634
- (406) 258-2782
- http://www.fix.net/dans.html
- * DC Electronics 1-800-423-0070 (orders) 1-602-945-7736
- PO Box 3203 Scottsdale AZ 85271
- * Digi-Key 1-800-344-4539 (1-800-DIGI-KEY)
- 701 Brooks Ave South, Thief River Falls, MN 56701
- http://www.digikey.com
- * Electronic Goldmine (602) 451-7454
- PO Box 5408, Scottsdale AZ 85261
- * Eric Electronics (408) 432-1111
- 2210 Lundy Ave, San Jose, CA 95131
- http://www.ericnet.com
- e-mail: ee@ericnet.com
- * Fry's Electronics (310) 364-3797
- 3600 Sepulveda Blvd, Manhattan Beach, CA 90266
- * Gateway Electronics 1-800-669-5810
- http://www.gatewayelex.com
- * Gateway Products Corp. (954) 974-6864
- PO Box 93-6397, Margate FL 33093
- * Heath (Heathkit) 1-616-925-5899
- Benton Harbor, MI 49022 1-800-253-0570
- 1-800-44-HEATH (US/Canada)
- 1-800-444-3284 (Canada)
- * H&R Company 1-800-848-8001, 1-215-788-5583
- * 18 Canal Street, PO Box 122, Bristol PA 19007-0122
- * Hosfelt Electronics 1-800-524-6464.
- 2700 Sunset Blvd, Stuebenville, OH 43952
- * Images Company (718) 698-8305
- * International Components Corp 1-800-325-0101 US/CANADA, 1-503-336-4400
- * 1803 W. Lincoln Way, Toledo OR 97391
- * Intronics
- * Box 13723/612 Newton St, Edwardsville, KS 66113
- * ITU Technologies
- (513) 574-7523 E-Mail: sales@itutech.com OR itutec@aol.com
- ftp://itutech.com www.itutech.com
- kits and electronic products
- * J&M Microtek, Inc. (201) 325-1892
- 83 Seaman Rd, W Orange, NJ 07052
- PIC programmers, 68hc11 dev. systems, eprom emulators, etc.
- * Jameco (components) 1-800-831-4242 Fax 1-800-237-6948
- 1355 Shoreway Road, Belmont, CA 94002-4100
- * Jason-Ranheim Company
- 3105 Gayle Lane, Auburn, California 95603.
- 1805 Industrial Drive, Auburn, Ca. 95603
- (916) 823-3284 Technical Support
- (916) 823-3285 & Outside The USA (800) 421-7731 Orders Toll Free (800)
- 421-7748 From California
- * JDR Microdevices Orders: 1-800-538-5000 Cust. Service: 1-800-538-5001
- 1850 South 10th Street, San Jose CA 95112-4108
- http://www.jdr.com
- International Sales 1-408-494-1400
- * Kelvin Electronics 1-800-645-9212, 1-516-349-7620
- 7 Fairchild Ave, Plainsview NY 11803
- * M2L Electronics 3526 Jasmine #4 Los Angeles, CA 90034
- 310 837-7818 (9am-5pm)
- BBS/FAX: 310 841 6050
- loving@cs.ucla.edu
- http://www.cs.ucla.edu/csd-grads-gs3/loving/www/m2l.html
- * Marshall Industries 1-818-307-6000 Fax: 1-818-307-6187
- 9320 Telstar Ave, El Monte, CA 91731-2895
- http://www.marshall.com
- * MCM Electronics 1-800-543-4330, 1-800-824-TECH
- 650 Congress Park Drive, Centersville OH 45459
- * MECI (Mendelson's Electronics) 1-800-344-4465
- 340 E. First St. Dayton, OH 45402 http://www.meci.com
- * Mountain Instruments 1-770-413-6016 (free catalog)
- * Mouser Electronics 1-800-346-6873, 1-800-992-9943
- 958 N. Main Street, Mansfield TX 76063
- http://www.mouser.com
- * Newark Electronics 1-312-784-5100
- 4801 N.Ravenswood Ave, Chicago IL 60640 (Attn: Catalog Dept)
- Canada: 1625 Trinity Drive, Mississuaga, Ont L5T 1K4 (800) 463-9275
- International: Export Dept, 500 North Pulaski Rd, Chicago IL 60624
- 1-416-673-7799 1-312-784-5100
- * NTE Electronics, Inc 201-748-5089
- 44 Farand St. Bloomfield, NJ 07003
- * Ocean State Electronics 1-800-866-6626 (orders), 1-401-596-3080
- * PO Box 1458, Westerly RI 02891
- * Parallax, Inc., 3805 Atherton Rd. 102, Rocklin, CA 95765
- (916)624-8333 Fax: (916)624-8003 BBS: (916)624-7101
- email: info@parallaxinc.com
- (Basic Stamp)
- * Parts Express 1-800-338-0531, 1-513-222-0173
- 340 E. First St, Dayton OH 45402
- * Powell Electronics 1-800-235-7800 (Call for local office)
- http://www.powell.com
- e-mail: info@powell.com
- * Scott Edwards Electronics
- PO Box 160, Sierra Vista, AZ 85636-0160
- Phone : 520-459-4802, Fax : 520-459-0623
- e-mail: 72037.2612@compuserve.com
- * Small Parts, Inc 1-305-557-8222 orders 1-305-558-1255 catalog
- 13980 NW 58th Court, PO Box 4650, Miami Lakes, FL 33014
- Mechanical parts - good for the home builder
- * Technological Arts
- voice & fax number is: (416) 963-8996 (Toronto)
- 309 Aragona Blvd. Suite 102-418, Virginia Beach, VA 23462
- 1644 Bayview Ave. Suite 1704, Toronto, Ontario, M4G 3C2
- http://www.io.org/~techart/
- email address is: techart@io.org
- Microcontroller modules, socket adapters, other products
- * Zebra Systems, Inc.
- http://www.users.interport.net/~zebra/ts/ 1,000 ZX81 computer kits and
- books for sale in the US and Canada.
