Thursday, October 21, 2010

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Know Your CEan - Leo

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 05:26 AM PDT

Hello CEans,

We have our friend, the computer geek CEan-Leo aka Nrupen answering the questions this time. :) Leo is on CE since past 6 months and has enriched our forum with a lot of intuitive and informative posts. We look forward to Leo climbing the CE titles soon enough. :) Read ahead to know more about him.

CE: Hi Leo, you are a Crazy Computer engineer, tell us more about yourself.
Leo: My real name is Nrupen Masram, I completed my B.Tech in Computer Science and Engineering from Government Science of Engineering, Amravati, Maharashtra. As a student I never loved making any new codes and I was always interested in modifying the original source code. My favorite task was always to explore internal system, which helped me become first guy in college who was able to crash and exploit both Linux and Windows system, now acts as base for me to study computer security. Being honest I never really loved writing new source codes, I only loved modifying the previously written code, I think this might be the reason why though I am not a good coder I always got praise from people.

CE: How did you get introduced to CrazyEngineers (CE)?
Leo: Kunal Satao is one of my batch mates, who first introduced me to Crazy Engineers. According to him I was mad and silly as an Engineering Student and he wanted me to learn something as I am going to become an Engineer. Of course this was his personal view all other students just used to say I am little different from group.

CE: Why did you take up computers your engineering trade? What do you like the most about it?
Leo: I was 7 when I first saw computer, for me it was something amazing thing. Actually until I came to Computer Science field, I had not even touched computer but I was knowing a lot, which I learned from people who used to operate it in front of me. I somehow always knew that I am going to do something that has to do something with computers. When my time came to select, I opted nothing else than Computer Science. I can't really say what I like most in this field, I like each and every step in history that ever lead to evolution of computer and the things that will come in future. My interest grew to breaching security and protecting it while in 3rd year and I decided to take further study which can make me a Security Professional, so indirectly I can say this is what I like most.

4.Why the name 'Leo'? What do you like the most about yourself?
Leo: When I was trying out for user-name, Leo was the first thing that was available, so I kept it. The most I like about me is I love being me and advise all to love themselves.

CE: What is your favorite pass time?
Leo: Sit on my laptop then, surf, read or explore system. The most I can remember, I do only this when I want to to pass time, I hate watching TV.

CE: Who are your idols or inspirations?
Leo: I don't have Idols, because idol means something like whom you want to become, I love the way I am I don't want to like someone else. I only get inspired by people acting right at present, if you'll say are you inspired by some person from past, sorry not a single one.

CE: What is the biggest achievement in your life so far?
Leo: While in high school I started boxing as a fun, till higher secondary studies I did it for local gyms. In those 3 years I fought several fights but my nose is still intact, I think this is my biggest achievement because most of them who started with me or after me got their nose broken in less than a year. Ok, that might appear fun but being honest I believe everyday is an achievement and I can't distinguish which is biggest.

CE: The CE-Quickies:
1. Who are the best CEans according to you?
Leo: Vik, Mad Scientist and my new favorite is AJ.

2. If you are granted 3 wishes, what would you ask for?
Leo: I actually don't believe something like granting wishes, but if granted I'll just ask for ability to work harder and smarter than now, nothing else.

3. If you were not an engineer, you would be?
Leo: Professional Boxer or Martial Artist, in fact I never thought of becoming something else.

4. Your biggest blooper till date is?
Leo: Can't say.

5. A moment you can never forget.
Leo: Yet to come.

6. 5 years from now, you will…
Leo: After five years I want to see myself as good Corporate Computer and Information Security Professional.

CE: If you were a politician, what will your 5 year plan look like?
Leo: I hardly know anything about politics, so no comments.

CE: What do you want to say about CE?
Leo: When I first joined CE, I felt CE was actually built to evolve the theoretical mind set of students to become practical on studies, isn't dumb of me. By the way as I became regular, I feel CE is much bigger picture than anyone can ever imagine of, not even the one who started it can imagine, what we can really do is wait a little and enjoy upcoming rides.

