20081031

A Short Visual History of Videogames

Hallo people! Sorry I haven't posted in ages, I've been busting my balls on my final year uni assignment, and doing some freelance work.

I've also been trying to get together a visual effects folio website, which I have just finished uploading, and you can totally check it out here:
www.ultra-awesome.com

Anyway, about my uni piece; It is an entirely animated 3D piece called "A Short Visual History of Videogames".
It is a 3 minute long "visual essay" (or whatever you call these things) about the history of videogame consoles, from 1972 when Ralph Baer invented the Odyssey with Bob Tremblay, to the launch of the current generation of consoles and beyond.

I did my project about the history of videogames because; I know lots about it, and I'm not very good at the deep-meaningful/pretentious stuff that most student films/animations seem to consist of. Plus ultimately my piece was always mainly intended to be a sort of modelling showreel, with the narrative taking a back seat to pretty visuals designed to show off my technical abilities with 3D modelling and lighting etc.

My aim here was to develop my modelling/texturing/lighting/compositing skills to the point where I was able to achieve photo realistic visuals with all of the consoles.

Anyway, you can view the finished piece here, or you can go to this page on my folio site:
A Short Visual History of Videogames
To view it in a larger size (since blogger makes the video really small and low resolution here, lame).



If you want to see this full sized 1024 by 576 resolution video, click on the the vimeo button in the video player, scroll down and click "download original file" (although, you'll need to create a vimeo account to do that).

I'd also made a snazzy looking DVD case for when I handed in all of the submission stuff to the lecturers:Here is a super hires image with random screenshots, that I used for the back cover of the DVD case.

Also, here is the front cover of the dvd case I made, in a handy desktop wallpaper size, for if you want a bit of old school arcade action on your computer desktop:


Here are a couple of screencaps of the Maya scene files, to give you a bit of an idea about my mesh topology and the lighting setup I used:

Lighting was pretty simple for most scenes; only 3 directional lights with soft shadows, to simulate studio lighting and to provide soft reflections on the consoles made of the black low-sheen plastics (I used an anisotropic shader for this with a volumetric brownian bump map).

Some scenes had more complex lighting; for the xbox/PS2/gamecube/dreamcast scene, I had to use a heap of light-linked area lights to get specific reflections off certain objects for the desired camera angle.

20081030

Asus F3E














Processor & Cache Memory:
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7700/T7500/T7100 1.8GHz, 4MB L2 Cache, 800MHz FSB

Operating System:
Genuine Microsoft® Windows® XP Professional

Main Memory:
1G DDR2 667MHz (1Gx1)up to 4GB

Display:
15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800)
Glossy

Video Graphics & Memory:
Intel® GM965 ( DX10)

Hard Drive:
120GB 5400RPM SATA

Optical Drive:
8x Super-Multi DVDRW Dual layer

Card Reader:
8-in-1 Card Reader

Fax/Modem/LAN/WLAN:
56K S/W modem (MDC type),
Video-conferencing I/F Compliance, V.92 support, Worldwide regulation,
FCC/JATE/CTR21/DGT compliance, Azalia Compliant MDM
On board 10/100/1000 Mbps Fast Ethernet controller
Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN(optional)
Intel® PRO/Wireless 3945ABG Network Connection (Optional)
Bluetooth® V2.0+EDR (Optional)

Built-in Camera:
1.3M Megabyte Pixels (optional)

Audio:
Built-in High Definition audio compliant audio chip.
SoundBlaster Pro Compatible
Built-in stereo speakers (2W)

KeyBoard:
19 mm full size 88key with MS-Windows function keys
2.5mm travel
Vista K/B Start Button

Battery Pack & Life:
Li-ion 6-cell/4 hrs

Dimension & Weight:
Grey
6.5 lbs
14.2" * 10.5" * 1.1"-1.6"

Dell XPS M1330











Processor:

Intel® Core™ 2 Duo T5800 (2.0GHz/800Mhz FSB/2MB cache)

Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1

LCD and Camera:
Standard Display with 2.0 Megapixel Webcam

Combo or DVD+RW Drive:
CD/DVD burner (DVD+/-RW Drive)

Memory:
3GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 SDRAM at 667MHz

Hard Drives:
Size: 250GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

Video Card:
Intel® Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Sound Options:
High Definition Audio 2.0

Wireless Networking:
Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card

Primary Battery:
37Whr Lithium Ion Battery (4 cell)

20081029

Difference between I2c and SPI

Differences between SPI and I2C:

