Archive for September, 2010
NBitWonder: Now on Twitter
by George on Sep.22, 2010, under Site News
Hey everyone,
In an effort to better communicate with you, you can now follow NBitWonder on Twitter. Click the link above, or the new Twitter link in the “Follow us on” section in the sidebar to get started. So, if you like the work we do here at NBitWonder, show your support by following us (on Twitter, not in real life 
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Microchip Announces MPLABX
by George on Sep.21, 2010, under Misc
As a Macbook owner and somebody who does PIC development, I have long had to dual boot Windows to do PIC programming work. Some options for programming PICs in Mac OS X exist, but none of them are officially supported by Microchip.
Until now… apparently the folks at Microchip have heard my prayers and are readying MPLAB X for release. From the project wiki page:
MPLAB® X IDE is a software program that runs on a PC (Windows®, Mac OS®, Linux®) to develop applications for Microchip microcontrollers and digital signal controllers. It is called an Integrated Development Environment, or IDE, because it provides a single integrated “environment” to develop code for embedded microcontrollers.
Awesome! The official release of MPLAB X is slated for release January 2011, but you can download the beta version for the time being. We’ll be following the development and release of the tool in the coming months, so stay tuned!
[thanks bitkiller]
RGB Lightsaber Progress Update
by George on Sep.20, 2010, under Projects, RGBSaber
It’s been some time since anything was written about the RGB Lightsaber project, but this shouldn’t fool you into thinking there has been no progress made whatsoever on the RGB Lightsaber. This post is to update everybody on the progress of the RGB Lightsaber project up till now, so that some of the more interesting work can be talked about in subsequent posts.
On VoIP32 Optimization
by Ben on Sep.17, 2010, under Projects, VoIP Server
As of my last VoIP32 post, the server could sustain a reasonable 375kBps transfer rate. That’s not too shabby, but the server hardware is quite powerful considering its embedded nature. I had to push the envelope to increase performance. After a few code tweaks, the board now sustains transfer rates of approximately 657kBps, a 75% improvement over the initial code revisions.
