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I work with PSOC on a daily basis. As a general platform they are not good, by most typical metrics they totally suck: -banked memory, -3MIPS @ 24mhz, -power hungry. Also: -it has poor documentation, -small user base. psocdeveloper.com is the main forum about psoc and this forum has more activity on...

Weaknesses: RPM pickup is for 5 volt square wave, for interfacing with a tach you will need to put in atleast a resistor in series with the tach signal. Ideally you want to have a resistor+cap+diode circuit. This issue is addressed with the new JAW I will release in July Slow response time, the res...

Components/dev boards/kits http://www.futurlec.com run by aussies, but ships from thailand, shipping is very reasonable Soldering tools/components/general tools http://www.circuitspecialists.com for anything soldering related they are very good and cheap. They also have cheap power supplies signal g...

Hi, I have some interest in knock sensing. To me the ideal method would to use DSP techniques and forget about using too much analog filters. That would probably require a 32 bit uC perhaps maybe even a very high end 32 bit uC. A good starting point would be to use a USB based DAQ system and do the ...

Hi All, My name is Alan To, I am the designer of JAW. I am here to answer any questions you may have. Thanks 8inches for inviting me and thanks Fred for giving me permission to post. I don't have any hangups about JAW and I will be open to discussing its flaws and shortcommings as well as it merits....

Selecting the right microcontroller is very critical. 90% of the work is writing code for the micro. The right micro will not magically make everything perfect, but using the wrong micro will ensure that your project never gets off the ground. When I mean right and wrong, 50% has to do with the spec...

Hi All, I have done extensive shopping for PCBs and here are my opinions: PCBfabexpress: Last time I ordered from them, about 1.5 years ago, they had awesome specials, something like $10 per 2 layer board with good specs. It looks like they no longer offer those specials, but their prices are still ...