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An emulator couplable to an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit including a micro controller, a DMA controller, memory means and an ADC and the emulator being operable to read a block of data stored in a plurality of memory locations of the memory means and graphically to display a representation of at least a portion of the block of data. An integrated circuit including an ADC and reprogrammable non-volatile memory means, the ADC being arranged to read calibration values from the non-volatile memory means. An integrated circuit including a microcontroller, a DAC selected from a group consisting of a string DAC and a current source DAC and an operational amplifier coupled to the DAC output. An integrated circuit includes analog and digital circuitry, and has only two polysilicon layers on a C-MOS substrate.
1. An CMOS integrated circuit including analog and digital circuitry, said circuit having only two polysilicon layers on a CMOS substrate, wherein said digital circuitry includes an EEPROM memory comprising a floating gate formed from one polysilicon layer and a control gate formed from the other polysilicon layer, and said analog circuit includes at least one capacitor having one polysilicon electrode and one metal electrode.
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18. A CMOS integrated circuit including analog and digital circuitry, said circuit having two polysilicon layers on a CMOS substrate, wherein said digital circuitry includes an EEPROM memory comprising a floating gate formed from a first one of the polysilicon layers and a control gate formed from a second one of the polysilicon layers, and said analog circuit comprises a digital-to-analog converter which can be calibrated using calibration values stored in said EEPROM.
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This application is a divisional of application Ser. No. 09/020,021, filed Feb. 6, 1998, entitled AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT WITH A HIGH RESOLUTION ANALOG TO DIGITAL CONVERTOR, A MICROCONTROLLER AND HIGH DENSITY MEMORY AND AN EMULATOR FOR AN INTEGRATED CIRCUIT, now abandoned.
The present invention relates to an integrated circuit and an emulator for an integrated circuit.
There is a need for precision analog circuitry to be integrated on the same chip as a microcontroller and memory. To date this has proved difficult not least because of difficulties fabricating the different devices required using a semiconductor process which provides good yield and which is not extravagant in its use of die area and/or number of masks.
Furthermore, these is a need to provide convenient emulation of such devices without the need for special versions of the integrated circuit to be produced or cumbersome clip pods to be used.
A first aspect of the invention provides, an emulator couplable to an integrated circuit, the integrated circuit including a microcontroller, a DMA controller, memory means and an ADC and the emulator being operable to read a block of data stored in a plurality of memory locations of the memory means and graphically to display a representation of at least a portion of the block of data.
The memory means may be internal or external memory means.
In this way, the emulator may, for example, display the portion in an oscilloscope or spectrum analyzer representation.
A second aspect of the invention provides an integrated circuit including an ADC and reprogrammable non-volatile memory means, the ADC being arranged to read calibration values from the non-volatile memory means.
This allows the characteristics of the ADC to be altered, for example, to accommodate a non-linear transducer or to null out offset or other errors in the ADC or external circuitry. It is particularly suitable for a circuit which is expected to be mounted in an inaccessible position since the calibration values may be altered with the circuit in situ.
A third aspect of the invention provides an integrated circuit including a microcontroller, a DAC selected from a group consisting of a string DAC and a current source DAC and an operational amplifier coupled to the DAC output.
According to a fourth aspect of the invention an integrated circuit includes analog and digital circuitry, and has only two polysilicon layers on a C-MOS substrate.
The present invention will now be described by way of example with reference to the drawings in which:
With reference to
The ADC is a successive approximation converter having a charge redistribution digital-to-analog converter (DAC) 2, a track and hold circuit 4 both coupled to a comparator 6. The design includes a reference voltage generator 8 connected via a buffer 10 to the input of the DAC 2.
Conventional microcontroller integrated circuits have required a DAC to be implemented using a timer to generate a pulse-width-modulated (PWM) signal which is fed into a large capacitor to smooth the PWM signal and to produce a signal having a voltage which varies depending on the mark-space ratio of the PWM signal. This at the very least is inconvenient since it uses up a timer/counter which could otherwise be used for other functions and requires microcontroller intervention. In the embodiment described below, two dedicated DACs have been provided.
An analog multiplexer 12 is used to select either the output from a temperature sensor 14 or one of the eight analog inputs P1.0 to P1.7.
A register block 16 is coupled to ADC logic 18, DMA logic 20 and port control logic 22. The register block 16 contains DMA address SFRs 16A, 16B, 16C which are 8 bit SFRs containing the low byte, high byte and page address of the address in external memory which is being written to or read from during DMA operation. Thus, these registers form a 24 bit address pointer. Initially, these registers are loaded with the start address in external memory from which a channel id is first read and to which the corresponding conversion result is subsequently written during DMA continuous conversion. The address stored in these registers is incremented during DMA operation.
The register block 16 also includes two bit ADC data registers 16D, 16E which store temporary results of ADC conversions before storage in memory or are used to hold the result of a single conversion. The sixth register 16F is an 8 bit control register for the ADC. The ADC SFRs are described in more detail below.
An 8051 compatible microcontroller 24 is coupled to the port control logic 22 to provide external data and address buses and also to the register block 16. The microcontroller's interaction with the DMA logic and the ADC is achieved via the register block 16.
External memory 26 is connected to port 0 and port 2. These ports in conjunction with the write (WR), read (RD) and address latch enable (ALE) lines enable the microcontroller and the DMA logic 20 to read and write to the external memory.
The three ADC registers 16D, 16E, 16F of the register block are shown in more detail in FIG. 2.
Before entering DMA mode, the microcontroller 24 is programmed to write to external memory specifying the ADC channels to convert. This is achieved by writing for each channel to be converted, a byte containing a 4 bit channel id in its top 4 bits to external memory. Each of these bytes is written to consecutively alternate bytes in external memory. An �all ones� channel id is used to signify the end of continuous conversion.