SPI supports full duplex communication with higher throughput than I2C. It is not limited to 8-bit words so you can send any message sizes with arbitrary content and purpose. The SPI interface does not require pull-up resistors, which translates to lower power consumption. However, I2C is simpler by having fewer lines which means fewer pins are required to interface to an IC. When communicating with more than one slave, I2C has the advantage of in-band addressing as opposed to have a chip select line for each slave. I2C also supports slave acknowledgment which means that you can be absolutely sure that you’re actually communicating with something. With SPI, a master can be sending data to nothing at all and have no way to know that. In general SPI is better suited for applications that deal with longer data streams and not just words like address locations. Mostly longer data streams exist in applications where you’re working with a digital signal processor or analog-to digital converter. For example, SPI would be perfect for playing back some audio stored in an eeprom and played through a digital to analog converter DAC. Moreover, since SPI can support significantly higher data rates comparing to I2C, mostly due to its duplex capability, it is far more suited for higher speed applications reaching tens of megahertz. And since there is no device addressing involved in SPI the protocol is a lot harder to use in multiple slave systems. This means when dealing with more than one node, generally I2C is the way to go.
SPI interface:

Dasar Pemrograman C

Bahasa C luas digunakan untuk pemrograman berbagai jenis perangkat, termasuk mikrokontroler. Bahasa ini sudah merupakan high level language, dimana memudahkan programmer menuangkan algoritmanya. Untuk mengetahui dasar bahasa C dapat dipelajari sebagai berikut.


1. Struktur penulisan program

#include < [library1.h] > // Opsional
#include < [library2.h] > // Opsional

#define [nama1] [nilai] ; // Opsional
#define [nama2] [nilai] ; // Opsional

[global variables] // Opsional

[functions] // Opsional

void main(void) // Program Utama
{
[Deklarasi local variable/constant]
[Isi Program Utama]
}

2. Tipe data

* char : 1 byte ( -128 s/d 127 )
* unsigned char : 1 byte ( 0 s/d 255 )
* int : 2 byte ( -32768 s/d 32767 )
* unsigned int : 2 byte ( 0 s/d 65535 )
* long : 4 byte ( -2147483648 s/d 2147483647 )
* unsigned long : 4 byte ( 0 s/d 4294967295 )
* float : bilangan desimal
* array : kumpulan data-data yang sama tipenya.


3. Deklarasi variabel & konstanta

* Variabel adalah memori penyimpanan data yang nilainya dapat diubah-ubah.
Penulisan :
[tipe data] [nama] = [nilai] ;

* Konstanta adalah memori penyimpanan data yang nilainya tidak dapat diubah.
Penulisan :
const [nama] = [nilai] ;

* Tambahan:
Global variabel/konstanta yang dapat diakses di seluruh bagian program.
Local variabel/konstanta yang hanya dapat diakses oleh fungsi tempat dideklarasikannya.

4. Statement

Statement adalah setiap operasi dalam pemrograman, harus diakhiri dengan [ ; ] atau [ } ]. Statement tidak akan dieksekusi bila diawali dengan tanda [ // ] untuk satu baris. Lebih dari 1 baris gunakan pasangan [ /* ] dan [ */ ]. Statement yang tidak dieksekusi disebut juga comments / komentar.

Contoh:
suhu=adc/255*100; //contoh rumus perhitungan suhu




5. Function

Function adalah bagian program yang dapat dipanggil oleh program utama.

Penulisan :
[tipe data hasil] [nama function]([tipe data input 1],[tipe data input 2])
{
[statement] ;
}

6. Conditional statement dan looping

if else : digunakan untuk penyeleksian kondisi

if ( [persyaratan] ) {
[statement1];
[statement2];
}
else {
[statement3];
[statement4];
}

for : digunakan untuk looping dengan jumlah yang sudah diketahui

for ( [nilai awal] ; [persyaratan] ; [operasi nilai] ) {
[statement1];
[statement2];
}


while : digunakan untuk looping jika dan salama memenuhi syarat tertentu

while ( [persyaratan] ) {
[statement1];
[statement2];
}


do while : digunakan untuk looping jika dan salama memenuhi syarat tertentu, namun min 1 kali

do {
[statement1];
[statement2];
}
while ( [persyaratan] )


switch case : digunakan untuk seleksi dengan banyak kondisi

switch ( [nama variabel] ) {
case [nilai1]: [statement];
break;
case [nilai2]: [statement];
break;
}


