[sdiy] DIY News....

[James Patchell]

Here are a few News Items I found Interesting....

Atmel is releasing some new ARM processors....sometime...

http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/6070S.pdf
http://www.atmel.com/dyn/resources/prod_documents/6071S.pdf

These two devices looked like they would be useful to me...I have no idea 
when they will be released.

Also Image Craft is going to release a relatively low cost C compiler for 
the ARM...granted, it is more expensive than gcc, I personally don't care 
for the gcc tools (and yes, I have used them).

Atmel is also supposed to be coming out with a set of tools for the ARM 
similar to what you can get for the AVR.

http://www.imagecraft.com/software/ARMdevtools.html

The base cost in $200.

And finally, later today, I am going to attempt to saw my aluminum heat 
sink extrusion with a circular saw...one problem...my saw is a 7" saw, and 
finding blades that size has become problematic...since everybody else has 
move to making 7 1/4" saws (the 7 1/4" blades will not fit in my 
saw....already tried it once)....

So, a good part of my day will be tracking down a saw blade.


         -Jim
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