-
- The Electronic Source Book is a publication that lists component
- manufactures by brand names, and type, their original locations, and their
- local sources. The book is regional, you purchase one for your region in
- U.S. or Canada. It is published by Interec, at (800) 217-3372, or (913)
- 967-1719.
-
- Canada:
-
- * Accelerated Data
- http://www.wpg.ramp.net/~acceldat/product.html
- * Active Electronic
- 800-363-7601 Canada outside Quebec
- 800-363-6592 in Quebec
- * Global Semiconductors
- 800-668-8776 tel
- 800-387-6980 fax
- * ECG Canada Inc.
- 1928 St. Regis Boulevard
- Dorval, Quebec H9P 1H6
- (in USA known as Phillips ECG)
- sorry no phone, try 411 or white page. They have regional offices.
- * Electrosonic
- 416-494-1555 order desk
- 416-494-1666 general office
- 416-496-3030 fax
- * Future Electronics
- 237 Hymus Blvd, Montreal (Pointe Claire) Quebec H9R 5C7
- * Powell Electronics Canada
- 3100 Guenette Street, St Laurent, Quebec H4S 1W5 http://www.powell.com
-
- UK:
-
- * Anzac Components Ltd., 822 Yeovil Road, Slough, SL1 4JA.
- Tel. 01628 604411. Fax 01628 660662.
- * Arrow Electronics (UK) Ltd, Cambridge Road, Bedford, MK42 0LH. Tel.
- 01234 270027. Fax 01234 214674.
- * B.E.C. Distribution (used to be called BONEX) 12 Elder Way, Langley
- Business Park, SLOUGH. Berks SL3 6EP Tel: (01753) 549502 Fax: (01753)
- 543812
- * Bull Electrical, 250 Portland Road, Hove, Sussex, BN3 5QT Tel 01273
- 203500. Fax 01273 323077
- http://www.pavilion.co.uk/bull-electical/
- * Chelmer Valve Company, 130 New London Road, Chelmsford, Essex. CM2
- 0RG.
- Tel. 01245 355296 or 265865. Fax 01245 490064. Valves (Vacuum tubes),
- RF power transistor specialists.
- * Colomor Electronics Ltd., 170 Goldhawk Road, London, W12 8HJ. Tel.
- 0181 743 0899. Fax 0181 749 3934.
- Valves (vacuum tubes) and semiconductor specialists.
- * The CR Supply Co., 127 Chesterfield Rd., Sheffield S8 0RN. Tel. 0114
- 255 7771
- * Cirkit Distribution Ltd., Park Lane, Broxbourne, Herts. EN10 7NQ Tel
- 01992 448899 (Sales Desk); 01992 444111 (Schools, colleges, account
- holders).
- Fax 01992 471314.
- * CPC plc, Component House, Faraday Drive, Fulwood, Preston, Lancs. PR2
- 4PP.
- Tel. 01772 654455.
- * Cricklewood Electronics Ltd., 40-42 Cricklewood Broadway, LONDON NW2
- 3ET
- Tel. 0181 450 0995 and 0181 452 0161. Fax 0181 208 1441
- * Display Electronics, 32 Biggin Way, Upper Norwood, LONDON SE19 3XF Tel
- 0181 679 4414. Fax 0181 679 1927
- * Dubilier, Hewgate House, Rabands Lane, Aylesbury, Bucks. HP19 3RT.
- Tel. 01296 393233Yorks.HG2 8QT
- Tel 01423 879787. Fax 01423 879030
- Distributors of new and surplus electronic components.
- * ElectroValue Ltd., Unit 3, Central Trading Estate, Staines, TW18 4UX.
- Tel 01784 442253 Fax 01784 460320
- Suppliers of quality components to industry & constructors since 1965.
- Exceptional range of SIEMENS inductors and ferrites, also test
- equipment, tools and other components. Shops in Manchester and Egham,
- Surrey.
- * Electromail Ltd., P.O. Box 33, Corby, Northants. NN17 9EL. Tel. 01536
- 204555. Fax 01536 405555.
- * ElectroSpeed Ltd. Boyatt Wood, Eastleigh, Hants. SO50 4ZY. Tel. 01703
- 644555 (Sales). 01703 641111 (Technical). Fax 01703 610282.
- * ESR Electronic Components, Station Road, Cullercoats, North Shields,
- Tyne & Wear NE30 4PQ
- Tel. 0191 251 4363. Fax 0191 252 2296.
- Variety of discrete components, i.c.s, transistors, p.c.b. materials
- etc.
- * Farnell Electronic Components Ltd., Canal Road, Leeds, LS12 2TU. Tel.
- 0113 263 6311 (sales); 0113 279 9123 (Technical Support); 0113 231
- 0160 (Data line).
- Fax 0113 263 3411
- * Flint Distribution, Walker Road, Bardon Hill, Coalville, Leics. LE67
- 1TU.
- Tel. 01530 510333. Fax 0153 051 0275.
- Large range of surface mount components.
- * GMS Sperry-Sun (UK) Limited Phone:+44-1242/265534-544
- * Fax : +44-1242/221336 E-mail:aiaccarino@sperry-sun.co.uk
- * Gothic Crellon Ltd., 3, The Business Centre, Molly Millars Lane,
- Wokingham, Berks. RG11 2EY.
- Tel. 01734 787848. Fax 01734 776095.
- * Genalog Ltd.,Gills Green, Cranbrook, TN18 5ET. Tel. 01580 753754.
- * Greenweld Electronic Components Ltd., 27D Park Road, Southampton, SO15
- 3UQ.
- Tel 01703 236363 (Sales & General Enquiries). Fax 01703 236307 Surplus
- electronic boards, new components, test equipment, video & audio
- accessories etc.
- http://www.herald.co.uk/clients/G/Greenweld/greenweld.html
- * HB Electronics, Lever Street, Bolton, Lancs. BL3 6BJ. Tel. 01204
- 525544. Fax 01204 384911.
- * IQD (01460) 74433, Fax: (01460) 72578.