7. Operasi logika dan biner

* Logika
AND :&&
NOT : !
OR : ||
* Biner
AND : &
OR : |
XOR : ^
Shift right: >>
Shift left : <<>
* Lebih besar sama dengan : >=
* Lebih kecil : < * Lebih kecil sama dengan : <= 9. Operasi aritmatika * + , - , * , / : tambah,kurang,kali,bagi * += , -= , *= , /= : nilai di sebelah kiri operator di tambah/kurang/kali/bagi dengan nilai di sebelah kanan operator * % : sisa bagi * ++ , -- : tambah satu (increment) , kurang satu (decrement) * Contoh : a = 5 * 6 + 2 / 2 -1 ; maka nilai a adalah 30 a *= 5 ; jika nilai awal a adalah 30, maka nilai a = 30x5 = 150. a += 3 ; jika nilai awal a adalah 30, maka nilai a = 30+5 = 33. a++ ; jika nilai awal a adalah 5 maka nilai a = a+1 = 6. a-- ; jika nilai awal a adalah 5 maka nilai a = a-1 = 4. Ditulis oleh: Tim Prasimax Copyright Prasimax Technology Dokumen ini berasal dari www.mikron123.com

20081028

Toshiba Tecra® M10-S3401












Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Business 32/64-bit, SP1 with downgrade media for Windows® XP Professional

Processor:
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor P8400

Memory:
2GB PC2-6400 DDR2 800MHz SDRAM

Hard Drive:
160GB HDD (7200rpm)

Optical Drive:
DVD-SuperMulti drive (+/-R double layer)

Wireless:
Intel® Wi-Fi Link 5100AGN (1x2)
Bluetooth® v.2.1 +EDR

Extras:
256MB NVIDIA® Quadro® NVS 150M Discrete Graphics Card
Fingerprint Reader
Built-in Webcam and Mic
Bluetooth V2.1

Lenovo Thinkpad SL400 2743










Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor T5870 (2.0GHz 800MHz 2MBL2)

Operating system:
Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic

Display type:
14.1" WXGA AntiGlare

System graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce 9300M 256MB

Total memory:
1 GB PC2-5300 DDR2 SDRAM 667MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)

Pointing Device:
UltraNav without fingerprint reader

Hard Drive:
80 GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm

Optical device:
CD-RW/DVD-ROM Combo 24X/24X/24X/8X Max

Integrated WiFi wireless LAN adapters:
ThinkPad 11b/g Wireless LAN Mini PCI Express Adapter III

Battery:
6 cell Li-Ion Battery ( 2.4 Ah )

20081027

HP Pavilion dv5t series














Operating system:
Genuine Windows Vista Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (64-bit)

Processor:
Pentium(R) Dual-Core Mobile Processor T3200 (2.0 GHz)

Display:
15.4" diagonal WXGA High-Definition HP BrightView Widescreen Display (1280 x 800)

Memory:
1GB DDR2 System Memory (2 Dimm)

Graphics card:
Intel(R) Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

Hard drive:
160GB 5400RPM SATA Hard Drive with HP ProtectSmart Hard Drive Protection

Personalization:
HP Imprint Finish (Mesh) + Microphone + Webcam

Keyboard:
HP Color Matching Keyboard

Networking:
Wireless-G Card

Primary DVD/CD drive:
SuperMulti 8X DVD+/-R/RW with Double Layer Support

Primary battery:
6 Cell Lithium Ion Battery

Acer Aspire 4520














Platform :
AMD Turion™ 64 X2 Mobile Technology TL-52/TL-56/TL- 60/TL-64/TL-66
(1.6/1.8/2/2.2/2.3 GHz, 1 MB L2 cache), supporting AMD HyperTransport® technology
NVIDIA nForce® 610M (MCP67-MV)

Operating System :
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Premium
Genuine Windows Vista™ Home Basic
Genuine Windows Vista™ Starter

Display :
14" WXGA TFT LCD, 200-nit brightness
14.1" WXGA Acer CrystalBrite™ TFT LCD, 200-nit brightness

System Memory :
Up to 2 GB of DDR2 667 MHz memory, upgradeable to 4 GB using two soDIMM modules
(dual-channel support)

Hard Disk Drive :
80/120/160/240/250 GB or larger hard disk drive

Optical Drive :
8X DVD-Super Multi doublelayer drive;
24x DVD/CD-RW combo

Dimensions & Weight :
342 (W) x 247 (D) x 35/38 (H) mm (13.46 x 9.72 x 1.38/1.49 inches)
2.48 kg (5.48 lbs.)

