So I stop screwing this up over and over,
Method for determinging A GT B for two unsigned integers using standard subtractor in VHDL:
where f(x,y) = x-y = x + 2's complement(y),
carry out of f(B-A) shows B > A. not f(A-B).
Examples:
1) is 70128 GT 65535?
for 24 bit case,
B = 70128 = x0111F0
A = 65535 = x00FFFF, 2s_comp(B) = xFF0001
B - A = x0111F0 + xFF0001 = x10011F1, carry out is 1, remainder = B-A = 4593
2) is 32768 GT 65535?
for 24 bit case,
B = 32768 = x008000
A = 65535 = x00FFFF, 2s_comp(B) = xFF0001
B - A = x008000 + xFF0001 = xFF8001, carry out is 0, remainder = B-A = -32767
Monday, May 10, 2010
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Excel: Reformatting timestamps to get a graph with time on the x axis
Time column is in decimal seconds from some completely random timebase, which I took one calibration of.
Created a column with format "Time" of type hh:mm:ss. Formula for that column was:
=TIMEVALUE(TEXT("8:21:00 AM"+(A2 - 906897)/86400, "h:mm:ss"))
i.e. A2 contains a time in seconds, at 8:21 AM the seconds were 906897, and the conversion factor is expecting decimal hours (86400 seconds per hour). Converting it with TIMEVALUE produces fraction of a day, but that is then displayed properly due to the cell formatting.
This does not address the case of crossing a date boundary. Date conversion functions are not useful because the only cell formats available for date do not include seconds.
Created a column with format "Time" of type hh:mm:ss. Formula for that column was:
=TIMEVALUE(TEXT("8:21:00 AM"+(A2 - 906897)/86400, "h:mm:ss"))
i.e. A2 contains a time in seconds, at 8:21 AM the seconds were 906897, and the conversion factor is expecting decimal hours (86400 seconds per hour). Converting it with TIMEVALUE produces fraction of a day, but that is then displayed properly due to the cell formatting.
This does not address the case of crossing a date boundary. Date conversion functions are not useful because the only cell formats available for date do not include seconds.
Monday, May 3, 2010
Industry Links
News Feeds:
Nucleus, at hobbyspace.com, the best newspace source now that spacefellowship.com is all crapped up with NASA press releases.
http://www.hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php
Jeff Foust's information packed spacepolitics blog:
http://www.spacepolitics.com/
The Once and Future Moon blog:
http://blogs.airspacemag.com/moon/
Live Media:
Spacevidcast, spotty but still the most extensive coverage of newspace events:
http://www.spacevidcast.com/
Some kind of KSC voice loop available through internet radio as of 6/2010:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=705
Newspace projects' individual sites:
Unreasonable Rocket:
http://unreasonablerocket.blogspot.com
JP Aerospace (those crazy balloon guys):
http://jpaerospace.com/blog
Nucleus, at hobbyspace.com, the best newspace source now that spacefellowship.com is all crapped up with NASA press releases.
http://www.hobbyspace.com/nucleus/index.php
Jeff Foust's information packed spacepolitics blog:
http://www.spacepolitics.com/
The Once and Future Moon blog:
http://blogs.airspacemag.com/moon/
Live Media:
Spacevidcast, spotty but still the most extensive coverage of newspace events:
http://www.spacevidcast.com/
Some kind of KSC voice loop available through internet radio as of 6/2010:
http://www.radioreference.com/apps/audio/?action=wp&feedId=705
Newspace projects' individual sites:
Unreasonable Rocket:
http://unreasonablerocket.blogspot.com
JP Aerospace (those crazy balloon guys):
http://jpaerospace.com/blog
Master Cam 9
Why Can't Tony Read? Found info on Master Cam 9.
The manual, "What's new in Master Cam 9":
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12359930/Master-Cam-9
Google search with results including, ironically, cracked copies on bittorrent.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ei=icvVS-f3GJf0NLWd3NID&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&q=Mastercam+version+9+autocad+translation&spell=1
The manual, "What's new in Master Cam 9":
http://www.scribd.com/doc/12359930/Master-Cam-9
Google search with results including, ironically, cracked copies on bittorrent.
http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&ei=icvVS-f3GJf0NLWd3NID&sa=X&oi=spell&resnum=1&ct=result&q=Mastercam+version+9+autocad+translation&spell=1
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