New Waspmote Smart Metering sensor board enables the measurement of key parameters in

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:44 AM PDT

Zaragoza, Spain – October 21st, 2010 – Libelium, a technology leader in wireless sensor networks, announces a new Smart Metering Sensor board for its award winning Waspmote platform. The new board extends the current features by supporting the measurement of the following key parameters: electric current, water flow, weight of materials and goods, liquid level, distance and displacement of an object. Applications include managing the usage of electricity & water, supply chain management and manufacturing.

The European Union sees the widespread introduction of smart metering as vital in the reduction of energy costs and carbon emissions. The 2009 Electricity Directive will ensure that every household in the EU will be fitted with smart meters by 2022. Smart meters allow energy usage to be precisely monitored and controlled in real time and are equally important for domestic and industrial customers.

Most existing smart metering products are closed systems with limited wireless range making them unsuitable for most industrial uses. David Gascón says, "Combining the new sensor board with Waspmote's wide range of radios, enables monitoring of electricity and water usage in the most remote locations". A wide choice of ZigBee radio modules is available including, for long range purposes, 868 MHz (for Europe) and 900 MHz (for US). He adds, "Waspmote enables measurement to take place wherever required, for example from garages, basements, remote machinery and even from inside walls".

Industrial systems need to be configurable and very reliable. The modular, open platform is readily configurable to meet the specific needs of a customer. Users only need to buy those boards and sensors that they require for their particular application. Many existing smart meters depend on a mains power supply meaning that if that fails, the meter powers down and is therefore unable to send an alarm. David adds, "With a battery power supply and extremely low current usage, Waspmote is reliably able to alert users". The Waspmote electrical current sensor is suitable for domestic and industrial use covering up to 150 A.

The water flow sensor - capable of measuring flows in pipes from 0.15 to 60 litres/minute - is suitable for measuring water consumption, for detecting leakage in pipes and for monitoring agricultural irrigation.

The term 'smart metering' often refers to monitoring the supply of electricity and water; however, it is a much broader technical challenge. Highly reliable smart metering can not only be used for managing utility supplies but also brings benefits to managing liquid storage, inventories such as grain in silos and movement of goods.

For these other applications, the new board can be combined with a rich choice of sensors. Examples of uses include: weighing goods during manufacturing with the load cell sensor; checking liquid levels in a tank with the level sensor; measuring distances to objects with an ultrasound sensor; and measuring object movement with the displacement foil sensor.

Waspmote's modularity and openness enables Smart Metering to be deployed flexibly by customers. The new versatile board, which is ideal for smaller and medium scale deployments, supports up to six sensors; the customer can select the type and number of sensors to use. For larger scale deployment, Libelium offers a development service to create custom metering boards with one or two sensors.

Earlier this month Wireless Sensing Interest Group (WiSIG) gave the Best Demo Award to Libelium at the Sensing Technology 2010 Exhibition (Birmingham, UK) for the work performed with the Waspmote platform. Waspmote was also chosen by Sensors Magazine as one of the most exciting new products at the Sensors Expo & Conference in Rosemont, Illinois in June 2010.

About Wireless Sensor Networks
Wireless sensor networks (WSN) consist of small battery powered electronic devices – often known as "motes" – which gather data from built-in sensors. A WSN is self-organising allowing it to have high availability, scalability and simple installation. Applications include environmental monitoring, fire or gas detection, smart metering, farming, logistics and security.
For more information visit http://www.libelium.com/products/waspmote/wsn

About Waspmote
Waspmote is a modular platform for building wireless sensor networks. The platform comprises:
the Waspmote board with microcontroller, memory, battery, accelerometer and sockets for add-on modules; open source API and compiler; Xbee range of ZigBee wireless communication modules offer a choice of protocol versions, radio frequency and range (up to 40 km); wireless modules supporting Bluetooth, GPRS, GPS; and a wide variety of sensor boards enabling the measurement of gases, physical events, agricultural & smart metering parameters; and outstanding power management - an unprecedented 0.7 microamperes is required in hibernate mode.
Waspmote is CE, FCC and IC certified.
For Waspmote platform details visit http://www.libelium.com/waspmote

About Libelium
Libelium designs and manufactures hardware and communication protocols for distributed wireless networks. The product portfolio consists of the Waspmote low power platform for creating wireless sensor networks; the Meshlium multi-tech router integrating WiFi mesh (2.4GHz - 5GHz), ZigBee, GPRS, GPS and Bluetooth technologies
The company was founded in 2006, is privately held and is based at the European Business and Innovation Centre CEEIARAGON, Zaragoza, Spain.
For more information call +34 976 54 74 92 or visit http://www.libelium.com