- * John Birkitt +44 522 520767 1, The Strait, Lincoln
- * Keytronics, P.O. Box 634, Bishop's Stortford, Herts. CM23 2RX. Tel.
- 01279 505543. Fax 01279 757656.
- * The Macro Group, Burnham Lane, Slough, SL1 6LN. Tel. 01628 604383. Fax
- 01628 666873/ 668071.
- * Magenta Electronics Ltd., 135 Hunter Street, Burton-on-Trent, Staffs.
- DE14 2ST.
- Tel. 01283 565435. Fax 01283 546932.
- Well known range of kits from UK magazine projects, also other kits,
- test equipment etc.
- * Maplin Electronic Supplies Ltd., P.O. Box 3, Rayleigh, Essex SS6 8LR
- Tel. 01702 554161 (Sales Orders); +44 1702 554000 (International
- Enquiries & Orders); 01702 552911 (Non-Technical Enquiries); 01702
- 556001 (Technical Enquiries, p.m. only); Fax 01702 553935.
- sales@maplin.demon.co.uk (sales)
- dave@maplin.demon.co.uk (technical)
- * MPS (see Maplin)
- * N R Bardwell +44 742 552886 Abbeydale Road, Sheffield
- * Omni Electronics, 174, Dalkeith Road, Edinburgh, EH16 5DX. Tel. 0131
- 667 2611
- A wide range of components aimed at the hobbyist constructor.
- * Polar Electronics Ltd., Cherrycourt Way, Leighton Buzzard, Beds. LU7
- 8YY.
- Tel.01525 377093. Fax 01525 378367.
- Franchised component distributors. Famed for its Microchip PIC Owner's
- Club.
- * Rapid Electronics, Heckworth Close, Severalls Industrial Estate,
- Colchester, Essex, CO4 4TB.
- Tel. 01206 751166. Fax 01206 751188.
- * RS Components Ltd., P.O. Box 99, Corby, Northants, NN17 9RS. Tel.
- 01536 201201 (National orders). 01536-402888 (Technical help). Cash
- with Order or credit card customers should refer to Electromail Ltd.
- * Tandy (UK) Ltd., Head Office, 5, Bilston Road, Wednesbury, W.
- Midlands, WS10 7JL.
- Tel. 0121 556 0786.
- * Verospeed: (01703) 644555
-
- Other:
-
- * DIY Electronics
- PO Box 88458, Sham Shui Po, HONG KONG
- http://www.hk.super.net/~diykit
- Email diykit@hk.super.net
- Voice: 852 2720 0255. Fax: 852 2725 0610
- * Farnell Components
- 72 Ferndale Street, Chester Hill, NSW 2162, Australia Tel (02) 645
- 8888
- * Oatley Electronics
- * RS Components GmbH - Nordenstrasse 72-76, Postfacht 1365, 64528
- Morfelden- Walldorf - Germany
- Phone 061 05 401 234 Fax 061 05 401
- * RS Components A/S
- Rugvaenget 21 , 2630 Tastrup, Denmark
- phone 38 33 33 11 fax 38 34 22 32
-
- 3.3 Internet Resources
-
- FTP Sites:
-
- * ftp://ftp.ee.ualberta.ca U of Alberta (Canada) Electrical Engineering
- archive, (electronics cookbook, m68k FAQ, etc)
- * cherupakha.media.mit.edu (cher.media.mit.edu) E&L FTP server robotics,
- Mini-Board, and other projects
- * freeware.aus.sps.mot.com - Motorola, fuzzy, risc, etc.
- * ftp.armory.com /pub/user/rstevew - FAQ's, Tutorials, Great Internet IC
- Masterbator (GIICM), PIC, Basic Stamp
- * ftp://ftp.epemag.wimborne.co.uk Everyday Practical Electronics
- Magazine
- * ftp.funet.fi - Microprocessor, PIC info
- * ftp://gaitlab1.uwaterloo.ca/pub/circuits/ -Circuit Search Database
- * ftp.industry.net/pub/sharewar/circuits -IndustryNet FTP Archive
- * ftp.intel.com - Intel's FTP site
- * ftp://itutech.com - ITU Technologies
- * ftp://members.aol.com/schematix
- * ftp://ftp.mcc.ac.uk/pub/micro-controllers/PIC
- * ftp.mv.com /pub/ddj - Dr. Dobbs Journal FTP site
- * ftp.natinst.com - National Instruments
- * ftp://ftp.netcom.com/pub/di/dibald/ Dave Baldwin's (dibald@netcom.com)
- ftp site for schematics for simple basic circuits. Single 'A' size
- pages and in GIF format.
- Various FAQs and information about The Computer Journal are also
- included.
- * ftp.oak.oakland.edu - SimTel mirror site
- * ftp.parallaxinc.com - ftp site of Parallax (Basic Stamp)
- * ftp.picarefy.com/pub/Sun-Hardware-Ref Information about Sun parts,
- etc.
- * ftp.sics.se /pub/mchipsoft contains numerous .zip files
- * ftp.syd.dit.csiro.au/pub/ken/zcc095.zip - Small C (subset of C)
- developement system for Z80 microprocessors
- * ftp.texas.net/pub/users/diana/electron/
- * ftp://ftp.ti.com - Texas Instruments FTP site
- * ftp://ftp.unina.it /pub/electronics/ FAQs, cookbook, repair, etc.
- * ftp://ftp.zilker.net /pub/philips - Philips "mini ftp site" set up by
- Phil Wood of Philips, 8051, i2c FAQs
- * ftp://gaitlab1.uwaterloo.ca/pub/circuits/ Circuit Search Database
- * ftp://ftp.iglou.com/members/ITU
- * ftp://mistress.informatik.unibw-muenchen.de/pub/xproz/
- * nctuccca.edu.tw - mirror of ftp.intel.com
- * nyquist.ee.ualberta.ca - U of Alberta EE archive
- m68k, spice, cookbook (schematics)
- * rtfm.mit.edu - Usenet FAQs
- * wpi.wpi.edu - basic stamp information
-
- WEB Pages:
-
- * http://bailey2.unibase.com/local/beck04.html Beck Systems Inc.
