Re: Project in Embedded sys??

Neha wrote:

>Hi !
>I am a pre-final year student of Electronics & Comm. engg. I am
>thinking of doing a project in embedded sys. in my final year.
> Could anyone please give me some nice ideas for an innovative
>project??
> Are there any links where i could get more info?
>What are the new developements in this field?
>
>I'll be really grateful for any guidance & ideas.
>Thanks;
>Neha.

Purchase Zilog's Z8 Encore evaluation kit (P/N Z8F08200100KIT) from
DigiKey or Mouser for the rediculously low price of $40.00. It includes
a board, wall wart, "smart" cable to download code from a serial port,
and CD with docs, assembler/compiler, and an IDE. The board includes a
ZF0822 (includes GPIO, flash controller, four 10-bit ADCs, UART, I2C
and SPI controllers, and two counter/timers), a MAX3222 driving a serial
port, three LEDs, two pushbutton switches (one is reset), and a
prototyping area. All one needs to get up and running a demo program
is a serial cable! This has got to be the best value of its kind I have
ever seen! Check it out at:
http://www.zilog.com/products/partdetails.asp?id=Z8F08200100KIT

Connect a thermistor to one of the ADCs and code a thermometer. Then
connect a relay with a GPIO line and code a thermostat. Write a serial
interface and it's a programmable thermostat. There are enough real
world problems to solve in there to keep you busy for a while yet it's
not so tough that you'll never get there.

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