Need 8051 Guru for project

[Rock]

I tried to do this myself but I can't get the damn tools working well
enough to actually write my application. This seems typical these days
I spend more time fighting the frickken tools than I do writing the
application. A generalist like me is lost in this mess of ten thousand
paramaters. It would help if you have your own compiler I was trying to
use SDCC.

I'm using an Analog Device ADUC847 IC and have the hardware designed. I
need either someone to write the code for this project, or to mentor
me, or both. Of course I pay, and I need the help NOW! The initial code
is pretty straight forward and is for a pre proto of the most basic
version of this beast. There will be other more fancy versions and a
final version of this too.

I don't want to go into details here, but it's pretty much basic
instrumentation and display stuff, some floating point algebra, a menu
driven alphanumeric LCD display module (with it's own processor), and
some input push buttons.

If you know someone that could help please let them know, I'm not out
to cheat anyone just want to make my client happy and keep the job.

Thanks!

Rocky

 

[Pooh Bear]

Rock wrote:

I tried to do this myself but I can't get the damn tools working well
enough to actually write my application. This seems typical these days
I spend more time fighting the frickken tools than I do writing the
application. A generalist like me is lost in this mess of ten thousand
paramaters. It would help if you have your own compiler I was trying to
use SDCC.

I'm using an Analog Device ADUC847 IC and have the hardware designed. I
need either someone to write the code for this project, or to mentor
me, or both. Of course I pay, and I need the help NOW! The initial code
is pretty straight forward and is for a pre proto of the most basic
version of this beast. There will be other more fancy versions and a
final version of this too.

I don't want to go into details here, but it's pretty much basic
instrumentation and display stuff, some floating point algebra, a menu
driven alphanumeric LCD display module (with it's own processor), and
some input push buttons.

If you know someone that could help please let them know, I'm not out
to cheat anyone just want to make my client happy and keep the job.

Hmmmm.... floating point algebra on an 8051 ! It's a great little uC but
hardly intended to do that !

I dealt with some issues that might have needed that kind of stuff by using
some look-up tables in a 'cute' way.

Can you give a more detailed overiew of the hardware and its application.
Is it stand alone btw ?

Graham

 

[martin griffith]

On 6 Aug 2005 13:03:37 -0700, in sci.electronics.design "Rock"
<rolavine@aol.com> wrote:

I tried to do this myself but I can't get the damn tools working well
enough to actually write my application. This seems typical these days
I spend more time fighting the frickken tools than I do writing the
application. A generalist like me is lost in this mess of ten thousand
paramaters. It would help if you have your own compiler I was trying to
use SDCC.

I'm using an Analog Device ADUC847 IC and have the hardware designed. I
need either someone to write the code for this project, or to mentor
me, or both. Of course I pay, and I need the help NOW! The initial code
is pretty straight forward and is for a pre proto of the most basic
version of this beast. There will be other more fancy versions and a
final version of this too.

I don't want to go into details here, but it's pretty much basic
instrumentation and display stuff, some floating point algebra, a menu
driven alphanumeric LCD display module (with it's own processor), and
some input push buttons.

If you know someone that could help please let them know, I'm not out
to cheat anyone just want to make my client happy and keep the job.

Thanks!

Rocky
try a post in comp.arch.emmbeded, they'll surely have some contacts

martin

 

[Joerg]

Hello Rocky,

Can't help you there but I have forwarded it to a friend who does uCs a
lot. Is your email the real one or somehow spam protected?

Long term it will help to build a small network of people with different
talents, preferably in your area so you could meet easily. Then you'd be
prepared if that situation ever comes up again. Including people with
similar talents in your network can also help even though they may be
seen as competitors. You never know. Once I had to jump in for an analog
guy after a motorcycle crash. But the client turned pale when I told him
that I was parachuting ;-)

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

[Leonard]

Try:
www.rentacoder.com The ebay of software programmers!

L.

 

[Ken Smith]

In article <42F51A38.9F4FA670@hotmail.com>,
Pooh Bear <rabbitsfriendsandrelations@hotmail.com> wrote:
[...]

Hmmmm.... floating point algebra on an 8051 ! It's a great little uC but
hardly intended to do that !

The 8051 can do anything a Cray can do, it just takes a little longer. I
suspect the OP would be happy with fixed point math anyway.

I dealt with some issues that might have needed that kind of stuff by using
some look-up tables in a 'cute' way.

I do that too but I also have stuff like a 32 bit -> 16 bit squarerooter
for when smaller is more of an issue than faster.

For arctan, an interpolated table seems to be the best way to go.
Calculating one takes a very long time.