With reference to
Since the channel id is not corrupted by the DMA operation, if the same sequence of channels is repeatedly to be converted, there is no need for the pre-seeding operation to be performed more than once. All that is required to convert the same sequence again is to reset the DMA SFRs to the start address and to initiate DMA continuous conversion.
Before continuous conversion occurs, the microcontroller is caused to load the start address (402000H in the example) into the SFRs 16A, 16B and 16C and to set the CCONV flag in the ADCCON2 SFR 16F which requests continuous conversion and the DMA bit which starts DMA.
Once DMA mode has been initiated in this way, the microcontroller may continue to execute code without using any processing time to deal with the ADC conversion process. For extremely high precision ADC conversions, it may be desirable to reduce digital noise present on the substrate by putting the microcontroller into an idle mode for the duration of the DMA continuous conversion operation. When the DMA operation is complete, and interrupt is generated by the DMA controller to signal to the microcontroller that the ADC conversion results may now be processed. If the microcontroller is in idle mode when the interrupt is generated, the interrupt has the effect of �waking up� the microcontroller.
Thus, for example, the microcontroller may initiate a continuous conversion of, say, 4000 values, leave the DMA controller performing the conversions, carry on with housekeeping tasks using internal EEPROM and RAM and then once the conversions are complete, process the results using an FFT for example.
During continuous conversion, a DMA stat machine is initiated which generates internal and external signals. The external signals which are controlled by the state machine are those present on port 0, port 2 and the ALE, WR and RD signals mentioned above.
It will be noted that the DMA operation is arranged to interleave the memory reading and writing operations of a previous conversion such that these operations occur simultaneously with the next ADC conversion. In this way, no timing overhead is introduced by the DMA mode and therefore the ADC can convert at its maximum rate.
The state machine also generates internal signals �busy� which is high during ADC conversion, ADCDATAL and ADCDATAH which represents data flowing into the 2 SFRs 16D and 16E and a WRADC signal which causes writing of the conversion result into the SFRs 16D and 16E.
As will be seen from
Since a channel id for the next conversion is read in from the external memory during the present analog-to-digital conversion, the first conversion is performed on the channel specified by the ADCCON2 SFR (register 16F of FIG. 1). The first channel converted is that specified in the 4 bits CS0 to CS3 of FIG. 2. This data is not stored in external data memory and therefore the WR signal is not active until the third conversion. Thus to convert n DMA channels, n+1 conversions are performed.
With particular reference to
Thus the sequence of operations after the first three conversions is:
When a channel id of all ones is read, the state machine flags an interrupt using the ADCI bit of SFR 16F and clears the DMA and CCONV bits of that register.
With reference to
Preferably, at least some of the DMA SFRs 16A, 16B, 16C are shared with registers used by the microcontroller 24 as data pointers. In the case of an 8051 compatible microcontroller, the microcontroller has two registers DPL and DPH forming the low and high bytes respectively of a sixteen bit data pointer which is used for accessing external memory. In one preferred embodiment, in DMA mode, the registers DPL and DPH are the same registers as the DMAL and DMAH registers. The addition of the DMAP register increases the address range of the DMA controller from the microcontroller's 16 bit range to a 24 bit range. Alternatively, the three DMA address registers may be separate registers from the DPL and DPH registers. This alterative arrangement allows the microcontroller to be put into an idle mode during DMA operation without disabling the DMA address registers. Either way, it is important, that the microcontroller should not access ports 0 or 2 or the ALE line during DMA since these are driven by the DMA controller (and not the microcontroller core) during DMA operation.
In this way, port 0 is used to provide multiplexed address (A0 to A7) and data (D0 to D7) and port 2 is used to provide multiplexed addresses (A8 to A15) and (A16 to A23). This allows the microcontroller to address memory using 24 bit addressing using only 8 bit ports. The timing of writing to external data memory and reading from external data memory is shown in
It will be appreciated that during normal operation, the microcontroller core drives the ALE, WR and RD signals and ports 0 and 2 to achieve 24 bit addressing. In DMA mode, the DMA controller (in the form of the state machine described above) is responsible for generating the necessary signals on these lines and ports to achieve writing and reading in a 24 bit address space. In each case, the timing is as shown in
If only 16 bit addressing is desired, the latch 42 may be omitted. No other changes are required. This is possible because it has been chosen to output the high 8 address bits (A16-23) in the first half of the cycle. Thus when WR or RD become active (towards the end of the second half of the cycle), it is the values A8-15 which are available on port 2. Since WR or RD are not active in the first half of the cycle, any data output on port 2 and not latched) is ignored by any memory-mapped devices such as external memory.
The ADC described above may be designed in accordance with the teachings of commonly assigned U.S. Pat. No. 5,621,409, filed 15 Feb. 1995, application Ser. No. 08/235,087, filed 29 Apr. 1994 and application Ser. No. 08/274,169, filed 18 Jan. 1995 which are incorporated herein by reference. Briefly, these documents disclose an ADC with multiple charge balance conversions and having a calibration facility.
A schematic view of the successive approximation (SAR) DAC portion of the ADC is shown in FIG. 30. With reference to that figure, the eight MSBs are calibratible using calibratible capacitances 50. The capacitances are arranged as a binary trim array. The calibration value of each of those capacitances is adjusted according to digital values loaded from a calibration register 52. The register is constructed using a RAM register which may for example be constructed using D-type flip flop for each capacitance 50. The D input of each flip flop would be connected to the microcontroller 24 and each Q output would be connected to a respective calibratible capacitance 50.
The microcontroller 24 may read factory or in situ values from the EEPROM block 54 and write these to the register 52 for adjusting the calibration coefficients of the DAC portion of the ADC (thereby changing the calibration of the ADC). The ADC may be calibrated for accuracy or even to implement a non-linear characteristic perhaps to linearise a non-linear transducer.
