From bjones at ece.msstate.edu Wed Feb 4 11:07:46 2009 From: bjones at ece.msstate.edu (Bryan A. Jones) Date: Wed Feb 4 11:07:57 2009 Subject: [ece3724] Web site up; last chance to buy textbooks Message-ID: <4989CB62.2000009@ece.msstate.edu> All, 1. The Micro web site is back up, after some sort of web server failure this morning. 2. Heads-up: the Lab portion of the Wiki will soon be combined with the Google Docs portion, so you won't have to refer to two places to get all the info you need for the lab. 3. See below for bookstore announcement. -------- Original Message -------- Please announce in class that the bookstore will start to send Spring term books back to the publisher next week, and most books will be cleared by the end of February. Thanks, Barnes & Noble / Mississippi State -- Bryan A. Jones, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 231 Simrall / PO Box 9571 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~bjones bjonesAT@ATece.msstate.edu voice 662-325-3149 fax 662-325-2298 Our Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way. He'll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God. - 1 Tim. 6:14b-15 (The Message) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/pipermail/ece3724/attachments/20090204/043b9f91/attachment-0001.html From jwbruce at ece.msstate.edu Thu Feb 5 10:05:11 2009 From: jwbruce at ece.msstate.edu (J. W. Bruce) Date: Thu Feb 5 10:05:14 2009 Subject: [ece3724] Re: hw4 question In-Reply-To: Message-ID: <20650597.556751233849911066.JavaMail.root@zimbra.ece.msstate.edu> Yes.... the cast should be (uint16) so the the u8_q variable is promoted to 16 bits and arithmetic can be performed. jwb ------------------ J.W. Bruce, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University 406 Hardy Road, Simrall 335 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9571 Office: (662) 325-1530 FAX: (662) 325-2298 ----- Original Message ----- Sent: Wednesday, February 4, 2009 9:25:42 PM GMT -06:00 US/Canada Central Subject: hw4 question on problem 38, why is (uint8) by u8_q. Isn't that a bit redundant? It is already a unint8 variable From bjones at ece.msstate.edu Wed Feb 18 15:00:26 2009 From: bjones at ece.msstate.edu (Bryan A. Jones) Date: Wed Feb 18 15:00:36 2009 Subject: [ece3724] Homework 6 - due Monday @ 7:00 PM Message-ID: <499C76EA.3080909@ece.msstate.edu> All, Homework 6 (chap. 6: 1-6, 25-28 even AND odd) is due Monday, 23-Feb (for BOTH sections) at 7:00 PM; turn it in at the exam. Odd problems are included so you can use the solutions to check your work, since you won't have graded assignments to review before the test. -- Bryan A. Jones, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 231 Simrall / PO Box 9571 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~bjones bjonesAT@ATece.msstate.edu voice 662-325-3149 fax 662-325-2298 Our Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way. He'll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God. - 1 Tim. 6:14b-15 (The Message) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... 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He'll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God. - 1 Tim. 6:14b-15 (The Message) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/pipermail/ece3724/attachments/20090220/4c28d57f/attachment.html From bjones at ece.msstate.edu Sun Feb 22 14:09:57 2009 From: bjones at ece.msstate.edu (Bryan Jones) Date: Sun Feb 22 14:10:10 2009 Subject: [Fwd: Re: [ece3724-01] [ece3724] Homework 6 - due Monday @ 7:00 PM] Message-ID: <49A1B115.4060905@ece.msstate.edu> All, Don is correct: line 6 of the solution for problem 27 of chapter 6 should read mov.b [W1], [W0] ; *psz2 = *psz1; -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [ece3724-01] [ece3724] Homework 6 - due Monday @ 7:00 PM Date: Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:09:58 -0600 From: Don Pollitz To: Bryan A. Jones References: <499C76EA.3080909@ece.msstate.edu> Dr. Jones: I had a question regarding question 27 on chapter 6. I was checking my answers compared to the answers in the back. I had come across a slight problem. I was wondering if this is a mistake or if I'm not quite grasping the concept. 