20081026

Fujitsu LifeBook V1030 Notebook
















Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5800 (2.0 GHz, 2 MB L2 cache, 800 MHz FSB)

Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Business Service Pack 1

Memory:
2 GB DDR2 800 MHz SDRAM memory (Dual Channel; 1 GB x 2)

Graphics:
Integrated Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

Display:
15.4" Crystal View WXGA display

Hard Drive:
250 GB S-ATA 150, 5400 rpm hard drive

Optical Drive:
Dual-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer

Built-in Camera:
Built-in webcam and digital microphone

Wireless:
Integrated Atheros XSPAN™ 802.11BGN (802.11 b/g/draft-n) wireless

Main battery:
Lithium ion (6-cell, 10.8V, 4000 mAh, 41 WHr)

Fujitsu LifeBook A1110 Notebook
















Processor:
Intel® Core™ 2 Duo Processor T5800 (2GHz, 2MB L2 cache, 800MHz FSB)

Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium with Service Pack 1 (32 bit)

Memory:
3 GB DDR2 800MHz SDRAM memory (2 GB + 1 GB)

Display:
15.4" Crystal View LP WXGA display with Green Color Lid

Hard Drive:
250 GB S-ATA, 5400 rpm hard drive

Optical Drive:
Dual-Layer Multi-Format DVD Writer

Built-in Camera:
Integrated webcam and digital microphone

Wireless:
Integrated Atheros XSPAN™ 802.11BGN (802.11 b/g/draft-n) wireless

Main battery:
Lithium ion (6-cell, 10.8V, 4000 mAh)

20081024

Apple MacBook (MB467LL/A)













Processor:

2.4GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3MB shared, 1066MHz
Memory:
2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-8500); supports up to 4GB

Hard drive:
250GB Serial ATA; 5400 rpm

Slot-loading optical drive:
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory

Display:
13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1280-by-800 resolution

Audio:
Built-in stereo speakers, built-in omnidirectional microphone, combined optical digital input/analog line in, combined optical digital output/analog line out

Networking:
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet

Wireless:
Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module

Apple MacBook (MB466LL/A)












Processor:

2.0GHz Intel Core 2 Duo, 3MB shared, 1066MHz

Memory:
2GB (two 1GB SO-DIMMs) of 1066MHz DDR3 SDRAM (PC3-8500); supports up to 4GB

Hard drive:
160GB Serial ATA; 5400 rpm
Slot-loading optical drive:
8x SuperDrive (DVD±R DL/DVD±RW/CD-RW)

Graphics:
NVIDIA GeForce 9400M graphics processor with 256MB of DDR3 SDRAM shared with main memory

Display:
13.3-inch (diagonal) LED-backlit glossy widescreen display, 1280-by-800 resolution

Audio:
Built-in stereo speakers, built-in omnidirectional microphone, combined optical digital input/analog line in, combined optical digital output/analog line out

Networking:
Built-in 10/100/1000BASE-T (Gigabit) Ethernet

Wireless:
Built-in AirPort Extreme Wi-Fi (based on IEEE 802.11n draft specification); built-in Bluetooth 2.1 + EDR (Enhanced Data Rate) module

20081023

Asus G1S Asus G1S














Processor & Cache Memory:
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7500 2.2 GHz, 800 FSB, 4MB L2 Cache

Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

Main Memory:
DDRII 667MHz, up to 4GB

Display:
15.4" WSXGA+ (Glare) (1680*1050)

Video Graphics & Memory:
NV 8600MGT 256MB (GDDRIII) (DX10)

Hard Drive:
SATA 80/120/160/200 GB

Optical Drive:
8x Super-Multi DVDRW Dual layer with Light Scribe

Card Reader:
MMC, SD, MS, MS-Pro

Fax/Modem/LAN/WLAN:
Integrated Intel® High Definition Audio chip (Azalia) compliant MDC fax/modem and 10/100/1000 Base T
Integrated 802.11a/g/n
Built-in Bluetooth™ V2.0+EDR

Built-in Camera:
Built-in 1.3M Pixels video camera

Audio:
Built-in Intel® High Definition Audio ( Azalia ) compliant audio chip,
Built-in speaker and microphone

KeyBoard:
Standard Keyboard with 88 keys

Battery Pack & Life:
Li-Ion 8 cell/2hrs

Dimension & Weight:
Black
6.8 lbs
13.9" * 11.2" * 1.5"

