[DSP-10] Various Ezlite part numbers

Thu, 18 Apr 2002 19:38:41 -0700

Darn, sorry about that, I took the ADI web page at face value and finding
the DOS files is not that easy.  Below is a repost from Peter G3XJP that Bob
posted back in September.

I did verify the URL Peter gave and it does work.  The two DOS files
DISK1.ZIP and DISK2.ZIP are there.

- Steve, N7HPR
  ([email protected])

---- Follows message from [email protected] Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:03:51 EDT

Folks,
I recently purchased an EZKITLITE and have a cautionary tale ...... for
anyone who has purchased recently - or who does so from now on.

In recent months the software environment shipped with the product has
changed radically to what AD call VisualDSP++.  The assembler (and assembler
syntax), linker and loader are now completely different - and you get no
simulator.  In 'exchange' for this, you get an Integrated Development
Environment and a C compiler BUT you also get a licence-imposed limit of 8k
(ie 50% for the 2181) on Program Memory.

For DSP-10 devotees, this means you can't load the .exe supplied by Bob -
nor
can you convert Bob's source code to the new version, re-assemble, re-link
and load it ..  because it exceeds the 8k licence limit.  It took me 3 solid
weeks to discover this.

The solution is to go get the older environment NOW (tomorrow, who knows?)
which can be found at:-
ftp://ftp.analog.com/pub/dsp/21xx/218x/ez-kit-lite/
and you want the 2 files titled disk1.zip and disk2.zip
This is a free download.  All the documentation can still be found on the
DSP
Designer's Ref CD shipped with the current product.

This will allow you to continue as if nothing had happened.  And remember
that if you ever want to make even the most trivial change to Bob's code,
you
will need these tools.  Each tool-set loads into a completely different
directory on your PC - and if you have both versions, there appears to be no
interaction.

This is my first posting on DSP-10, so it is a good moment to record my
appreciation to Bob for his brilliant work - but most of all, for making it
available to us all.

73 all, Peter G3XJP

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- Steve, N7HPR
  ([email protected])

> -----Original Message-----
> From: [email protected]
> [mailto:[email protected]]On Behalf Of [email protected]
> Sent: Thursday, April 18, 2002 9:34 AM
> To: [email protected]; [email protected]
> Subject: Re: RE: [DSP-10] Various Ezlite part numbers
>
>
> Thanks again guys
>
> As you are obviously dealing with someone really lame here, could
> someone give me the actual file names for the DOS version files
> that I will need. With all the files on the site, it is not
> apparent which one(s) I will need.
>
> Plse consider it as helping the disadvantaged.
>
> 73
> Greg Danylchenko
> VE3YTZ
>
> >
> > From: "Steven Bible" <[email protected]>
> > Date: 2002/04/18 Thu AM 12:19:59 EDT
> > To: <[email protected]>
> > Subject: RE: [DSP-10] Various Ezlite part numbers
> >
> > Everyone,
> >
> > First, the DOS based tools are not hard to get, ADI has made
> them available
> > for download from the ADSP-21xx development tools web page at
> >
> >     http://products.analog.com/products/info.asp?product=21xx-EZLITE
> >
> > Second, the new Windows development environment is not
> crippleware, it has a
> > compile size limitation such that the code for the DSP-10
> exceeds that limit
> > (call it what you want, the ADI folks at the Embedded Systems Conference
> > explained it this way to me).  The software is full-featured in
> that you can
> > do anything the pay-for version with the single exception of the compile
> > size.  At the conference ADI was handing out time-limited
> versions of the
> > software.
> >
> > I found it interesting that once you pay for the full version
> that updates
> > are free via the ADI web site.  It surprised me because it seems the
> > industry trend is for you to pay a yearly license fee for
> software tools.
> >
> > (My disclaimer: I do not work for ADI, nor do I own stock in
> ADI, or have
> > any vested interest in ADI. Your milage may vary :-)
> >
> > - Steve, N7HPR
> >   ([email protected])
> >
>
> snipped here
>
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