Similarly the offset and gain of the ADC may be adjusted using calibratible capacitances 56, 58. In the preferred embodiment, these capacitances have a value of 16C (arranged as a plus or minus 8C adjustment). The whole array has a value of 256C and thus an adjustment of gain and/or offset of over 3% is available. In this way, the offset of transducers may be nulled out and/or an analogue multiplication may be applied to any input analogue values. This can obviate the need for any separate hardware or software multiplication or manipulation of the results with consequent cost and time savings.
In the preferred embodiment, the 4LSBs are not calibratible and a scaling capacitance 56 is used to scale the two segments together.
Typically, the calibration coefficients are loaded into the register 52 during the execution of a power-up loader in bootstrap memory.
Typically, the ADC is calibrated in the factory and the resulting coefficients loaded into the EEPROM 54. However, since the non-volatile memory is reprogrammable under control of the microcontroller (as described elsewhere in the present application), the user has complete freedom to adjust the performance/characteristics of the ADC and to store the chosen settings for future use in non-volatile memory. The freedom to adjust is provided by the ability of the microcontroller to write to the read/write RAM register 52.
As a further enhancement, the microcontroller may load a different set of calibration coefficients into the register 52 for different conversion channels so that the ADC operates in a different way depending on which channel is being converted. This allows for example, for different transducers to be linearised in different ways. This may alternatively be implemented in hardware using a register having more than one set of coefficients and which can be commanded to load those different sets into the ADC either by the microcontroller or based on the selected channel.
This ability to change the calibration data with the circuit in situ and without any additional external components or even physical contact with the circuit is particularly useful for applications where the ADC is inaccessible, for example in a hostile environment such as a chimney stack.
The two DACs shown in
As shown in
The data processor having an emulator according to the present invention performs emulation under software control. In order to achieve this a reserved memory containing emulation instructions is provided as an integral part of the data processor. As shown in
The emulation request controller is responsive to three inputs. A first input is responsive to a voltage transition on a single pin of the data processor package. In the preferred embodiment, the pin is a �EA� pin which is used to tell the data processor and it should execute from internal (EA=high) or external (EA=low) memory during the power up. The state of the pin is latched by the data processor at power up or reset and thereafter it can be used as the emulation control pin. The EA pin is also used, when emulation has been initiated, as a bi-directional serial communications pin.
The emulation request controller is also responsive to a single step flag 42 which ensures that an emulation request occurs after execution of a single instruction of the user program code. Preferably, the emulation controller 132 is responsive to a break point instruction whose occurrence in the user code causes the emulation controller 132 to issue an emulation request.
As shown in
The sixth bit is an emulation single step, ESS bit which causes the data processor to only execute single instructions between emulator program operations.
The final two bits EA-in and EA-out enable the status of the EA pin to be read and written to respectively.
Thus as shown in
The data processor has a data processing core supporting the 8051 instruction set. The 8051 instruction set has a unused instruction code of A5. The A5 instruction has been implemented as the break point instruction.
It is known to initiate a software emulation or debug by including a jump instruction to the emulation code. However there is a significant problem with this approach since the jump instruction is a 3 byte instruction and if this was inserted at address 0120, as shown in
By adding a single byte break point instruction, only one address of program is over written. Thus in the example in
The interface element 103 may provide a local buffer such that as the block of program code (usually two rows of the internal non-volatile reprogrammable user code memory of the data processor), is buffered in the interface element and the local data processor modifies he data to change instructions or insert the breakpoint, and then represents the data to the target data processor in order that it can rewrite the data into its internal memory.
During execution of the user program, the program counter will eventually point to the address 0120 which has the A5 emulation break point instruction written therein in place of the �clear A� instruction. The instruction decoder of the data processor decodes the break point instruction and causes the emulation request controller 132 to issue a priority interrupt. Thus the data processing core 154 discontinues execution of the user's program and starts executing instructions from the emulation memory provided that the EEs bit in the EMUCON register cleared. Assuming that the EES bit is cleared, the data processing core executes the emulation instructions using the reserved EMU1 register, and outputs data concerning the status of the various program registers to the emulation data processor 102. Once the data has been sent to the emulation data processor, the emulation data processor toggles the EES bit and issues a command causing the emulation to continue. The emulator then returns control to the user program. Because the break point instruction is interrupt driven, the control is returned to address 0120 which holds the A5 break point instruction. This time the EES bit indicates that emulation should not be recommenced, but in fact that the instruction in the EMU2 register should be executed. The data processing core executes the instruction in the EMU2 register and returns control to the user program at the address following the break point instruction.
It is thus possible to provide a data processor having a software driven emulator embedded therein which uses dedicated registers, thereby ensuring that registers used in execution of a user's program do not become altered once the emulation mode is commenced. It is also possible to provide a development system for use with such a microprocessor in order that the internal registers may be inspected, or blocks of memory may be inspected and analysis performed thereon.
For example, a block of memory may hold values resulting from analogue to digital conversions. These typically are placed in memory using the continuous conversion DMA technique described above.
The magnitude of the values may be displayed by the emulation control data processor in order to form an oscilloscope trace of the analogue channel or channels sampled by the ADC, or additionally or alternatively may be Fourier transformed in order to perform frequency domain analysis. As a further enhancement, the emulation control data processor may take account of the channel ids stored in the memory block to provide a multi-channel oscilloscope-type display with one channel of the display representing a respective conversion channel. Similarly, X, Y and Z inputs of a conventional oscilloscope may be simulated and mapped to different conversion channels based on the channel ids stored in the memory block.
The emulator may display a plurality of windows, with each displaying the status of and/or controlling the function of a respective target data processor within a multi processor target board. Thus the operation of master and slave processors may be analyzed, possibly on a single step bases, in order to check their data exchange operation and mutual performance.