Asus F3Sc














Processor & Cache Memory:
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T7100 - 1.8GHz, 800MHz, 2MB L2 cache

Operating System: Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium

Main Memory:
1024MB DDR2 667MHz (1Gx1) up to 4G + Turbo Memory 1G

Display:
WXGA (1280 x 800)

Video Graphics & Memory:
NV G8400M G 128MB (DX10)

Hard Drive:
160GB 5400RPM SATA

Optical Drive:
8x Super-Multi DVDRW Dual layer

Card Reader:
8-in-1 Card Reader

Fax/Modem/LAN/WLAN:
Intel® Wireless WiFi Link 4965AGN(optional)
802.11a/b/g (Optional)
Intel® High Definition audio modem and 10/100/1000 Base T
Pass and support worldwide regulation
Bluetooth® V2.0+EDR (Optional)

Built-in Camera:
1.3M Megabyte Pixels with LED Lighting (optional)

Audio:
Built-in Intel® High Definition audio compliant audio chip
SoundBlaster Pro Compatible
Built-in stereo speakers (1.5W)

KeyBoard:
19 mm full size 88key with MS-Windows function keys
2.5mm travel

Battery Pack & Life:
Li-ion 6-cell

Dimension & Weight:
Grey
6.5 lbs
14.2" * 10.5" * 1.1"-1.6"

Dell Studio 15














Processor:
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T2390 (1.86GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache)

Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1

Display:
Glossy, widescreen 15.4 inch display (1280x800)

Optical Drive:
8X Slot Load CD / DVD Burner (Dual Layer DVD+/-R Drive)

Memory:
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2

Hard Drive:
160GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

Video Card:
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Sound Card:
High Definition Audio 2.0

Wireless Networking Cards:
Dell 1397 Wireless-G Card

Battery Options:
56 Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)

Dell Inspiron 1420










Processor:
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T2390 (1.86GHz/533Mhz FSB/1MB cache)

Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium Edition SP1

Display:
Glossy, high contrast, widescreen 14.1 inch display (1280x800)

Optical Drive:
CD / DVD writer (DVD+/-RW Drive)

Memory:
2GB Shared Dual Channel DDR2 at 667MHz

Hard Drive:
120GB SATA Hard Drive (5400RPM)

Video Card:
Intel Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Sound Card:
High Definition Audio 2.0

Wireless Networking Cards:
Dell Wireless 1395 802.11g Mini Card

Battery Options:
56Whr Lithium Ion Battery (6 cell)

Zyrex Cruiser GEF 522










Processor:
Intel® Core 2 Duo Prosessor
Intel® Core 2 Duo Processor T5550 (1.83 GHz, FSB 667, L2 Cache 2 MB)

Display:
Support 14.1" WXGA (1280x800)
Super Glare TFT

Memory:
2 GB DDR2

Graphics card:
Embedded in GL960, Sharing with system memory

Hard drive:
120 GB 5400 RPM

Keyboard:
87 keys

Camera:
Integrated 1.3 Mega Pixels Web Camera

Wireless Connection:
Wireless Ready

Primary DVD/CD drive:
DVD Supermulti

Dimensions & Weight :
332 x 236.5 x 24.4 mm ~ 36.8 mm
2.35 kg with 14.1" WXGA & 6 Cell battery

Zyrex Ellipse EGT 590









Processor:
Intel® Pentium Dual Core Prosessor
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core Processor T2390 (1.86 GHz, FSB 533, Cache 1 MB L2 Chace)

Display:
14.1" WXGA Super Glare TFT
1280 x 800

Memory:
1 GB DDR2

Graphics card:
VIA VN896CE integrated, Share Memory up to 256MB

Hard drive:
120 GB HDD SATA

Keyboard:
A4 size keyboard, Multi-Language support

Camera:
Integrated 1.3 Mega Pixels Web Camera

Wireless Connection:
Wireless Ready

Primary DVD/CD drive:
DVD Super Multi

Dimensions & Weight :
333 x 243 x 24 mm ~ 33 mm (max)
2.4 kg

Sony VAIO CR - VGN-CR35G/L









Operating system:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (English Version) with Traditional Chinese Language Pack

Processor:
Intel® Centrino® Processor Technology
Intel® Core™2 Duo Processor T8100(2.10GHz)

Display:
14.1"Wide(WXGA:1280x800) TFT Colour display (Clear Bright LCD Lite)

Memory:
2GB DDR2 SDRAM

Graphics card:
ATI Mobility Radeon™ X2300 128MB

Hard drive:
200GB (Serial ATA, 5400rpm)