1 ;W0 = psz_1, W1 = psz_2, W2 used for u8_char 2 str_swap: 3 cp0 [W0] 4 bra Z, str_swap_exit 5 mov.b [W0], W2 6 mov.b [W0], [W1] 7 mov.b W2, [W1++] 8 inc W0, W0 9 bra str_swap 10 str_swap_exit: 11 return I'm assuming the purpose of the program is to swap the two words. However, psz_2 is never moved anywhere. according to line 6, it is replaced before it is moved. I was wondering if the operands might have been transposed by accident. Thank you for your time. Don Pollitz On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Bryan A. Jones > wrote: All, Homework 6 (chap. 6: 1-6, 25-28 even AND odd) is due Monday, 23-Feb (for BOTH sections) at 7:00 PM; turn it in at the exam. Odd problems are included so you can use the solutions to check your work, since you won't have graded assignments to review before the test. -- Bryan A. Jones, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 231 Simrall / PO Box 9571 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~bjones bjonesAT@ATece.msstate.edu voice 662-325-3149 fax 662-325-2298 Our Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way. He'll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God. - 1 Tim. 6:14b-15 (The Message) _______________________________________________ ece3724 mailing list ece3724@ece.msstate.edu http://www.ece.msstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/ece3724 _______________________________________________ ece3724-01 mailing list ece3724-01@ece.msstate.edu http://www.ece.msstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/ece3724-01 -- Bryan A. Jones, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 231 Simrall / PO Box 9571 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~bjones bjonesAT@ATece.msstate.edu voice 662-325-3149 fax 662-325-2298 Our Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way. He'll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God. - 1 Tim. 6:14b-15 (The Message) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/pipermail/ece3724/attachments/20090222/399f2f1d/attachment.html From bjones at ece.msstate.edu Mon Feb 23 09:56:10 2009 From: bjones at ece.msstate.edu (Bryan A. Jones) Date: Mon Feb 23 09:56:22 2009 Subject: [ece3724] [Fwd: Chapter 6 #28] Message-ID: <49A2C71A.7090208@ece.msstate.edu> No, but you can use a pointer like an array: pu16_x[10] is the 10th element the pointer points to. -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Chapter 6 #28 Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2009 18:16:10 -0600 From: mt223@msstate.edu To: Bryan Jones Is pu16_x supposed to be an array instead? -- Bryan A. Jones, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 231 Simrall / PO Box 9571 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~bjones bjonesAT@ATece.msstate.edu voice 662-325-3149 fax 662-325-2298 Our Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way. He'll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God. - 1 Tim. 6:14b-15 (The Message) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/pipermail/ece3724/attachments/20090223/e97a0eb5/attachment.html From bjones at ece.msstate.edu Mon Feb 23 09:57:42 2009 From: bjones at ece.msstate.edu (Bryan A. Jones) Date: Mon Feb 23 09:57:53 2009 Subject: [Fwd: RE: [ece3724-06] [Fwd: Re: [ece3724-01] [ece3724] Homework 6 - due Monday @ 7:00 PM]] Message-ID: <49A2C776.2010109@ece.msstate.edu> Jason, You're correct -- line 3 should read cp0.b [W0] ; *psz_1 != 0 test Thanks! -------- Original Message -------- Subject: RE: [ece3724-06] [Fwd: Re: [ece3724-01] [ece3724] Homework 6 - due Monday @ 7:00 PM] Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2009 01:51:59 -0600 From: Jason M. Shelton To: 'Bryan Jones' References: <49A1B115.4060905@ece.msstate.edu> Shouldn't line 3 cp0 [W0] be cp0.b [W0] as well since the desired result is a comparison between a char and zero? *From:* ece3724-06-bounces@ece.msstate.edu [mailto:ece3724-06-bounces@ece.msstate.edu] *On Behalf Of *Bryan Jones *Sent:* Sunday, February 22, 2009 2:10 PM *To:* ece3724@ece.msstate.edu *Cc:* Bob Reese *Subject:* [ece3724-06] [Fwd: Re: [ece3724-01] [ece3724] Homework 6 - due Monday @ 7:00 PM] All, Don is correct: line 6 of the solution for problem 27 of chapter 6 should read mov.b [W1], [W0] ; *psz2 = *psz1; -------- Original Message -------- *Subject: * Re: [ece3724-01] [ece3724] Homework 6 - due Monday @ 7:00 PM *Date: * Sat, 21 Feb 2009 16:09:58 -0600 *From: * Don Pollitz *To: * Bryan A. Jones *References: * <499C76EA.3080909@ece.msstate.edu> Dr. Jones: I had a question regarding question 27 on chapter 6. I was checking my answers compared to the answers in the back. I had come across a slight problem. I was wondering if this is a mistake or if I'm not quite grasping the concept. 