The emulator has authority to modify the internal memory contents of program and data memory within the target data processor. Thus the target data processor may be re-programmed whilst it is in situ in the target board making use of its self re-programming capability. Similarly, calibration coefficients in digital or hybrid-analogue systems may be modified as described elsewhere in the present specification. It is also possible, when the interface element communicates using a radiative link, to leave the interface element attached to the target board permanently, thereby allowing for the target data processor to be reprogrammed even after it has been installed in a working environment. The provision of an emulator as an integral part of the target data processor has the additional advantage that the board and processor being debugged/developed are identical to the final system. This contrasts with prior art emulators of the type shown in
U.S. Pat. No. 5,242,848 describes a floating gate memory cell and a method for making such a cell. The memory cell described therein is of the type used in the preferred embodiment of the present invention and the teachings of U.S. Pat. No. 5,242,848 are incorporated herein by reference. Briefly, each memory cell, as shown in
In order to erase memory cells of this type, the drain D and source S regions are connected to ground and the gate electrode taken to a relatively high voltage, say around +15 volts, as shown in
The physical space occupied by the memory can be reduced if adjacent rows of memory share a common source conductor. As shown in
The memory cells are individually programmable, although care must be taken to ensure that the voltages on the drain terminals of cells which are not to be programmed but are in the same row as a cell selected for programming are high (Vcc), otherwise they could be inadvertently programmed.
In order to read a memory cell, as shown if
The address decoder is split into a X address decoder 252 controlling the row lines within the memory array and a Y address multiplexer 254 controlling the column lines within the array. The Y address multiplexer is arranged to enable eight columns of memory at a time in order to address all eight bits of a single byte word. The X address decoder is positioned intermediate the memory array 246 and a further smaller memory array 254 which functions as a non-volatile data memory. This allows the X address decoder to be shared by, and be adjacent to, the two arrays 246 and 254. The fact that the arrays cannot logically be used at the same time allows the address decoder to be shared between them. This is because the microcontroller can only access one memory at a time. The memory blocks 254, 248 and 150 perform different tasks, have different access control rights but share the same architecture and address decoder. This represents a considerable saving in space on the silicon substrate. High voltage couplers 256 are provided on either side of the memory segment 240 for controlling connection of the high voltages to the gate connections and/or source connections (both of which run in the row direction) of the transistors forming the memory cells. A plurality of sense amplifiers for reading the contents of the memory cells and for providing a buffered output are provided in region 258.
The reading of the memory is directly under the control of the data processing core of the data processor incorporating the memory block 240. However, due to the necessity to provide high voltages for erase and write operations, these actions are controlled by a dedicated EEPROM controller which is implemented as a state machine. The interconnection between the EEPROM controller 70 and the memory block 240 is schematically illustrated in FIG. 26. EEPROM controllers are not new, but hitherto have typically been provided as asynchronous controllers, usually controlled by a ring oscillator based state machine. The data processing core has had to continuously poll a �busy� flag in the EEPROM controller to know when the erase or write cycle has finished in order to allow the core to resume normal program execution. The instructions to poll the busy bit have been stored in the bootstrap memory. The integration of the bootstrap and code memories into a single array mean that the instruction sequence for performing the poll of the �busy� bit is no longer available to the data processing core as in order to read the bootstrap memory it would become exposed to the erase/write voltages. However, by integrating the core and EEPROM controller onto the same ship and having them clocked by a common clock the EEPROM controller becomes synchronous with the data processing core. This means that the length of the erase/write cycles become predictable and consequently the core can b made to wait for the required time for the EEPROM controller to finish. Thus the core resumes executing the routine stored in the bootstrap memory exactly where it left off thereby eliminating the need to perform polling operations and pushing and popping of register contents onto and from the stack.
The EEPROM controller has a plurality of output signals which are used to control the charge pump and the connections to the gate and source electrodes. The �erase� signal is sufficient to initiate an erase sequence in its own right, as shown in
In a write cycle, as shown in
This arrangement allows the microcontroller to reprogram its own EEPROM.
The non-volatile data memory is provided as thin array, in the sense that the rows only correspond to a relatively small number of bits. The memory could be fabricated only one byte wide, thereby forming a true EEPROM. However in a preferred embodiment (
It is thus possible to integrate a plurality different memory types within a single memory architecture. This provides a space saving by avoiding the duplication of address decoders, sense amplifiers and charge pumps. Furthermore, by limiting the memory architecture to a single type, fabrication complexity is reduced as the memory type used herein and described in U.S. Pat. No. 5,242,848 carries only a modest processing overhead over formation of CMOS transistors. The integration of the EEPROM controller within the data processor and its interaction with the processor core by means of the idle condition and clock counting to determine when the EEPROM controller has finished erasing or writing memory enables the integration of bootstrap and code memory into a single physical memory array and also provides a simple and robust control scheme between the EEPROM controller and the data processing core. Thus the code memory 248, the data memory 254 and even the bootstrap memory 250 can modified/rewritten.
Process Simplification
A traditional Flash EEPROM process can have up to 20 or 21 mask steps due to tunnel oxide formation, extra drain engineering to support high voltage and other complexities. The control gate and floating gate polysilicon layers typically cannot be used to make high quality capacitors since their spacings are optimized for cell coupling, and the floating gate may be thin and undoped. Therefore previous attempts to integrate high resolution analog circuits with EEPROM have been either impossible, or uneconomic if extra layers or masks have to be added.
Although some attempts have been made to add EPROM cells to analog mixed signal processes by using the Poly-Poly capacitor layers as a control gate, floating gate cell, these have also been impractical for anything more than a few tens of bits since the cell has to be quite large to get enough coupling ratio for programming. Also the lack of a tunnel oxide means they cannot be erased, i.e. they are typically programmable only once.