--
--
kensmith@rahul.net forging knowledge

 

[Rich Grise]

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:13:23 +0000, Joerg wrote:

Hello Rocky,

Can't help you there but I have forwarded it to a friend who does uCs a
lot. Is your email the real one or somehow spam protected?

Long term it will help to build a small network of people with different
talents, preferably in your area so you could meet easily. Then you'd be
prepared if that situation ever comes up again. Including people with
similar talents in your network can also help even though they may be
seen as competitors. You never know. Once I had to jump in for an analog
guy after a motorcycle crash. But the client turned pale when I told him
that I was parachuting ;-)

Heh. One time, years ago, I had a motorcycle, and I sky-dived. I'll never
forget the time I was leaving for the day, and the owner of the DZ said,
"Be careful on that murdercycle!"

(i.e., the most dangerous part of skydiving is driving to the DZ on a
public road.)

Cheers!
Rich

 

[Joerg]

Hello Rich,

Heh. One time, years ago, I had a motorcycle, and I sky-dived. I'll never
forget the time I was leaving for the day, and the owner of the DZ said,
"Be careful on that murdercycle!"

(i.e., the most dangerous part of skydiving is driving to the DZ on a
public road.)

True. The only time I ever hurt myself in skydiving was on the way back
home, on the rear seat of a friends dirt bike. The foot rests on that
seat were fastened to the rear wheel mount and he barreled over a
railroad crossing at full bore. Ouch. Limped for days. Whenever I
responded to questions that this wasn't related to parachuting people
laughed "yeah, right...".

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com

 

Rich Grise <richgrise@example.net> wrote:

On Sat, 06 Aug 2005 21:13:23 +0000, Joerg wrote:
Once I had to jump in for an analog guy after a motorcycle crash.
^^^^^^^
But the client turned pale when I told him that I was parachuting ;-)

The above makes it sound like you landed in the parking lot with a bag
of op-amps in your hand. "Hi, I'm the new guy, where's the lab?"

I asked some of skydivers at the DZ I go to if they tell people at their
"daytime job" what they do on the weekends. Most of them said they
don't volunteer it, but will talk about it if asked.

(i.e., the most dangerous part of skydiving is driving to the DZ on a
public road.)

I think that's true if you drive far enough (like a few dozen miles)
and travel through a large, urban area, but it's not always true in
general. #include <discussion_of_statistics.h>

Matt Roberds

 

[bhathil]

You can contact Mr Parthasarathy at pami@vsnl.com you need keil SDK
for such work. he is good and did some projects for us.
Rock wrote:

I tried to do this myself but I can't get the damn tools working well
enough to actually write my application. This seems typical these days
I spend more time fighting the frickken tools than I do writing the
application. A generalist like me is lost in this mess of ten thousand
paramaters. It would help if you have your own compiler I was trying to
use SDCC.

I'm using an Analog Device ADUC847 IC and have the hardware designed. I
need either someone to write the code for this project, or to mentor
me, or both. Of course I pay, and I need the help NOW! The initial code
is pretty straight forward and is for a pre proto of the most basic
version of this beast. There will be other more fancy versions and a
final version of this too.

I don't want to go into details here, but it's pretty much basic
instrumentation and display stuff, some floating point algebra, a menu
driven alphanumeric LCD display module (with it's own processor), and
some input push buttons.

If you know someone that could help please let them know, I'm not out
to cheat anyone just want to make my client happy and keep the job.

Thanks!

Rocky

 

[Joerg]

Hello Matt,

I asked some of skydivers at the DZ I go to if they tell people at their
"daytime job" what they do on the weekends. Most of them said they
don't volunteer it, but will talk about it if asked.

I didn't volunteer either but when in the office of their CEO he said
"... but you don't do anything dangerous as well, like riding a
motorcycle, do you?". I didn't ride motorcycles but felt that I had to
be honest and told him about parachuting. He almost choked. Since there
aren't many analog guys around he kindly asked whether I could hold back
on it at least until the project was finished. And this CEO had a
reputation of a lead foot. On the autobahns any speed below 130mph was a
crawl to him. This is the only guy I had ever met who would max out a
Mercedes 560S for long stretches.

(i.e., the most dangerous part of skydiving is driving to the DZ on a
public road.)

I think that's true if you drive far enough (like a few dozen miles)
and travel through a large, urban area, but it's not always true in
general. #include <discussion_of_statistics.h

To me the people in most danger were the skydivers who had lost all fear
and pulled at 1700ft and stuff like that.

Regards, Joerg

http://www.analogconsultants.com