Agilent Advanced Design System v2008.01

Advanced Design System is a powerful electronic design automation software system. It offers complete design integration to designers of products such as cellular and portable phones, pagers, wireless networks, radar and satellite communications systems, and high-speed digital serial links. Advanced Design System (ADS) is the industry leader in high-frequency design. It supports system and RF design engineers developing all types of RF designs, from simple to the most complex, from RF/microwave modules to integrated MMICs for communications and aerospace/defense applications.
With a complete set of simulation technologies ranging from frequency- and time-domain circuit simulation to electromagnetic field simulation, ADS lets designers fully characterize and optimize designs. The single, integrated design environment provides system and circuit simulators, along with schematic capture, layout, and verification capability - eliminating the stops and starts associated with changing design tools in mid-cycle.

INSTALLATION:

• Extract (using software like WINRAR)
• Burn ISO (using software like ALCOHOL 120%)
• Install

NOTE: The download size is large (~1.5GB), so I shall recommend to download it immediately before deletion as I have not downloaded it for myself. Thanx

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PID Simulator

As obvious from the name, this software help in simulation of various PID controllers by merely changing their parameters. It may not be more useful at industrial level, but (I hope) students will find it helpful for their studies.

On a friend’s request, I searched for PID tuning software but could not succeed. Instead, I found these 5 (1 excel file and 4 exe). A brief description and download link of each of them, is given below:

1. PID Loop Simulator: This tool simulates a control loop consisting of a first order process with deadtime and a PID controller.
   • How to use: The process is specified by the process gain, time constant and dead time. The PID controller has 3 parameters: gain, integral and derivative. Key in these values into the appropriate cells. If the integral time is keyed in as 0, the integral term is ignored.
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   • Personal comment: Nice!!
2. PID Simulator 1.0.0.6: PID simulator is a simple PID simulator designed to help you get a feel of how to tune a PID by adjusting the various properties.
   • Requirement: .NET Framework should be installed. You can get it HERE (for 32-bit) & HERE (for 64-bit).
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   • Personal comment: OK but a little less user friendly.
3. PID Simulator: The module gives time and frequency domain views of the responses of a closed-loop system consisting of a PID controller and a process model. Many process models can be selected, controller parameters can be changed interactively, and the resulting responses are displayed instantaneously.
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   • Personal comment: Probably the 2nd best.
4. PID Loop Shaping Module: This module will give you insight into loop shaping using PID control.
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   • Personal comment: Unique!!!
5. CONTROLLER TUNING 101: This is the best PID simulator I could find, but unfortunately, this is a demo version. I did not observe any restriction in the demo version so far. It provides controller input fields with the help of a block diagram, which is quite helpful. After setting the values, click the ‘Run’ button to view the output graph.
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   • Personal comment: Best but Demo version.

RECOMMENDATION: Since, the total download size of the 5 simulators is less than 4MB, I shall recommend you to download and try each of the simulators. This will help us finding which of these is best.

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ChangeDetection.com

ChangeDetection.com provides page change monitoring and notification services to internet users worldwide. Anyone can use this service to monitor any website page for changes. Just fill in the form , ChangeDetection will create a change log for the page and alert you by email when it detects a change in the page text.

STAY IN THE KNOW.......

Know when any web page changes.
ChangeDetection will monitor almost any page on the net for you and when that page changes it 'll send you an email alert to let you know. 

Use ChangeDetection for business intelligence
Use ChangeDetection as part of your business intelligence strategy. Track your competition, get timely alerts when a competitor changes their website. Keep an eye on your supply chain or potential suppliers. Watch for developments at your customer's websites.

Keep an eye on your investments
Monitor the press release page of companies you are invested in. Keep track of their current executives. Be alerted to changes on their home page.

Find out when a company changes their policies
So many companies on the web will change their privacy policies or their terms and conditions without notice. Now you have a tool which will alert you to these silent changes.

Get notified of new software versions
Keep your software up to date. Monitor the download page of your top business and personal software vendors. When they update it, you'll get an email alert.

Stay on top of new job notices
Looking for a job? Monitor the new job listings pages at companies where you would like to work. When they post a new listing, it will email you.

Watch for your company name
ChangeDetection allows you to look for specific words added to a page. Monitor industry news and trade publications in your field and be notified when your company name is mentioned.

And much more...
ChangeDetection users monitor hundreds of thousands of pages, from the latest news to the latest music. Whether it is work or fun, business or pleasure. ChangeDetection keeps an eye on it for you.

NOTE: I am using ChangeDetection.com for job searching. It updates me whenever there is any changing happened in the job website. I also check this blog whenever ChangeDetection alerts me that DaVinci has posted something on the blog.