Press Contact
David Gascón
CTO Libelium
Tel: +34 976 54 74 92
e-mail: d.gascon[at]libelium[dot]com

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C program that enables m68hc11 to operate it as a data logger

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:34 AM PDT

Hi,,All
I am new to this subject and Hope that I will get some sort of guidance from this forum.
I need a C program that enables the M68HC11 to work it as a data logger ,only program I had my Kit and I want to write a program including the components like A/D converter,counter,real time clock and should able to take some samples.

Thanks a lot.

Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for OMG Richard Soley Keynotes at BT Summit 2010

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 02:06 AM PDT

The constant rush to new fads and fashions in the Information Technology industry have done little to improve overall software quality; and as computing moves to the cloud, apparently out of our control, quality becomes even more important. Satellite launches famously fail, medical devices famously overdose patients and engines still shut down in flight. Best practices and standards for managing, measuring and improving software implementation processes have had some success (most notably CMMI), but incorrect and incomplete coverage in the industry has left us in a mostly unchanged situation. At the same time, outsourcers and other software development teams have no standardized, widely-adopted way to agree software quality metrics with contractors and purchasers of software. Dr. Richard Soley, Chairman and CEO for OMG, is speaking at Business Technology Summit (btsummit.com) about a standard to lower costs and increase quality broadly in the software world, driven by static code analysis, software modeling and shared patterns and anti-patterns of good practice. Dr. Soley's keynote will give an overview of the process and schedule for developing the standard, and the expected uses of of the standard when complete.

Dr. Richard Soley is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer for OMG. As Chairman and CEO, Dr. Soley is responsible for the vision and direction of the world's largest consortium of its type. Dr. Soley joined the nascent OMG as Technical Director in 1989, leading the development of OMG's world-leading standardization process and the original CORBA® specification. In 1996, he led the effort to move into vertical market standards (starting with healthcare, finance, telecommunications and manufacturing) and modeling, leading first to the Unified Modeling Language (UML®) and later the Model Driven Architecture (MDA®).

Previously, Dr. Soley was a cofounder and former Chairman/CEO of A. I. Architects, Inc., maker of the 386 HummingBoard and other PC and workstation hardware and software. Prior to that, he consulted for various technology companies and venture firms on matters pertaining to software investment opportunities. Dr. Soley has also consulted for IBM, Motorola, PictureTel, Texas Instruments, Gold Hill Computer and others. He began his professional life at Honeywell Computer Systems working on the Multics operating system. A native of Baltimore, Maryland, U.S.A., Dr. Soley holds the bachelor's, master's and doctoral degrees in Computer Science and Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

Rules

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 01:52 AM PDT

In the World of Romance, ONE Single Rule Applies to the Men:


Make the woman happy. Do something she likes, and you get points.
Do something she dislikes and points are subtracted.
You don't get any points for doing something she expects.
Sorry, that's the way the game is played.

Here is a guide to the point system:

SIMPLE DUTIES

You make the bed (+1)
You make the bed, but forget the decorative pillow (0)
You throw the bedspread over rumpled sheets (-1)
You go out to buy her what she wants (+5) In the rain (+8) But return with
Beer (-5)
You check out a suspicious noise at night (0)
You check out a suspicious noise, and it is nothing (0)
You check out a suspicious noise and it is something (+5)
You pummel it with iron rod (+10)
It's her pet (-10)

SOCIAL ENGAGEMENTS


You stay by her side the entire party (0)
You stay by her side for a while, then leave to chat with a college buddy
(-2)
Named Rita (-4)
Rita is a dancer (-6)
Rita is single and is really beautiful (-80)

HER BIRTHDAY


You forget her birthday (-50000)
You take her out to dinner (0)
You take her out to dinner and it's not a sports bar (+1)
Okay, it's a sports bar (-2)
And it's all-you-can-eat night (-3)
It's a sports bar, it's all-you-can-eat night, and your face is painted the
colours of your favourite team (-10)

A NIGHT OUT


You take her to a movie (+2)
You take her to a movie she likes (+4)
You take her to a movie you hate (+6)
You take her to a movie you like (-2)
It's called 'DeathCop' (-3)
You lied and said it was a foreign film about orphans (-15)

