Here are some of my favorite Internet sites, in no particular order:
Welcome
to New Micros Inc
The Web page for New Micros, Inc., maker of great 68hc11 (and other) single-board
computers.
Motorola FTP site
The Motorola FREEWARE BBS, disguised as an Internet FTP site. Lots of software
and tools for the 68hc11 and other Motorola MCUs.
Intel MCU tools and info
The Intel FTP site, filled with goodies for 8051 (and other) development.
The Seattle Robotics Society Encoder
newsletter Web site
The club's on-line newsletter. We try to keep it filled with interesting
bits.
P.A.R.T.S (Portland Area Robotics
Society) Web site
Marvin Green maintains this collection of cool robot sources and Web links.
Robot Science and Technology
A great 'ezine on robotics. The first issue (Oct 1996) has a how-to article
on building air-powered robotic muscles.
Software Development Systems
These guys make a dynamite 68K development suite, and they give away a working
version with enough tools to keep most hobbyists happy. Their "crippled"
demo can generate up to 100K of linkable, relocatable code. Plus, their
toolset includes a utility for generating listings with absolute addresses
and a program for splitting .S19 object files among any number of different
memory devices. A must-have for anyone doing 68K work on a shoestring
budget!
Westcoast Computer Parts
An excellent source for just about any hard drives. Good prices and
fast delivery.
Timeline, Inc.
I've found many a cool piece of surplus gear from Timeline, and mentioned
them in more than one article. Good assortment of surplus electronics
and computer gear.
Marc Blakely
Marc maintains FNOS, a superb DOS utility for doing nearly any TCP/IP activity,
including FTP, PPP, NNTP, POP3, and other Internet operations. I rate
version 1.7b of FNOS as "must have," and appreciate Marc's support and efforts
on this project. You can download a copy of FNOS from Marc's web page.
A. K. Peters, Ltd.
A. K. Peters published the landmark book, Mobile Robots, by Joe Jones
and Anita Flynn. They will also publish my book, Building Your Own
Robots, due out in September 1999. They have an excellent selection
of high-end books on mathematics, robotics, and other engineering topics.
Microchip, makers of the
PICs
Microchip sells the very popular PIC microcontrollers, great for building
small, cheap embedded controller projects. Their site is filled with
tools, including the MPASM assembler. You can also get tons of working
assembly language source files. Way cool!
Waferscale, makers of the PSD8xx
chips
WSI sells some of the neatest chips for adding memory and resources to your
microcontroller projects. The PSD813F1, for example, contains 128K
of flash, 32K of EEPROM, 2K of RAM, 20-some I/O lines, and a bunch of
programmable logic. Check their web site for data sheets and development
tools.
Resources
Unlimited
RU offers a weird collection of scientific and technical gadgets, and I've
ordered some excellent items from them. Their delivery is a bit leisurely,
but I have a serious crush on the Australian lady who takes phone orders.
:-)
Free Software Foundation;
68hc11 GNU C compiler
This is the distribution site for the 68hc11/12 GNU C compiler toolset.
Originally ported to the 68hc11/12 by Stephane Carrez, this is a superb
toolset for doing embedded work on the 68hc11 or 68hc12.
GNU-compatible
make utility
You can download a GNU-compatible make utility for Windows from this site.
You will need such a utility to use the GNU C compiler described above.
Technological Arts
(http://www.technologicalarts.com)
Tech Arts sells some excellent 68hc11 and 68hc12 development hardware, and
their site is filled with valuable information and links to help you in your
embedded designs.
68hc11/12
GNU C listserver
An excellent resource for 68hc11 and 68hc12 C developers. Includes
discussions on installing and using the GNU C toolset on all platforms.
Stephane Carrez, developor of the 68hc11/12 ports, is an active
contributor.