Keyboard:
approx. 18mm key pitch/2mm keystroke , 82 keys

Camera:
Effective Pixels: 1280x1024

Wireless Connection:
Integrated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11a/b/g/

Primary DVD/CD drive:
DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM Drive

Primary battery:
VGP-BPS9/S Lithium-ion battery: up to 4 hours of use

Dimensions & Weight :
335.1 mm x 21-38.3 mm x 249 mm
2.5kg (including the supplied battery)

Sony VAIO CR - VGN-CR323/B









Operating system:
Genuine Windows Vista® Home Premium (English Version) with Traditional Chinese Language Pack

Processor:
Intel® Pentium® Dual-Core Processor T2390 (1.86GHz)

Display:
14.1" wide(WXGA:1280x800) TFT Colour display (Clear Bright LCD Lite)

Memory:
1 GB DDR2 SDRAM

Graphics card:
Mobile Intel® Graphics Media Accelerator X3100

Hard drive:
200 GB (Serial ATA, 5400rpm)

Keyboard:
approx. 18 mm key pitch/2 mm keystroke , 82 keys

Networking:
Integrated Wireless LAN IEEE 802.11b/g

Primary DVD/CD drive:
DVD±RW/±R DL/RAM Drive

Primary battery:
VGP-BPS9/S Lithium-ion battery: up to 4.5 hours of use

Dimensions & Weight :
335.1 mm x 21-38.3 mm x 249 mm
2.5 kg (including the supplied battery)

20081022

Lenovo ThinkPad R500










Operating System:
Genuine Windows Vista Home Basic

Processor:
Intel Core 2 Duo Processor P8400 (2.26GHz 1066MHz 3MBL2) 25W

Display Size:
15.4" WXGA (1280 x 800)

Graphics Memory:
Intel Integrated Graphics Media Accelerator 4500MHD

Memory:
1 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1067MHz SODIMM Memory (1 DIMM)

Hard Drive:
80GB Hard Disk Drive, 5400rpm

Optical Drive:
CD-RW/DVD-ROM 24x/24x/24x/8x Max Combo Ultrabay Enhanced

Lenovo IdeaPad Y530 - 40512QU










Operating System:
GenuineWindows Vista Home Premium

Processor:
Intel® Pentium® Dual Core T3200 processor ( 2GHz 667MHz 1MB )

Display Size:
15.4 WXGA TFT with integrated camera LCD Glossy 1280x800

Graphics Memory:
Intel Integrated Graphics X4500

Memory:
2 GB PC3-8500 DDR3 SDRAM 1066MHz

Hard Drive:
160GB 5400

Optical Drive:
DVD Recordable (Dual Layer) 24X Max

20081014

RTC (ds1307) Interface for PIC 16f877A

I have tested a time operated switch with RTC 1307 and PIC 16f877A. You can replace the LED with a relay. If you dont have a battery at testing time yo must ground the PIN 3 of 1307. You can avoid the capacitors also, but must use the pullup resisters.

20081009

Andy Wilson

I was re-watching some videos of work done by one my colleagues Andy Wilson, and I don't think his work gets as much attention as it deserves given how amazing it is. If you think my stuff is cool, you should bow down to his greatness... or at least watch these videos.




Andy Wilson

I was re-watching some videos of work done by one my colleagues Andy Wilson, and I don't think his work gets as much attention as it deserves given how amazing it is. If you think my stuff is cool, you should bow down to his greatness... or at least watch these videos.




20081004

Build Your Own PIC 16F877A Project Board


Finally we have tested the General purpose PIC 16F877A Project board. This has been archived under the supervision of Prof.Sunil.TT, Shri. Manoj, Shri Dabilulal and Hri Suresh are also participated in this project.



Features :
  • Connectors provided for PortA, PortB, PortC, PortD and PortE.
  • All Port Connectors having Vcc and Ground, No External power required for extension Boards.
  • Provision for connecting ICSP Programmer (you can see it in previous post).
  • One LED And One switch are provided for testing board with out external components.
  • Provided external wire soldering facility in all PORT lines, VCC and GND.



The following add on boards are tested

LCD board
Board with 8 LED
Board with 4 LEDs and 4 Switches.
Real Time Clock with RTC 1307 (I2C)
External EEPROM with 24C21 (I2C)
PWM LED dimming
L293 Motor Controller

All the programs are written in Mikroc 8.0 , Circuits and Programs will publish soon