In the chip described herein, the split gate EEPROM cell does not need a tunnel oxide or drain engineering, therefore the process used for fabrication can be much simpler, requiring only a few extra masks over a regular CMOS process.
Although metal-Poly capacitors have lower capacitance and greater variability than Poly-Poly capacitors, their use in the analog circuits eliminates the need for any additional layers or mask steps. The lower capacitance and greater variability of the metal poly capacitors has been circumvented by the use of a calibration algorithm, matching and centroiding techniques, and liberal use of dummies.
Thus these combinations of processes and layouts have for the first time permitted the economic integration of a high resolution analog-to-digital converter on the same silicon as high density EEPROM and a microcontroller.
With reference to
As described above, the provision of dedicated DACs means that the microcontroller 24 and its timer/counters are freed up for other uses during digital-to-analog conversions. Furthermore, this is achieved without requiring software modifications to be made to code which can run on existing 8051 compatible microcontrollers.
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In 1969 Barcelona Council purchased the building Maricel de Mar with the aim of installing the varied collection of Dr. Jesus Perez-Rosales (Manila, 1896-Barcelona, 1989), who was a renowned gynaecologist and passionate collector. A year later the Museo Maricel was officially opened.
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The pedigree of Over All Master Cloth, the high-end sub-brand from Carhartt Work in Progress, features a number of names worth noting: the brand's creative director is UNION Los Angeles owner Chris Gibbs, who's leading a team that includes head designer Luke Meier (formerly of Supreme), Matthew Boule … READ MORE
Carhartt WIP – Eaton Pocket Sweatshirt
Chest pocket designs on garments are still going very strong, and the trend seems to be filtering into Fall/Winter season as well. Carhartt WIP is introducing a range of Eaton Pocket Sweatshirt, just in time to protect yourself from the chilly weather. The basic sweatshirt is constructed … READ MORE
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Los Angeles boutique, UNION, has taken initial delivery from the promising new label, O.A.M.C. As an off-shoot to Carhartt brand, we are sure the quality and durability will be more than above average. Presenting their first footwear release, they reached out to Ateliers Heschung in France to … READ MORE
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For the retailer's in-house lookbook for Carhartt Work In Progress' Fall Winter 2013 collection, the crew at size? took to an Industrial-era basement in Manchester. The aesthetic of the shoot is straightforward, stripped down and to the point, reflecting the functionality of the pieces from the brand's … READ MORE
Over All Mastercloth (O.A.M.C.) – Fall/Winter 2013 Collection Lookbook
Carhartt WIP is unveiling a new project titled, Over All Mastercloth (O.A.M.C.), setting the tone for a premium lineup of garments referencing Carhartt's rich heritage. Utilizing their technical knowledge on durable and functional apparel, O.A.M.C. reinterprets traditional workwear into a modern menswear creation. Debuting this Fall/Winter 2013 … READ MORE
A.P.C. x Carhartt – Fall/Winter 2013 Collection
Masterminded by A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou and Carhartt Creative Director Arnold Faeh, this collaboration project is coming to an abrupt end. The joint venture aimed for the design and manufacturing of the highest quality products possible, utilizing the strengths of Touitou and Faeh. This Fall/Winter 2013 collection … READ MORE
A.P.C. x Carhartt Wristwatch | Teaser
A.P.C. founder Jean Touitou has taken to Twitter to give us a preview of what's to come from his brand's ongoing partnership with Carhartt WIP. The teaser image depicts a collaborative military wristwatch, one appointed with a brushed steel case containing a grey dial with white indices … READ MORE
Carhartt WIP – Fall/Winter 2013 Collection Lookbook
By overwriting the general notion that workwear has to be drab in appearance, the Carhartt Work In Progress (Carhartt WIP) label adds some vibrancy to its Fall/Winter 2013 Collection. Headlined by color palettes like variations of night-sky blues, wine-like burgundy, emergency orange, and sunshine yellow, all backed … READ MORE
Carhartt WIP Ibiza Flagship Store
Ibiza may not be near huge metropolises, but the small town on the island attracts a vast amount of tourists through its summer season year after year. The newest flagship store to join the ranks at Carhartt WIP is this compact retail space in Ibiza. Its grand … READ MORE
Fresh Floral Caps for Summer
Floral caps are in full bloom this season (pardon the pun), offering a fresh alternative to your standard fitteds and snapback caps. They're available from brands both old (Carhartt) and new (Quintin Co.), featuring varied patterns perfect for the summer months. Embrace the sartorial splendor and inject … READ MORE
uniform experiment x Carhartt WIP – Polo Shirt
Since its founding in 2008, uniform experiment has continued to develop and refine the brand's mission, which is to apply inventive designs to create a fresh take on the traditional menswear "uniform." That sensibility is apparent in this collaboration with workwear stalwart Carhartt, resulting in a classic … READ MORE


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The 2015 New Partners Conference will again feature an optional pre-conference workshop on healthy, equitable food systems, to be held on Wednesday, January 28. Building on the success of last year's pilot workshop in Denver, which drew nearly 180 attendees from a broad range of sectors, disciplines and geographies, this 2.0 version will further inspire and equip participants to advance local and regional food systems aligned with smart growth objectives and strategies. How can local or regional food production, processing or distribution activities create economic opportunities, foster environmental sustainability and promote community health? How are urban, rural and suburban communities working to improve food access for their most vulnerable residents? What partnerships and resources have enabled successful planning, implementation and evaluation efforts across the country?