1 ;W0 = psz_1, W1 = psz_2, W2 used for u8_char 2 str_swap: 3 cp0 [W0] 4 bra Z, str_swap_exit 5 mov.b [W0], W2 6 mov.b [W0], [W1] 7 mov.b W2, [W1++] 8 inc W0, W0 9 bra str_swap 10 str_swap_exit: 11 return I'm assuming the purpose of the program is to swap the two words. However, psz_2 is never moved anywhere. according to line 6, it is replaced before it is moved. I was wondering if the operands might have been transposed by accident. Thank you for your time. Don Pollitz On Wed, Feb 18, 2009 at 3:00 PM, Bryan A. Jones > wrote: All, Homework 6 (chap. 6: 1-6, 25-28 even AND odd) is due Monday, 23-Feb (for BOTH sections) at 7:00 PM; turn it in at the exam. Odd problems are included so you can use the solutions to check your work, since you won't have graded assignments to review before the test. -- Bryan A. Jones, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 231 Simrall / PO Box 9571 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~bjones bjonesAT@ATece.msstate.edu voice 662-325-3149 fax 662-325-2298 Our Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way. He'll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God. - 1 Tim. 6:14b-15 (The Message) _______________________________________________ ece3724 mailing list ece3724@ece.msstate.edu http://www.ece.msstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/ece3724 _______________________________________________ ece3724-01 mailing list ece3724-01@ece.msstate.edu http://www.ece.msstate.edu/mailman/listinfo/ece3724-01 -- Bryan A. Jones, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 231 Simrall / PO Box 9571 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~bjones bjonesAT@ATece.msstate.edu voice 662-325-3149 fax 662-325-2298 Our Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way. He'll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God. - 1 Tim. 6:14b-15 (The Message) -- Bryan A. Jones, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering 231 Simrall / PO Box 9571 Mississippi State University Mississippi State, MS 39762 http://www.ece.msstate.edu/~bjones bjonesAT@ATece.msstate.edu voice 662-325-3149 fax 662-325-2298 Our Master, Jesus Christ, is on his way. He'll show up right on time, his arrival guaranteed by the Blessed and Undisputed Ruler, High King, High God. - 1 Tim. 6:14b-15 (The Message) -------------- next part -------------- An HTML attachment was scrubbed... URL: http://www.ece.msstate.edu/pipermail/ece3724/attachments/20090223/b743a632/attachment-0001.html From jwbruce at ece.msstate.edu Mon Feb 23 12:05:01 2009 From: jwbruce at ece.msstate.edu (J. W. Bruce) Date: Mon Feb 23 12:05:21 2009 Subject: [ece3724] Amateur (ham) radio exam THURSDAY 7PM In-Reply-To: <18075420.633311235411956770.JavaMail.root@zimbra.ece.msstate.edu> Message-ID: <25781747.633331235412301092.JavaMail.root@zimbra.ece.msstate.edu> W5YD, Mississippi State University's historic Amateur Radio Club, will be hosting an exam session for FCC amateur radio licensing on Thursday (February 26th) at 7PM. The exam will be hosted in the Simrall Electrical & Computer Engineering Building rooms 102 and/or 104. The Simrall Building is typically locked at night, so people will need to enter through the main lobby entrance. We'll post a doorman there to let people in. The following items are MANDATORY. There will be NO EXCEPTIONS! Bring to the test session: 1. $15 __CASH__ in correct change (No checks, $20's etc. We can't make change.) 2. A photo ID or 2 non-photo ID's 3. The original and a copy of your license (if you have one). 4. The original and a copy of any current CSCE's (if you have any) If you need some last-minute study aids or practice exams, surf over to http://w5yd.org.msstate.edu/new_site/license.php MFJ (located on Industrial Blvd) also sells study guides. If you want more info about W5YD and/or amateur radio, please contact Jarrod Marsh, W5YD president, at jcm177@msstate.edu. Also, if you plan on taking an exam on Thursday, please let Jarrod know so he can have your exam prepared. Thanks, JW BRUCE (AE5GO) Faculty Adviser, W5YD Amateur Radio Club PS: W5YD members will be monitoring the W5YD 2m repeater (146.805-) Thursday evening if you need assistance or directions. Feel free to check in on the repeater as you make your way to the building. ------------------ J.W. Bruce, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University 406 Hardy Road, Simrall 335 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9571 Office: (662) 325-1530 FAX: (662) 325-2298 From jwbruce at ece.msstate.edu Mon Feb 23 12:07:21 2009 From: jwbruce at ece.msstate.edu (J. W. Bruce) Date: Mon Feb 23 12:07:29 2009 Subject: [ece3724] EXAM #2 TONIGHT Message-ID: <13738064.633361235412441898.JavaMail.root@zimbra.ece.msstate.edu> EXAM #2 will be held TONIGHT in the Simrall Auditorium at 7PM. Exam is closed book/notes, and calculators are not allowed. Exam will cover topics from lecture, HW, and lab from chapters 1-6 in the text, with emphasis on chapters 5 & 6. See you there. Happy studying! jwb ------------------ J.W. Bruce, Ph.D., Associate Professor Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering Mississippi State University 406 Hardy Road, Simrall 335 Mississippi State, MS 39762-9571 Office: (662) 325-1530 FAX: (662) 325-2298