- * http://cal003109.student.utwente.nl/stefan (circuits, info, apps)
- * http://dvt07.fagmed.uit.no/electronics.html Electronic related
- WWW-Page
- * http://dspace.dial.pipex.com/town/parade/nx22/index.htm
- * http://einstein.et.tudelft.nl/~offerman/chiplist.html Aad Offerman's
- chip list comparing different CPU's.
- * http://fly.hiwaay.net/~jfrohwei/ Jeff Frohwein's web page Technical
- information, links to various sites
- * http://freeware.aus.sps.mot.com/freeweb/index.html Motorola
- Microcontroller Web page
- * http://brunelle.chainei.com
- * http://freeware.aus.sps.mot.com/index.html (Motorola) Motorola's
- microcontroller WWW page
- * http://fulton.seas.virginia.edu/~ty2n/aimspice.html AIM-Spice (student
- version available free)
- * http://infopad.eecs.berkeley.edu/CIC/ - CPU Info Center
- * http://lenkkari.cs.tut.fi/~jn53747/Fpga/index.html Info on FPGAs,
- including FPGA based computing machines
- * http://lonestar.texas.net/~diana/electro.htm Diana Todds's electronics
- information
- * http://members.aol.com/cybercir/index.html CyberCircuit
- * http://members.aol.com/slapinskas/wxnotes.html Weather Instrument
- Notes Web Page
- * http://mirriwinni.cse.rmit.edu.au/~pdunster/
- * http://motserv.indirect.com (Motorola) Motorola's semiconductor WWW
- page, Master Selection Guide, etc
- * http://sistudio.com
- * http://ssi.syspac.com/~lansdale - Lansdale Semiconductor
- * http://spbted.gtri.gatech.edu/hpe/ddis.html
- * http://SuperSite.Net/Semiconductor - The Semiconductor SuperSite
- * http://users1.ee.net/brey/ - Barry Brey's Microprocessor Textbooks
- * http://unix.newnorth.net/~dthimm - Dan's Electronic Experimentation
- Emporium
- * http://www.access.digex.net/~pha - Steve Walz's web page
- * http://www.acs.oakland.edu/oak/SimTel/msdos/crossasm.html Cross
- assemblers (SimTel site)
- * http://www.actel.com - Actel
- * http://www.analog.com - Analog Devices
- * http://www.allcorp.com/allcorp - All Electronics
- * http://www.allied.avnet.com - Allied Electronics
- * http://www.alltronics.com - Alltronics
- * http://www.altera.com - Altera
- * http://www.amd.com - AMD
- * http://www.annabooks.com/store.html
- * http://www.arm.com - Advanced RISC Machines (ARM)
- * http://www.armory.com/~rstevew/ - Richard Steven Walz's Home Page Many
- electronics files, GIICM
- * http://www.arrowweb.com/control/index.htm
- * http://www.atmel.com - Atmel
- * http://www.ba-karlsruhe.de/automation/FAQ - microcontroller FAQs
- * http://www.ba-karlsruhe.de/automation/home.html Home Page Automation
- and Process Control
- * http://www.benchmarq.com - Benchmarq Technology
- * http://www.best.com/~jdulaney/faq.html
- * http://www.blackdown.org/~hwb/hwb.html
- * http://www.blkbox.com/~jdb8042/SmallSys/8bitIDE.html Connecting IDE
- devices to 8 bit machines:
- * http://www.brooktree.com - Brooktree
- * http://www.burr-brown.com - Burr-Brown
- * http://www.cera2.com - CERA home page, embedded, DSP, Industrial
- Computing, Microcontroller-Microprocessor index
- * http://www.channel1.com/users/analog - Acquisition and Control
- Electronics
- * http://www.chips.ibm.com - IBM Microelectronics
- * http://www.cir.com - Circuit Specialists, Inc.
- * http://www.circellar.com - the Computer Applications Journal, from
- Circuit Cellar INK
- * http://www.cirrus.com - Cirrus Logic
- * http://www.cistron.nl/~nctnico - Electronics WWW page
- * http://www.cmpcmm.com/cc/standards.html - standards related material
- * http://www.comlab.ox.ac.uk/archive/cards.html Microprocessor
- Instruction Set Cards
- * http://www.controlled.com/pc104/
- * http://www.crhc.uiuc.edu/~dburke/databookshelf.html Links to
- manufacturer's data sheets
- * http://www.cs.edu/~koopman/stack_computers
- * http://www.cs.uiowa.edu/~jones/step/ Stepper Motor Home Page
- * http://www.cs.uwa.edu.au:80/~mafm/robot/index.html Hobby robot web
- page
- * http://www.csn.net/ramtron - Ramtron
- * http://www.csn.net/simtek - Simtek
- * http://www.cybernet.dk/users/tscherrer/z8/default.htm Official
- Support-Page: Hardware - Software - Utilities - FAQ - Docs for Z80
- CPU.
- * http://www.cyberspy.com/~daci
- * http://www.cypress.com - Cypress Semiconductor
- * http://www.cyrix.com - Cyrix
- * http://www.dalsemi.com - Dallas Semiconductor
- * http://www.ddj.com - Dr. Dobbs Journal web page
- * http://www.dec.com - Digital Equipment Corp.