Grassroots advocates, policymakers and government staff, researchers, planners, funders and other public and private stakeholders will explore these issues through an expanded agenda with additional time for networking and smaller group discussions. The program will showcase examples from the Baltimore/DC region—including some also featured in an optional conference tour the following morning—alongside leaders from across the country. Beginning at 11:00 am, the workshop will kick off with a plenary and networking lunch, followed by three sets of concurrent sessions. Participants will select from sessions oriented to different community contexts, smart growth lenses, and transferable advocacy and assessment approaches. Following a closing plenary, the workshop will adjourn at 5:30 to a reception, providing participants the opportunity to continue networking and reflecting on the day's discussions.
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TORONTO (AP) -- Cleveland pitcher Scott Kazmir has a sore abdominal muscle and might miss his first scheduled start for the Indians.
Kazmir felt sore after playing catch on flat ground during a team workout Monday. The Indians open the season Tuesday night at Toronto.
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Kazmir hasn't pitched in the major leagues in almost two years. A two-time All-Star with Tampa Bay, he was released by the Angels in 2011 and pitched last season in independent ball.
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Microsoft: Silverlight youth beats Flash experience
It sounds like Microsoft is getting the same treatment from Apple as Adobe Systems when it comes to putting its media player on the iPad and iPhone. It's been put on hold. Regardless of whether Silverlight makes it on to either, Microsoft still feels pretty good about how it stacks up against Flash in security - an area where …
No, it's the old delivery system as usual, it comes installed by default with Windows 7. The same way IE had a meteoric "uptake". And the usual stealth installs with other programs like WMV-player on the Mac, you have to actively remove Silverlight from the install or you'll get it, if you want it or not.
Good old rubbish as usual.
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Look, I know it's cool to hate microsoft (Sorry, Micro$haft) and everything but please, do a little checking first:
Try putting "is silverlight installed in windows 7 by default" into your favourite search engine and getting some facts before spewing tired, unproven shite all over the interwebs.
http://forums.cnet.com/5208-19411_102-0.html?threadID=365134 (Google)
http://betaforums.silverlight.net/forums/t/68488.aspx (Bing)
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Both Silverlight & AIR remind me of Java WebStart (JWS) technology that was kicking around some 5 years ago - a way of delivering 'desktop' apps over the internet. JWS never caught on, which was a pity because you could write real RIAs using familiar technologies such as Swing, which could access OS resources while running in a sandbox.
I wonder if AIR & Searchlight are in any way superior to JWS or just have better marketing depts behind them?
Seems to me that whatever Silverlight 3 was is irrelevant to Silverlight 4.
executes outside the Silverlight3 sandbox and an access numerous HW direct. Looks like an ActiveX / DCOM / COM / OLE type disaster waiting to happen. Don't they learn?
Re : SIlverlight beats flash
"is now approaching 60 percent installation on all Internet devices worldwide."
Given the claimed penetration of Windows I'd guess you'd expect it to be on lots of machines, doesn't mean it's actually USED.
It's like two loan-sharks arguing who's got the moral high ground
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"That's a maybe, but there's still one device they all want to be one and that won't be running Silverlight, Flash, or AIR anytime soon"
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No Flash bugs!
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Fort Worth City Manager Tom Higgins has handed the City Council a proposed "living within our means" 2014 budget with $570 million in general fund spending, an increase of $13.8 million from 2013.The first good news is that the budget contains no increase in the property tax rate of 85.5 cents for each $100 of assessed value.The other good news is the bottom line could have been a lot worse. Higgins and his administrative staff have controlled cost increases within reasonable limits while overcoming what had been projected to be a $50 million funding shortfall.Initial forecasts had projected the need to pull $40.8 million from "fund balance" reserves to balance the budget. The proposal presented to the council Tuesday reduces that draw-down to just $7.7 million.That's a significant achievement. The city can't continue pulling money from its fund balance (the withdrawal for the 2013 budget was $40.5 billion) or soon none will be left.Council members are expected to continue drilling down into separate parts of the budget — which totals $1.4 billion in spending once enterprise funds such as the water and sewer fund are included — in workshop sessions and public hearings during the next month.They'll put together a final version, which is scheduled for a council vote Sept. 17.The budget's bottom line is aided considerably by increased income from property taxes, sales taxes and fees. Those revenue increases are expected to bring in an additional $19.2 million to the general fund next year.Higgins and his staff also found $19.4 million more in what he calls "sustainable" spending cuts. That includes cutting 120 allocated job slots, only 15 of which are filled. Higgins said those 15 employees will be offered jobs in their department or be encouraged to apply for other city positions that are still open.The Police Department will give up 46 vacant positions, while the Fire Department will not fill 36 vacant slots.The council has to make some difficult decisions as its budget discussions continue. For example, Higgins is proposing a 6.4 percent increase in water rates and a $5.3 percent increase in sewer rates.Also coming is a council discussion of increases in costs for retiree health benefits. The budget proposal calls for no increase in contributions to those benefits for 2014, a savings of $7 million.
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Canned frosting, peppermint extract and chocolate candy coating quickly turn crackers into these wonderful little no-bake cookies. My children and I like to assemble them for parties and holidays. I hope you and your family enjoy them as much as we do. -Melissa Thompson, Anderson, Ohio
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Microsoft Surface 3 Pro: Flip me over, fondle me up
I think photographers will like the 3:2 screen ratio to match those on the rear of many DSLR and CSC type cameras.
P.S. I'd love to know why (especially apt with this device and it's screen resolution and ratio), hardware running Microsoft OS seem incapable of having a built-in FULL SIZE SD slot that is FAST. That it is missing from Surface Pro3 = even more silly.
Take my Dell XPS L502X i7 8GB RAM, fast 128GB SSD and HD Screen. A very viable alternative to Apple MacBook Pro machines for performance. Yet when I mislay my EXTERNAL SD(HC/XC) card reader (USB) ... and use the inbuilt SD slot ... the performance is as crappy as it has been for a decade or two (typically about 3 MB/S transfer time from an averagely fast SDHC card capable of ten times that speed). Almost 5.5 hours transfer time of a 16GB card ... no thanks !! Cancel > find external card reader > repeat > less than 15 mins later (DONE).
