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Programming a neuron chip over the network

I'm trying to program an application to a neuron chip (lonworks echelon neuron chip, pl3120) on the network through another neuron chip. What are the involved steps? Right now I'm: setting the node to appless/unconfigured writing the EEPROM with the contents of the .nxe file I got from neuronbuilder calculating all checksums setting th...

PIC Chip Programmer

I am currently looking for a pic chip programmer. I have used Micro Chips 16 bit PIC's in the past and liked them. Anyone have any recomendations for a pic programmer for someone on a budget? ...

X86 Assembly - accessing a chip

Dear all, Lets say that my GPU includes a chip called ADT7473. I am interested in receiving information from this chip about the temperature of my card. My question is, how to access this chip? is that accomplished using the IN/OUT instructions? EDIT: I might add those lines found in the chip's documentation : Table 18. Temperatu...

How to detect two identical i2c slaves but with different chip select with one linux i2c driver

Hi, I have to communicate with 2 identical i2c slaves that have a different chip select each. I would like to use one driver for both. What is the best way to do that? ...

Why does each location in memory contain 8 bits?

Somebody has confirmed there are 8 bits in every location/address in memory. Can I know why? is it related to the memory chip architecture? Or is it because of 32bit CPU. Is this 8 bits true for another OS such as FreeBSD, Mac, Linux? Is there any relation the amount of bits in every location to the count of address line in memory? Is ...

how to start chip level programming

Hello Friend, I am a php programmer having 3 years of experience.. Now I want to learn chip level programming to switch a fan on and off. Please guide me how to start and how to develop such hardware.. I am new in chip level programming and also I do not have any idea about electronics.. so there may be problem with developing microp...