- * http://www.digikey.com - Digikey
- * http://www.dynaart.com - DynaArt Designs
- * http://www.ecn.uoknor.edu/~jspatric/ee-info.html Electrical
- Engineering FAQs and Info Home Page
- * http://www.ee.surrey.ac.uk/Contrib/WorldTV Worldwide TV Standards - A
- Web Guide
- * http://www.ee.washington.edu/eeca "The electrical Engineering Circuits
- Archive"
- * http://www.eece.unm.edu/staff/ahvezda/hardware/homebuilt.html links to
- homebuilt CPU's
- * http://www.eemonline.com - Electronic Engineers Master catalog
- * http://www.eia.org - Electronics Industries Association
- * http://www.eio.com - EIO
- * http://www.emags.com/electron.htm Electronics on the Web - a practical
- electronics webzine
- * http://www.embed.com - Embedded Controls Page
- * http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk Everyday Practical Electronics
- Magazine
- * http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk/solderfaq.htm - The Basic Soldering
- Guide
- * http://www.erols.com/mlesh/surplus.html electronics, medical
- equipment, gas analyzers, nuts & bolts, etc
- * http://www.e2w3.com/ - Electrical Engineering on the World Wide Web
- * http://www.exar.com - Exar
- * http://www.execpc.com/~rdmiller/gnupic/
- * http://www.execulink.com/~cake/CIRCUITS.HTM
- * http://www.fujitsu.com - Fujitsu
- * http://www.geocities.com/SiliconValley/9504 - The electronic pages
- * http://www.geocities.com/CapeCanaveral/9589 Electronic reference, Tech
- Tips, Projects, Links, News, etc.
- * http://www.harris.com - Harris Semiconductor
- * http://www.hea.com - Hyundai
- * http://www.hitachi.co.jp - Hitachi
- * http://www.hitex.com - Hitex Developement Tools
- * http://www.hkstar.com/~hkiedsci/ - on-line basic logic tutorial
- * http://www.hometeam.com - Home Team (automation)
- * http://www.hth.com - High Tech Horizon (Swedish) Basic Stamp
- * http://www.idt.com - Integrated Device Technology
- * http://www.iglou.com/ITU
- * http://www.iinet.net.au/~daveb/p112.html - DX designs
- * http://www.imaginet.fr/~siriel
- * http://www.infinet.com/~sweethvn/elec/home01.html Big Dave's
- Electronics Workshop
- * http://www.intel.com - Intel
- * http://www.interactiv.com - Electronics Workbench Home Page
- * http://www.intrlink.com/~hwallace/aqd4.htm Electronics Design
- Checklist
- * http://www.io.com/~guccione/HW_list.html info. on computers built from
- FPGAs
- * http://www.io.org/~techart - Technological Arts
- * http://www.infras.com/semico.htm - Infrastructures Semiconductor Index
- * http://www.isd.com - Information Storage Devices
- * http://www.itutech.com - ITU Technologies
- * http://www.ivex.com - Ivex web page (schematic capture, PCB layout
- tools, etc)
- * http://www.execulink.com/~cake/CIRCUITS.HTM
- * http://www.jdr.com - JDR Microdevices
- * http://www.labyrinth.net.au/~donmck - DonTronics (PIC, I/O boards, z80
- dev system, etc)
- * http://www.latticesemi.com - Lattice Semiconductor
- * http://www.logicaldevices.com - Logical Devices
- * http://www.login.eunet.no/~oleset/avr-faq.htm - (unofficial) Atmel AVR
- FAQ
- * http://www.lsilogic.com - LSI Logic
- * http://156.147.220.63:8080/LGSemicon.html LG Semicon (aka Lucky
- Goldstar)
- * http://www.lynxmotion.com - Lynxmotion Robotic Kits
- * http://www.man.ac.uk/~mbhstdj/piclinks.html
- * http://www.marshall.com - Marshall Industries
- * http://www.marshall.com/pub/chips/chipmenu.htm Semiconductor Desk
- Reference (monthly) from Marshall
- * http://www.mchip.com/microchip - Microchip web page
- * http://www.meci.com - Mendelson's Electronics & Surplus.
- * http://www.micron.com - Micron Technology
- * http://www.micromint.com - Micromint Home Page
- * http://www.midiweb.com/hww/ - The Hardware Web Midi projects, company
- lists, information on electronics in general, links to software and
- information also at http://www.cistron.nl/~nctnico/
- * http://www.mouser.com - Mouser Electronics
- * http://www.mpage.demon.co.uk - Eclectic Home Page, developement tools,
- audio circuits, more
- * http://www.mxim.com - Maxim
- * http://www.natinst.com - National Instruments
- * http://www.natsemi.com/ - National Semiconductor
- * http://www.nec.com - NEC
- * http://www.nectech.com - NEC
- * http://www.netcom.com/~easyio - General interface
- * http://www.netcom.com/~optmagic - Programmable Logic Jump Station
- * http://www.netins.net/showcase/elab - E-Lab
- * http://www.newmicros.com - New Micros, Inc
- * http://unix.newnorth.net/~dthimm
- * http://www.nexgen.com - NexGen, Inc.
- * http://www.nsc.com - National Semiconductor (old site name, but still
- active)
- * http://neurosystems.com - NeuroSystems Incorporated
- * http://www.oki.com - OKI Semiconductor
- * http://www.onlinetechx.com/ Online Technology Exchange -
- http:/www.oritools.com - Orion Instruments home page
- * http://www.paragen.com/vr/index.html - Paradigm Genesis
- * http://www.parallaxinc.com - Parallax Inc. web page
- * http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg Home-made PAL/GAL Programmers, LCD
- FAQs, links to other FAQs
- * http://www.paranoia.com/~filipg/HTML/cgi-bin/giicm_form.html Online
- searchable version of "The Giant Internet IC Masturbator"
- * http://www.ping.be/~ping0751 - Electronics Homeworld
- * http://www.ping.be/~ping1339/hp.htm - elementary math-articles.