That 15 mins to transfer could be even quicker (5mins or less) with a 90 to 100 MB/s card in a latest APPLE laptop (can do 100 MB/s speed from inbuilt slot). Why are all the manufacturers APART from Apple doing this ? DO they think keen photographers want to lug something else around to lose, or break or damage a USB port ??
Re: Windows 8 is an unfocussed mess
You reek of someone that has never properly used a W8 touchscreen device. I was a prejudiced as you were when W8 and W8 RT first came out ... but actually you are wrong in SO many ways. For someone that has never used Windows 8 before / not particularly computer literate ... it is easier to learn just 4 ... that's right JUST 4 different swipe from side of screen jestures. From the right and then onto Settings and Options will always bring you to a CONTEXTUAL menu (i.e. to do with the app that your are using). Easy.
Swipe from the left to go through all the open apps. Swipe down from the top to close an app. Swipe up from the bottom in IE to add bookmarks or pin to start page. Easy.
Now with a laptop or All-in-One hardware that is NOT a touch screen device ... I could agree with you massively on most fronts. I have a NON-touchscreen W& Dell XPS laptop running W7 Ultimate (and there is NO WAY I would want to run W8 instead). On the family Surface RT and Surface2 RT devices however... brilliant - love how easy they are to use. I have also (at Currys PCWorld who I actually finish working for on Friday) found that I am now massively more comfortable in front of a W8 laptop with touch, than one without. I have transformed many of the bigoted, out-of-date and ill-informed 50/60/70 year old generation of (XP/Vista) generation user (who have come into the store, having been told Windows 8 is terrible), by showing them touchscreen ease of use.
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Let me start by saying I have a fairly basic Nokia phone too (on PAYG) which has a handy UMA facility that can link to my Orange LiveBox at home - and therefore bypass the dodgy Orange signal where my house is (in a dip). So I am a 2 phone user - from previous use of HTC Touch HD - I mostly hate the use of the majority of TOUCH SCREEN ONLY phones (ie NO physical buttons).
The Galaxy Tab was always of interest to me - as I can also use it as a phone, I am not tied to an airtime provider, and it can use a standard size SIM (externally accessed).
Although I am mostly very pleased with my new Tab ... I still DESPAIR (yes even almost a DECADE after Psion left the consumer marketplace!!) that my Psion NetBook is not a current machine. With the benefits of (Adroid?) OS, better screen (brighter and more resolution), added bluetooth, built in fast Wi-Fi ....it would be FABULOUS (even changing little else). Even without 3G it would be fab (I could use a Mi-Fi device if I needed 3G access anywhere).
The Psion Netbook (and 5mx / Ericsson MC218 come to that) were/ARE perfect from factor devices. The NetBook can easily load any OS from the CF slot. If only Psion had been braver in the very late 90s and early 00s - I have no doubt whatsoever they could have been a 'best of everything' Nokia/Apple/Blackberry/ Android device, all wrapped up together.
I wonder if anyone at Psion Texlogic has the balls and know-how to set up a new consumer division and return with an Android device (or MULTI PLATFORM ??) device(s) ?
Take away a lot of the 'gimmicks' that you have on a iPhone/iPad OS, Android OS, Symbian OS ... and admittedly the hardware tweaks that make some of the latest devices more '2011 era' .... and I beleive the Psion NetBook/S7 form factor (7" screen) is PERFECT. They could scale it down (5mx/Revo size) - or up even (10" screen?).
Gadget lover that I am ... I HATE change for changes sake. Yet that is the era we live in now. Psion was (thankfully) NOT a 'change for changes sake company ... .yet it was mostly IMHO the reason for their downfall. Ironically they had bluetooth models ready when they bailed out back almost a decade ago + (at that time). Had they got to Psi-Win build 2.3.3 many years earlier earlier ... (and later added things like bluetooth USB etc too) - they'd still be a key player.
Such a shame.
I am also a huge Arcam fan (I have upgraded my CD palyer internals, new upgraded DAC) - also around 1990/2000 era + I bet there is still loads of customers that continue to give Arcam dealers 'upgrade money. I just think Psion could have been this sort of company ... as a sweet antidote to the 'throw away' Apple generation that started with the iPods and iPhones.
Blogger fights Psion's claim to 'netbook' name
I still dream the 'If only ...' scenario to this day
Bit Fiddler has eloquently (and passionately / emotionally?) said the crux of what I wanted say. I have had 'Netbook' as a Google saved search for many many years now (I have had numerous Psion machines since I was at school back in the 80s and later at my 1st job at BBC TVC at Wood Lane).
I am (sorry I know it is boring, but heck I still feel SO passionate about this) ... STILL mad at Psion for screwing up all those years ago + bailing out of the consumer sector. I am also still ASTONISHED at how brilliant my EPOC Psion NetBook still is, (and how long the battery lasts). Psion got arrogant and lazy & did not know what modern marketing and branding or 'spinning' was. Very sad, VERY British disease. Back in early 00s everyone who loved (or wanted to like) Psions such as the excellent 5mx was simply wanting to keep all the good bits, but with a few new things:
* Synchronisation that just worked: ironically given to us in 2.3.3. as Psion sailed off into the corporate only harbours.
* I will leave out colour screens arguement (in 5mx or Revo form size) as I personally agree with Psion that it would have had detrimental effect on battery life.
... Without going into excessive detail, basically new things like Bluetooth, USB ports etc etc were becoming excepted standards ... and Psion seemed to be doing diddly about reating to a changing marletplace. Technical hurdles to integrate into ER5/ER6+ ? - hell yes I am sure. But if you are the LEADER in something ...surely it is worth fighting on? Being OPEN MINDED about attracting fresh blood (younger and older customers who are less geeky or technically minded & like 'wow' factor), BUT while keeping the old faithful on board.