YOUR PHYSIQUE


You develop a noticeable potbelly (-15)
You develop a noticeable potbelly and exercise to get rid of it (+10)
You develop a noticeable potbelly and resort to baggy jeans and baggy Hawa
iian shirts (-30)
You say, "It doesn't matter, you have one too." (-8000)

ENJOY THE 'BIG' QUESTION


She asks, "Do I look fat?" (-5) [Yes, you LOSE points no matter WHAT]
You hesitate in responding (-10)
You reply, "Where?" (-35)
Any other response (-20)

COMMUNICATION


When she wants to talk about a problem , you listen, displaying what looks
like a concerned __ex-pression (0)
You listen, for over 30 minutes (+50)
You listen for more than 30 minutes without looking at the TV (+500)
She realizes this is because you have fallen asleep (-10000)
Now what chance do you have???
:happy::happy::happy:

Looking out for some web script coders

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:36 AM PDT

Dear all,
I want to build a Q&A content scrapping website (similar to questionhub.com). For this purpose, I'm looking out for someone to work with me on web scripts. It can be PHP, Curl, Perl, asp.net or jquery...

If anyone's interested (preferrably based out of Mumbai), ping me up or shoot a mail to me. You can find my email ID in the profile...

Regards,
Shalin

Whats in your hobbies?

Posted: 21 Oct 2010 12:14 AM PDT

Hello guys!

everyone like something to do as a hobby..As i like to play <no spamming> and <no spamming> I also like to watch tv-shows and movies. Recently i have watched Devil's Playground and my faves show is Supernatural....:happy::happy:

Micromax Modu T Price In India: Rs. 12,000/-

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 09:35 PM PDT

Micromax has partnered with Israel Based Modu to bring the lightest touchphone in the world, called Modu T. The phone is available in India for Rs. 12,000.

Few Details Here: Micromax Introduces World's Lightest Touch Phone In India | Indian Mobiles Forum

Second International Conference on Advances in Computer Engineering

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 07:06 PM PDT

Second International Conference on Advances in Computer Engineering – ACE 2011 Proc. Archived in IEEE Xplore

Date of Function: July 27-28, 2011

The mission of the ACE 2011 International Conference is to bring together innovative academics people and industrial experts in the field of Computer Science, Information Technology, Computational Engineering, Communication and Security to a common forum, where a constructive dialog on theoretical concepts

Second International Conference on Advances in Computer Engineering, ACE 2011, is an international conference where theory, practices, and applications of Computational Engineering, Computer and Telecommunication Technology and related topics are presented and discussed. Original contributions are solicited on topics covered under broad areas such as (but not limited to):

Computational Mathematics Data Structures

Algorithms

Artificial Intelligence

Automated Software Engineering

Bioinformatics and Scientific Computing

Compilers and Interpreters

Computational Intelligence

Computer Animation

Computer Architecture

Computer Architecture and Embedded Systems

Computer Games

Computer Graphics & Virtual Reality

Computer Modeling

ACE 2011 - Important Dates

Last Date of Paper Submission: 10 Mar 2011

Paper Acceptance Notification: 20 April 2011

Camera Ready Paper: 26 May 2011

Paper Registration: 05 May 2011

Conference Date: 27 - 28 July 2011

Papers for review may be submitted @ : ace.paper AT engineersnetwork.org

You may register @ : ace.register AT engineersnetwork.org

Online Free CAT Practical test!!

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 06:49 PM PDT

Hi friends!! cat practical test 2010 is being conducted online in www.catiim.in. Do attend the online test.Hurry up soon!

Wind Turbine Microcontroller Help!

Posted: 20 Oct 2010 05:43 PM PDT

Hey guys, I'm a senior at a University of California, and I'm working on a wind turbine control system for my Senior Design Project. I'm pretty damn new to microcontrollers, which is what we'll be using, so I'm asking for some help here.

Our team only has to worry about the microcontroller and the chip board. We will need a microcontroller with at least 20 inputs (digital, probably), and some outputs for actuators. It needs internet access.

Now, here is where you guys come in. I have no idea where to start looking. When can I go to learn about microcontrollers, and where do I look for them? Thanks a lot!
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