[time-nuts] Thunderbolt Monitor

Chris Albertson albertson.chris at gmail.com
Wed Jan 23 14:55:14 EST 2013


You can't compare the size of a Windows binary to a uP RAM.   If you
look inside the .exe file you see that 90% of it is dealing with the
Windows OS.   The actual computations are very, very small and don't
use even half the 16KB Flash.



On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 10:10 AM, Bob Camp <lists at rtty.us> wrote:
> Hi
>
> Heathdos.exe 123 KB
> Heather.exe 572 KB
> Server.exe 176 KB
>
> (each would be plus what ever they pull from DLL's and the OS)
>
> Ti LaunchPad MSP-EXP430G2 - MSP 430 version ($4.30):
>
> MSP-430G2553 Microcontroller:
>
> 16 KB flash
> 512 B RAM
>
> MSP-430G2452 Microcontroller:
>
> 8 KB flash
> 256 B RAM
>
> I suspect you would get about 5% of it into a MSP430.
>
> Bob
>
>
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: time-nuts-bounces at febo.com [mailto:time-nuts-bounces at febo.com] On
> Behalf Of Chris Albertson
> Sent: Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:44 AM
> To: Major L. McGee III; Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement
> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Thunderbolt Monitor
>
> I was looking into porting much of LH into an Arduino or TI Launch Pad
> (msp430) And then a display would be web based.  But then I decided to
> go back to grad school and there went any free time.
>
> But I think that is that way to go.  The TB is best kept in some
> light-out closet and who wants to stand of a step stool to read an LCD
> when a web interface could put a better display on your smart phone or
> computer
>
> I did just buy a TI Launchpad.  For $4.30 shipping included I could
> not resist but I have in mind a MUCH smaller project
>
> On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 8:31 AM, Major L. McGee III <majorm at sc.rr.com>
> wrote:
>> I have been following this on the list for a while now and was curious if
>> anyone is actively working on a open source monitor.  I see the one made
> by
>> Adam VK4GHZ is no longer being sold.  This got me back on track for
> wanting
>> to make one of my own.
>>
>> I have been using either tbmon or lady heather but always have issues with
> a
>> usb to serial converter when I start the computer.  It will go haywire and
>> cause it to freeze and make the mouse malfunction.  Once I disconnect the
>> converter (I have tried other makes as well) it works fine.  Usually I can
>> reconnect the converter and things will work again.
>>
>> What I would like to do is make a 2 or 4 line lcd readout to display
> various
>> info.  I really liked VK4GHZ's page type selector knob.  I can see that
>> being very useful.  On a youtube video by n6vmo said the thunderbolt used
> a
>> ASCII Hex and "needs to be converted by using 64 bit floating point math".
>>
>> So are any of you currently working on this or have decided to quit and
> have
>> any information to share?
>>
>>
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