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Re: [AVR-Chat] Re: Handheld calculator for hex, binary, etc.?

2008-05-17 by erikc

Philippe Habib wrote:
> I'd pay $60 for a good one.  By good I mean something that does all  
> the bases, handles logical functions, complements, etc. and just  
> works out of the box.  Rather than physical transparency, I think the  
> real transparency of open source and the ability to add programs or  
> features would be the real draw.
> 
> Add a place for a small memory card to transfer programs and you'd  
> really have something nice.  I might even pay as much as $100 if it  
> was really nice.
> 
> On May 16, 2008, at 3:39 AM, BobGardner@aol.com wrote:

Really nice would be converting back and forth between decimal 
floating point and binary floating point, also 64-bit precision.
Another really nice feature would be scaled fixed point binary 
arithmetic.  A definite YES on the programmability.

Sounds like a good project.


erikc

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