Sorry to rant so uncontrollably ... but I laugh at all these crappy 'netbook' pretenders. My EPOC NetBook (TM) is still king for me in form factor and speed. Instant on, no gimmicks, touchscreen AND nearly 100% sized keyboard.
P.S. - I would still PAY handsomely to upgrade the screen to a transflective (daylight freindly) alternative - just like the option you had on the NetPad.
P.P.S. - My Nokia 9500 Communicator is still second best (and hinge on one side is now broken) ... maybe I should got an S60 E90 as a replacement instead of my ergonomic joke of a Windows Mobile HTC Touch HD* ? *From all the hype I eventually got this on contract (Orange) ... 1st consideration of a Windows Mobile device ... not bad speed / reliabilty-wise ... but I miss Nokia Communicator form-factor.
rant over. Andrew (UK)
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Let's daydream for a minute.
Imagine that you've finally taken the entrepreneurial leap, left your 9-5 job in Corporate America and launched your own business. Your company is a tremendous success and, less than one year later you have more work than you can handle. You're working 12-hour days and inevitably falling short somewhere. Doesn't sound like a dream anymore, right?
I was faced with this situation several years ago after I started my Homeowner Referral Network (HRN) business. I launched Home Remedies of NY, Inc. from an old farm table in my basement with just a refurbished fax machine, computer and a phone line. And, after just one year in business, I had more work than I could handle. I was fielding calls from homeowners outside of my operating area, from contractors across Long Island who wanted me to represent them and from other entrepreneurs who were interested in partnering with me. After a few months of working 10-hour days, I was overwhelmed and had completely lost the work-life balance I had tried so hard to achieve.
My entrepreneurial mistake is not that uncommon. Many new business owners are so enthusiastic and passionate about their business that they become the core of it and ultimately, the business can't operate without them.
Consider this scenario.
You're a world-class baker and all of your friends and family are encouraging you to start your own baking business. After months of soul searching, you decide to fulfill your entrepreneurial dream. You leave your 9 to 5 job and set up shop as "Suzie's Cupcakes". After a few months in business, word catches on that your cupcakes are the best in town. Soon, you're receiving orders for more cupcakes that you can make in a week, let alone a day. You're in your kitchen at 5am and work 'round the clock to fill the orders. While it may seem like you're in the bakery business, you're not. You're in the business of "making cupcakes".
Now, consider this scenario. Your cupcakes are a huge hit and there's a line out the door. But, you're not there. Why? Because you've documented your proprietary cupcake recipe, copyrighted it, trademarked your business name and the name of your world-class cupcake and now have a staff of people who work at your bakery and make them for you. You may now be out on the road promoting your products to other stores or maybe even consulting with people who want to launch franchises of your bakery because it's been so successful. Or, maybe you're just sitting on a beach relaxing somewhere with your family?
Why are these two scenarios so different? Because your business doesn't rely exclusively on you anymore. You've duplicated yourself.
This is the basis of the franchise model and the solution I found for my own business. In order to expand my HRN and continue to maintain a work-life balance, I decided to "duplicate myself".
When my HRN business took off, I was faced with two options:
1. Expand and try to handle all of the work on my own.
2. Expand by teaching others how to do what I do.
After evaluating both my options, I went with the second.
Over the course of several months, I met with attorneys and business consultants and set out to document my business model so that I could teach other entrepreneurs how to launch contractor referral businesses in neighboring communities. My plan was that, once they were up and running, I would refer work to them and share the contractor commission. That way, I would be able to satisfy the demand for my services in a larger market area without having to do all of the work on my own.
I tested the waters with a small ad in the Business Opportunity Classifieds section of The New York Times:
Home improvement contractor
referral business. Investment $5K.
For additional information, contact…
Within 2 weeks I had a list of 22 prospective HRN business owners!
Over the next 6 months, with the help of a friend from the Wharton Business School, I wrote The Complete Guide To Owning And Operating A Successful Homeowner Referral Network© which outlined every aspect of my business from my contractor screening process, commissions and invoicing to a market segmentation study, promotional campaigns, homeowner and contractor sample dialogues and liability issues. The process was beneficial to me personally because it forced me to analyze my company with a very critical eye and systemize all of my operating procedures that I had taken for granted.
In less than one year, the first HRN was up and running on Long Island and now–almost 15 years later–there are 300+ HRN's like mine operating all over the country!
My business would have never achieved the level of success it has today if I hadn't figured out how to duplicate myself. If you're an aspiring entrepreneur who dreams of launching a business of your own, keep in mind that while passion may drive you to start your own business, creating a plan to duplicate yourself is what will help you sustain it.
Debra Cohen is President of Home Remedies® of NY, Inc.–a Homeowner Referral Network (HRN that serves residents of Nassau County, NY). Ms. Cohen is also author of a business manual entitled The Complete Guide To Owning And Operating A Successful Homeowner Referral Network. To date, Ms. Cohen has assisted more than 400 other entrepreneurs launch successful HRN's nationwide. For more information about starting an HRN in your area, visit the HRN website at www.hrnbiz.com.
One Response to "What If You Could Duplicate Yourself?"
The post really seems like a dream but on other side it also shows the real seen of home based business owner. It happens at starting everybody wants to be at peak, super busy with work and thinking about more and more. But here a time comes when any entrepreneur feel like he is under a heavy work load and wants that there will be somebody who can share or remove this burden. The concept of the blog is so nice and showing reality in business world. There are very good points shared to come out from such situation.Nice post!!


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Denton County Transportation Authority (DCTA) and Fort Worth Transportation Authority (The T) passengers will be surveyed from September through November, during the second phase of the $1.5 million project.
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