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Is this a test?

Well you could use a microcontroller to perform the required data conversion function.

Did they teach microcontroller theory in that electrical course you did?

You can also perform the data conversion using software running on a computer (but this is far less portable).

What's the application?

something like this?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o3w7DSslDWs

Use the first 256 locations of an 8-bit wide PROM. Tie all other address lines down.

this seems to be right.. can be any memory... my prof cleared it today...

@ jack: mewp/ mewc is common nowadays.. we are running on adv mewp/c

thanks

frank

"Seems to be right" - yes, it is right. I was doing this kind of stuff about 35 years ago (initially using diode arrays, then moving to programmable memories when they became available).

Congratulations to your "prof" for clearing it - when did he learn it?

Sorry, but I've no idea what all this 'mewp' stuff is about - must be something new .

A 16-stringed abacus with 2 beads per string, or maybe some clever ways to reduce the strings to 8 and/or the beads to one.

@ jack

prof is as old your experience is.

mewp = mew for micro (mewp for microprocessor) , i believe it was a generic term, wonder how you missed it with your experience.

Frank

μP.

I finally twigged that this afternoon - too busy to reply at the time.

frankcorners - the greek letter μ (usually transliterated as 'mu') is used to represent the prefix 'micro', one-millionth, 10^-6 (as in μF (microfarads, not mewf)).

With the development of microprocessors and microcontrollers (where 'micro' just meant 'very small'), it was natural to use the same symbol as an abbreviation in text (as in μP and μC).

Your use of the written terms 'mewp' and 'mewc' is totally novel to me, and I suspect to the vast majority of electronics practitioners world-wide. Did you try the spell-checker before posting?

How does your 'prof' spell "microprocessor"?

I have never heard 'microprocessor' shortened specifically to 'mewp' before (even in old publications and literature on the subject). Perhaps it is country (or person) specific.