- * http://www.psyber.com/~tcj/ The Computer Journal (TCJ) Web page
- * http://www.rambus.com - Rambus
- * http://www.rdrop.com/~cary - PCMCIA PC Card FAQ
- * http://www.rockwell.com - Rockwell
- * http://www.samsung.com - Samsung
- * http://www.sci.siemens.com - Siemens
- * http://www.seagate.com - Seagate home page
- * http://www.semi.com.tw - Global Semiconductor Datasheets Library
- * http://www.semicon.mitel.com - Mitel Semiconductor
- * http://www.semiconductors.philips.com/ps - Philips Semiconductor
- * http://www.siemens.de - Siemens
- * http://www.smarthome.com/smarthome - Home Automation Systems
- * http://www.srmc.com/seeq - SEEQ Technology
- * http://www.smos.com - S-MOS Systems
- * http://www.sel.sony.com/semi - Sony Semiconductor
- * http://www.ssi1.com - Silicon Systems
- * http://www.st.com - SGS-Thomson
- * http://www.supercircuits.com/
- * http://www.synergysemi.com - Synergy Semiconductor
- * http://www.system.com - Advanced Risc Machines (ARM)
- * http://www.texas.net/~diana/electro.htm- Diana's Electronic
- Information Files
- * http://www.tgn.net/~adnav - Adnav Electronics
- * http://www.ti.com - Texas Instruments home page
- * http://www.toshiba.com - Toshiba
- * http://www.tu-chemnitz.de/~fachat/csa - OS/A65 (operating system and
- 6502 based computer by Andre Fachat)
- * http://www.ultranet.com/biz/mchip - Microchip Technology
- * http://www.vetra.com
- * http://www.vita.com/ - The VME Bus International Trade Association
- * http://www.wantree.com.au/~rebel/tt/index.htm Technicians Toolbox
- * http://www.wdc.com - Western Digital
- * http://www.webcom.com/airborn/welcome.html - AirBorn Electronics
- * http://www.wenzel.com/pages/circuits.htm
- * http://www.worldaccess.nl/~bema - The Electronic Guide Semiconductor
- manufacturers adresses, Newsgroups, Mailing lists Software site for
- microcontroller applications (MCS51, 68HC11 and PIC) Employment
- * http://www.wotsit.demon.co.uk - Wotsit's File Format Collection
- * http://www.xess.com - X Engineering Software Systems (XESS)
- FPGA/Elastic Computing products, etc.
- * http://www.xicor.com - Xicor
- * http://www.xilinx.com - Xilinx, Inc.
- * http://www.xnet.com/~blatura/linapps.shtml Linux Application and
- Utilities Page
- * http://www.xs4all.nl/~falstaff/giicm.html - GIICM (Giant Internet IC
- Masturbator)
- * http://www.xs4all.nl/~ganswijk/chipdir (Chip Directory) or
- http://bbs.cc.uniud.it/chipdir (Mirror site) Chip Directory, compiled
- by Jaap van Ganswijk
- * http://www.yahoo.com/Business_and_Economy/Companies/
- Semiconductors/Resellers (all on one line)
- * http://www.yahoo.com/Computers/Hardware/Microprocessors Yahoo
- Microcontrollers Hot List
- * http://www.zilog.com - Zilog home page
- * http://www-soe.stanford.edu/soe/ieee/eesites.html - Stanford EE sites
- list
- * http://www-ee.stanford.edu/soe/ieee/eesites.html - EE/CS Mother Site
-
- Mailing Lists, E-Mail, etc:
- http://www.neosoft.com/internet/paml Index of Publicly Accessable Mailing
- Lists
-
- * Homebuilt-L has been established as a new outlet for the
- alt.comp.hardware.homebuilt. This is a forum for the exchange of
- ideas, opinions and information among computer builders interested in
- the above subject. To subscribe to homebuilt-l, send the following in
- the body (not the subject line) of an email message to
- "Majordomo@teleport.com": "subscribe homebuilt-l" If you wish to
- subscribe another address instead (such as a local redistribution
- list), you can use a command of the form: "subscribe homebuilt-l
- other-address@your_site.your_net" (Without the quotes, of course)
- * "Hotwired" mailing list: (information courtesy of John West) Hotwired
- (the name is not my fault) is a mailing list for people interested in
- home-built processors - anything from software simulations to piles of
- TTL to FPGAs to custom silicon. The address is listserv@gu.uwa.edu.au
- and the message to send to it is: subscribe hotwired <your name>
- http://www.eece.unm.edu/staff/ahvezda/hardware/hotwired.html archive
- of mail to the hotwired mailing list.
- * PIC mailing list Administrative requests should go the the listserver
- at address "listserv@mitvma.mit.edu". You may join the list at any
- time by sending a "SUB PICLIST" command via e-mail to the above
- address.
- * The PIC-1 mailing list is available to all users and other interested
- parties of ITU Technologies' low-cost PIC-1 programmer for the
- Microchip PIC16C6x/7x/8x family of microcontrollers. This list is
- designed to keep users up-to-date on issues relating to the PIC-1
- programmer and PIC microcontrollers, such as new software revision
- notices, web and ftp site updates, application examples, and new
- product announcements. To sign yourself up to the PIC-1 mailing list,
- simply send a message to: PIC-1-list-request@itutech.com To remove
- yourself from the PIC-1 mailing list, simply send a message to:
- PIC-1-list-remove@itutech.com
- * info@circellar.com - Email (not ftp) send Email to get information
- file on services available All Circuit Cellar INK and BYTE related
- files available
-
- 3.4 BBS Numbers
-
- * Circuit Cellar, Inc. (203) 871-1988
- * Diamond's BBS: (408) 325-7080 (2400bps)
- (408) 325-7175 (9600+bps)
- * EDN magazine (617) 558-4241
- * Electronics Now (516) 293-2283
- * General Device Instruments (408) 983-1234
- * Intel American Marketing Applications Support Bulletin Board System
- (916) 356-3600
- * Intel's BBS +44-(0)1793-496340 2400,n,8,1
- * Parallax Inc. (916) 624-7101
- * Motorola (Austin Texas) BBS (512) 891-3733 (Austin, Texas)
- * Munich, Germany: 49-89-92103-111 (2400 baud)
- * Stuttgart, Germany: 49-7031-275496 (19200 baud)
- * San Diego, California: (619) 279-3907
- * Toronto, Ontario, Canada: (416) 497-8989
- * Philips Semiconductor (parent company of Signetics)
- (800) 451-6644 or (408) 991-2406
- Netherlands: +31-40-721102
-
- 3.5 Recommended books/magazines
-
- Books:
-
- * "AT Bus Design", By Ed Solari, Published by Annabooks ISBN
- 0-929392-08-6
- * "The Art of Digital Design" by Prosser & Winkel ISBN 0-13-046607-7
- * "The Art of Electronics, 2nd ed." by Horowitz and Hill. ISBN
- 0-521-37095-7 (Also, "Student Manual for The Art of Electronics," by
- Thomas C. Hayes and Paul Horowitz ISBN 0-521-37709-9)
- * "A Beginner's Guide to Computers and Microprocessors - with projects"
- by Charles K. Adams, from TAB books
- * "The Best of Ciarcia's Circuit Cellar" ISBN 0-07-011025-5
- * "Best of Interface Age, Volume 1: Software in BASIC" Carl D. Warren
- (ed.), dilithium Press, 1979, ISBN 0-918398-36-3
- * "Bit Slice Microprocessor Design" by Mick and Brick ISBN 0-07-041781-4
- * "Bit Slice Design:Controllers and ALU's" by Donnamaie E. White ISBN
- 0-8240-7103-4
- * "The Book of SCSI" by Peter M. Ridge ISBN# 1-886411-02-6
- * "Build Your Own Low-Cost Data Acquisition and Display Devices" by
- Jeffrey H. Johnson ISBN 0-8306-4348-6
- * "Build you own Universal Computer Interface" Covers a lot about serial
- interfacing and designing circuitry. ISBN #: 0-8306-3122-4
- * "Build Your Own Z80 Computer: Design Guidelines and Application Notes"
- by Steve Ciarcia. ISBN 0-07-010962-1.
