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Issue #210 January 2008

Special Feature: 20th Anniversary Retrospective
That Was Then, This Is Now

by Ed Nisley

Start | Microcontrollers | Analog | Wetware | Contact Release | Sources & PDF

SOURCES & PDF

Ed Nisley is an EE and author in Poughkeepsie, NY. You may contact him at ed.nisley@ieee.org with “Circuit Cellar” in the subject to avoid spam filters.

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RESOURCES
CPU Data, www.cpu-info.com

The Great Internet Mersenne Prime Search, “CPU Benchmarks,” 2007, www.mersenne.org/bench.htm

SOURCES
Atmel microcontrollers
Atmel Corp.
www.atmel.com/products

Electronic design automation tools
gEDA
www.geda.seul.org

LTspice/SwitcherCAD III Spice simulator
Linear Technology Corp.
www.linear.com/designtools/software

PIC12F683 Microcontroller
Microchip Technology, Inc.
www.microchip.com

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