Saturdays Gizmo Quiz

Here it is.

[lgn1]

Well its 2:00 PM and time for the gizmo quiz.

Thats 7:00 AM in middle earth. Are you awake sidyadav!.

Here is the link.

[webgizmo.150m.com ]

Have fun!

[edit reason to fix url]

[edited by: lgn1 at 6:23 pm (utc) on Feb. 14, 2004]

[defanjos]

First NIC card?

[lgn1]

Hint: One of the chips is an EEPROM.

[lgn1]

Not the First NIC card.

[defanjos]

So you program the EEPROM via the computer?
After the programming is done, do you remove the Gizmo and use it somewhere else?

[lgn1]

Im not sure if the EEPROM was loaded via a separate device or by this device, but the EEPROM is a key component of this device, and is not removed after it
has had its information loaded.

In regard to the NIC card. This device and a NIC card
share a key RFC concept.

I generally use the Memomic Phrase "People Don't Need To See Paula Abdul", to remember this key RFC concept.

[defanjos]

Does the gizmo perform a common computer function, or is it something very specialized?

[lgn1]

Oh yes it performs common computer functions. Talk about beating around the bush.

[tambiz]

Programmable Logic Controller

[defanjos]

Rudimentary firewall?

[lgn1]

Not a PLC but I guess the other chips (a PIC12C509A) may have one built into it.

[defanjos]

Router?

[lgn1]

Not a firewall, or router.

[defanjos]

VGA generator?
Does it have anything to do with video?

[lgn1]

To save space an keep the gizmo small, I believe they did not build a video interface for it. This gizmo
had a special distinction when it was built in 1999.

It lost that distinction when a new model using a
Fairchild ACE1101MT8 came out.

Im beginning to hum, isn't this ironic.

[edited by: lgn1 at 7:48 pm (utc) on Feb. 14, 2004]

[defanjos]

Webserver?

[lgn1]

webservers are a dime a dozen. Whats so special about it.

[JordanAutomations]

Was it once the world smallest webserver?

<edit: corrected spelling mistake</edit>

[edited by: JordanAutomations at 7:51 pm (utc) on Feb. 14, 2004]

[defanjos]

The smallest web server?

[bunltd]

[www-ccs.cs.umass.edu...]

lisab

[lgn1]

Yes its the worlds smallest webserver and

JordanAutomations is the winner, by a nanosecond.

[bunltd]

more:

This is a close-up picture of the iPic web-server that you can connect to at this demonstration link, (or this mirror). The above is a picture of a laboratory prototype -- the chips are so tiny, so they are soldered onto those very fine yellow and blue wires which are holding them up in the air. In a final production verison, the chips can be directly bonded to a circuit board, and the entire web-server can fit in an area the size of a match-head.

The chip on the left is the iPic microcomputer, based on a PIC 12C509A, in a tiny 8-pin SO8 package. The chip to its right is a 24LC256 EEPROM chip -- it holds all the files that the iPic web-server serves out -- this is roughly like the hard disk on a regular sized computer. The tiny component at the bottom serves as the power-supply regulator.

this is ironic... ;)

[JordanAutomations]

[www-ccs.cs.umass.edu...]

IPic - A Match Head Sized Web-Server

[lgn1]

Since defanjos, did all the work, and missed the kill
you are the backup host for next week. Happens to me
all the time, and it really does suck.

[defanjos]

JordanAutomations - Congratulations :)

That was really close.

[bunltd]

Good one, lgn1! Thanks.

LisaB

[lgn1]

And I did see JordanAutomations original post before
the edit. Its not a good thing to edit your answer
in a Gizmo quiz.

[JordanAutomations]

>JordanAutomations - Congratulations :)
Thanks defanjos!

>And I did see JordanAutomations original post before the edit. Its not a good thing to edit your answer in a Gizmo quiz.
Oops. I realized that after I did it. Sorry.

Thanks again lgn1!

-pj

[edited by: JordanAutomations at 7:59 pm (utc) on Feb. 14, 2004]

[defanjos]

lgn1,
Good gizmo.
Who would have thought that is a webserver.
You were giving good hints, but it was not that easy.

[bunltd]

Who would have thought that is a webserver.
You were giving good hints, but it was not that easy.

defanjos, isn't that the truth! As a gimzo, it looks so deceivingly simple - making it easy to rule out more complex stuff.

Congrats - JordanAutomations.

LisaB

[JordanAutomations]

>Congrats - JordanAutomations.
Thanks LisaB!

Wow. my first gizmo quiz too. I think the main factor was happening to refresh just as he posted that last hint. :)

Anyway, I'm pretty new here. From a quick search it appears that today's quiz was posted by last weeks winner. So I suppose I'll be doing next weeks?

-pj