- * "The Compact Disc Handbook" (second edition) By Ken C. Pohlmann. ISBN
- 0-89579-301-6
- * "Computer Architecture, a Quantitative Approach" by Hennessy and
- Patterson
- * "Computer Structures: Readings and Examples" by Bell and Newell
- * "Controlling the world with your parallel port" Jamco Electronics
- * "Controlling the World with your PC" by Paul Bergsman
- * "Design of oscillator and other harmonic oscillators " by Benjamin
- Parzen (Published by John Wiley and Sons) ISBN 0-471-08819-6
- * "The Design and Drafting of printed circuits," Darryl Lindsey; Bishop
- Graphics, Inc.
- * "Designing Cards and Drivers for Macintosh II and Macintosh SE" ISBN
- 0-201-19256-X.
- * "Designing with Programmable Array Logic", Tech. Staff of Monolithic
- Memories, McGraw-Hill, 1981
- * "Design with Microcontrollers", John B. Peatman
- * "Digital Design with Standard MSI and LSI, 2nd ed." by T. R.
- Blakeslee.
- * "Digital Design Principles and Practices" by John F. Wakerly Published
- by Prentice Hall ISBN 0-13-212838
- * "Electronic Drafting and Printed Circuit Board Design," 2nd ed., by
- James M. Kirkpatrick; Delmar Publishers
- * "Electronic Prototype Construction," Kasten, Stephen D. Originally
- published by Howard W. Sams, Inc.
-
- * "Handbook of software and hardware interfacing for IBM PCs", By
- Jeffrey P. Royer, Published by Prentice Hall, ISBN 0-13-381849-7
- * "High Frequency Switching Power Suplies:Theory and Design" by George
- Chryssis.
- * "High-Speed Digital Design, a Handbook of Black Magic" by Johnson and
- Graham, PTR Prentice Hall, 1993
- * "How to Design, Build & Program Your Own Working Computer System"
- Robert P. Haviland, 1979, TAB Books, ISBN 0-8306-9810-8 (0-8306-1111-8
- paperback)
- * "How to program the Z80" by Rodnay Zaks
- * "The IBM Personal Computer, from the Inside Out" by Sargent and
- Shoemaker (published by Addison-Wesley) provides a lot of information
- about interfacing an IBM type PC to various things. ISBN 0-201-06918-0
- * "The Indispensable PC Hardware Book".
- * "Inside the EISA Computers", By Tony Dowden
- * "Interface your microcomputer to virtually anything" by Joseph A. Carr
- ISBN 0-8306-0890-7 ISBN 0-8306-1890-2 (paperback)
- * "Interfacing to the IBM PC" by Lewis C. Eggebrecht. Signals, timing
- diagrams, example circuits, etc. ISBN 0-672-22722-3
- * "Interfacing to the PowerPC Microprocessor" Ron Rahmel and Don Rahmel,
- SAMS Publishing
- * "ISA & EISA: Theory and Operation" by Edward Solari (great info and
- timing of the bus hardware -- essential for HW design)
- * "Making Printed Circuit Boards" by Jan Axelson, Tab Books, 1993 ISBN
- 0-8306-3950-0 (hard) 0-8306-3951-9 (paper)
- * "Mastering Serial Communications" by Peter W. Gofton ISBN
- 0-7821-1202-1
- * "The Microcomputer Builder's Bible" by Chris Johnston, Tab Books, 1982
- (hard back cover)
- * "Microcontrolers. Architecture, Implementation, & Programming" by
- Kenneth Hintz and Daniel Tabak ISBN 0-07-028977-8
- * "The Microcontroller Idea Book" Jan Axelson
- * "Microelectronic Circuits" by Sedra and Smith
- * "Microprogramming" by Husson
- * "Microprocessor Based Design" by Michael Slater, Prentice Hall, 1989
- * "Microprocessor Logic Design, The Flow Chart Method" by Nick
- Tredennick
- * "Microprocessor Systems Design" (68000 Hardware, Software, and
- Interfacing) by Alan Clements. ISBN 0-87150-095-7
- * "Musical Applications of Microprocessors" by Hal Chamberlin ISBN
- 0-8104-5753-9
- * "Noise Reduction Techniques in Electronic systems" Ott, Henry W. ISBN
- 0-471-65726-3
- * "The PC Handbook" available from Annabooks
- * "PC Programmer's Handbook" by Sanchez and Canton (code examples of
- programming the DMA chip)
- * "PCI, Hardware and Software" Edward Solari,George Wilson ISBN
- 0-929392-28-0
- * "The PCI Handbook," Brian Dipert ISBN 0-929392-25-6 - "PCMCIA System
- Architechure" Don Anderson and Tom Shanley
- * "The PowerPC Architecture" IBM book number SR28-5124-00
- * "Programmer's Problem Solver for the IBM PC, XT and AT", By Robert
- Jourdain, Brady Book, ISBN 0-89303-787-7 info on timer, keyboard,
- video, disk, parallel and serial port hardware resources, and software
- interfacing.
