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INTERNET, OR ELSE!

by Tom Cantrell

Start ý Implosion ý Little Big Chip ý Fully ARMed ý Pumped ý Stay Tuned ý Pico Surfer ý More the Merrier ý SloMo ý PIC2000 ý Easy Software? ý Cup of Java ý Purple Hayes ý GOTO Web ý Sources and PDF

PURPLE HAYES

Another good example of an easy software solution is the iChip from Connect One. Under the hood, it has the same hardware as an embedded PC, but the difference is that itýs hidden behind an AT+I Hayes modem-like wrapper. The result is that the software required to add e-mail capability to an existing application boils down to little more than a few print statements (see Photo 11).

Photo 11ýConnect One was one of the first to make the more-hardware-for-less-software trade-off, a trend that will likely (and hopefully) continue. (enlarge)

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