- * "PS/2 and PC BIOS Interface Technical Reference: Second Edition"
- * "Single- and Multiple-Chip Microcomputer Interfacing" G.J. Lipovski
- ISBN 0-13-810557-X (Prentice-Hall Edition) ISBN 0-13-810573-1
- (Motorola Edition)
- * "The SCSI Bus and IDE Interface" by Friedhelm Schmidt. ISBN
- 0-201-42284-0
- * "Stack Computers, the new wave" by Philip J. Koopman Jr. Published by
- John Wiley (Halstead Press) ISBN 0-470-21467-8
- * "TTL Cookbook" written by Don Lancaster
- * "The XT-AT Handbook" by Choisser and Foster
- * "Z-80 Microcomputer Design Projects" by William Barden Jr. ISBN
- 0-672-21682-5, published by Howard W. Sams & Co. Inc
- * "The Z80 Microcomputer Handbook" William Barden, Jr,
- * "The 8088 Project Book" by Robert Grossblatt. 1989 Tab Books - ISBN
- 0-8306-0271-1
-
- Technical Book Vendors:
-
- * Annabooks: http://www.annabooks.com
- * PROMPT Publications, a division of Howard W. Sams & Company. Free
- catalog (800) 428-7267 or e-mail (including a shipping address) to
- cdrake@in.net.
- * Tab/McGraw-Hill(1-800-822-8158)
-
- Magazines:
-
- * The Computer Applications Journal (Circuit Cellar Ink) PO Box 7694,
- Riverton, NJ 08077-8784 (609) 786-0409 http://www.circellar.com
- * The Computer Journal (916) 722-4970 1-800-424-8825 FAX: 916-722-7480
- BBS: 916-722-5799 P.O. Box 3900, Citrus Heights, CA 95611-3900
- tcj@psyber.com http://www.psyber.com/~tcj/
- * Computer Design (508) 692-0700 One Technology Park Drive, P.O. Box
- 990, Westford, MA 01886
- * Dr. Dobbs Journal (415) 358-9500 411 Borel Ave., San Mateo, CA 94402
- ftp site - ftp.mv.com/pub/ddj www site - http://www.ddj.com BBS -
- 415-358-8857
- * EE Times (516) 562-5000 600 Community Drive, Manhasset, NY 11030
- Electronics design http://www.ednmag.com/
- * Electronic Engineering Times (516) 293-3000 500-B Bi-County Boulevard,
- Farmingdale, NY 11735
- * ELECTRONICS AUSTRALIA
- * Electronics Now (computer/electonics/hobbyists magazine) 800-999-7139
- Reader Service Dept PO Box 5192 Pittsfield MA 01203-9989
- * Electronique Pratique http://www.eprat.com
- * Elektor Electronics (603) 924-6371, 924-6526 Old Colony Sound Lab,
- P.O. Box 243, Peterborough, NH 03458 World Wide Subscription Service
- Ltd Unit 4, Gibbs Reed Farm, Pashley Road, Ticehurst TN5 7HE, England
- http://www.elektor.ac-net.de
- * Everyday With Practical Electronics +44 1202 881749 EPE Subscrptions
- Department, Wimborne Publishing Ltd. Allen House, East Borough,
- Wimborne, Dorset, BH21 1PF http://www.epemag.wimborne.co.uk Editorial
- E-mail: editorial@epemag.wimborne.co.uk
- * Historically Brewed Historical Computer Society, 10928 Ted Williams
- Place El Paso, TX 79934
- * Microcomputer Journal (formerly Computer Craft) 76 N. Broadway,
- Hicksville, NY 11801
- * Nuts and Volts 1-800-783-4624, 909-371-8497 fax 909-371-3052
- * Popular Electronics (800) 435 - 0715 Subscription Dept, PO Box 338,
- Mt. Morris, IL 61054-9935
-
- 3.6 CD-Rom
-
- CD -ROM from D.A.T.A. Digest
- 1-303-799-0381 1-800-447-4666
- fax 1-303-700-4082
- Over 1.25 million active devices from more than 1000 manufacturers. These
- cover trnasistors, linear, diodes, optoelectronics, digital and
- microprocessors.
-
- CD dedicated to microcontrollers - Equinox Technologies
- sales@equintec.demon.co.uk Tel: 01204 491110
-
- Farnell Components UK have released a semiconductor CD-rom.
- http://www.farnell.co.uk
-
- Lattice (http://www.latticesemi.com) has a CD-ROM available, which includes
- full documentation on the Synario package, ABEL-HDL, schematic entry, and
- all of the Lattice devices.
-
- 4.0 Misc.
-
- Special thanks to Andrew for the first version of this FAQ. Thanks also to
- the following for numerous corrections and additional information (in no
- particular order): Robert Boys, Todd Parker, Howard Matthews, David Wilkie,
- xian the desk lisard, Sandy Harris, Hai Pham, Alan Winstanley, Dwight
- Elvey, Gareth Attrill, Gilad Barak, Jan-Derk Bakker, Ian Blythe, Jean-Marc
- Calvez, Dave Baldwin, Frank Miller, Roethig Gerd, Joakim Ogren, Alan Ogden,
- Douglas Beattie Jr, Nico Coesel, R. D. Davis, Mike Loving, Paul West, Ian
- Stirling, John D. Baker, Jeff Sampson, and my sincere apologies if anyone
- was accidentally left off this list.
-
- I attempt to make sure that all information in this FAQ is current and
- correct, but I'm only human. If you find a mistake, please let me know.
-
- Your comments/suggestions/contributions are welcome. E-mail to
- msokos1@gl.umbc.edu
-
- Version 20 (modified 6/18/97)
-