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Xilinx ISE Design Suite V12.1 | 2.76GB

Xilinx introduced the ISE® Design Suite 12 software to enable breakthrough optimizations for power and cost with greater design productivity. For the first time, ISE design tools deliver 'intelligent' clock-gating technology that reduces dynamic power consumption by as much as 30 percent. The new suite also provides advances in timing-driven design preservation, AMBA 4 AXI4-complaint IP support for plug-and-play design, and an intuitive design flow with fourth-generation partial reconfiguration capabilities that lowers system cost for a broad range of high performance applications.

With full production support for all Xilinx® Virtex®-6 and Spartan®-6 FPGA families, the ISE 12 release continues its evolution as the industry's only domain-specific design suite with interoperable design flows and tool configurations for logic, digital signal processing (DSP), embedded processing, and system-level design. In addition, Xilinx incorporated a number of software infrastructure and methodology enhancements that improve run time, streamline system integration, and expand IP interoperability across its latest generation device families and Targeted Design Platforms.

Intelligent Automation for Power Optimization: ISE Design Suite 12 introduces the FPGA industry's first intelligent clock-gating technology with fully automated analysis and fine-grain (logic slice) optimization capabilities specifically developed to reduce the number of transitions, a primary contributing factor of dynamic power dissipation in digital designs. The technology works by analyzing designs using a series of unique algorithms to detect sequential elements...

FEATURED Design Tools

ISE Design Suite: Logic Edition
Front-to-back FPGA Logic Design
* Complete flow for RTL-based design
* Attain ultimate productivity
* Achieve optimal system performance

ISE Design Suite: Embedded Edition
Integrated Embedded Design Solution
* Use one tool chain for hard and soft microprocessors
* Reduces board complexity and cost
* Leverage intelligent tools and IP

ISE Design Suite: DSP Edition
For High-Performance DSP systems
* Leverage tools and IP for varied approaches
* Addresses DSP performance bottlenecks
* Enables leading-edge algorithms

INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS:
Unrar
Burn/mount
Install and select System Edition
Check /SPYRAL

Homepage: http://www.xilinx.com/tools/designtools.htm

NOTE: Since, the download size is too large, I have not downloaded all links. So, I shall recommend you to download all links immediately before it gets deleted as I have not any backup. Also, thanks to SPYRAL team for links!!

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USB Disk Security v5.4

Nowadays, 98% viruses enter in our systems via USB. If we, somehow, secure our system communication with USB, we shall reduce any further risks of digital infection. So, here is the program for it.

The USB Disk Security application will provide protection against any malicious programs trying to attack via USB drive. Compare USB Disk Security against other antivirus solutions, you will find out its highlights: USB Disk Security provides 100% protection against any threats via USB drive, however, the majority of other products are unable even to guarantee 90% protection.

USB Disk Security is the best antivirus software to permanently protect offline computer without the need for signature updates, but other antivirus software should update signature database regularly, and they cannot effectively protect offline computer.

This light and easy to use solution is 100% compatible with all software and doesn't slow down your computer at all. You pay USB Disk Security once and get it all, however, other antivirus products should be paid for updates every year.

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Proteus 7.7 SP2

The Proteus Design Suite is wholly unique in offering the ability to co-simulate both high and low-level micro-controller code in the context of a mixed-mode SPICE circuit simulation. With this Virtual System Modeling facility, you can transform your product design cycle, reaping huge rewards in terms of reduced time to market and lower costs of development.

If one person designs both the hardware and the software then that person benefits as the hardware design may be changed just as easily as the software design. In larger organizations where the two roles are separated, the software designers can begin work as soon as the schematic is completed; there is no need for them to wait until a physical prototype exists. In short, Proteus VSM improves efficiency, quality and flexibility throughout the design process..

What is Proteus VSM?

Proteus Virtual System Modeling (VSM) combines mixed mode SPICE circuit simulation, animated components and microprocessor models to facilitate co-simulation of complete microcontroller based designs. For the first time ever, it is possible to develop and test such designs before a physical prototype is constructed.

This is possible because you can interact with the design using on screen indicators such as LED and LCD displays and actuators such as switches and buttons. The simulation takes place in real time (or near enough to it): a 1GMHz Pentium III can simulate a basic 8051 system clocking at over 12MHz. Proteus VSM also provides extensive debugging facilities including breakpoints, single stepping and variable display for both assembly code and high level language source.

Circuit Simulation

At the heart of Proteus VSM is ProSPICE. This is an established product that combines uses a SPICE3f5 analogue simulator kernel with a fast event-driven digital simulator to provide seamless mixed-mode simulation. The use of a SPICE kernel lets you utilize any of the numerous manufacturer-supplied SPICE models now available and around 6000 of these are included with the package.

Proteus VSM includes a number of virtual instruments including an Oscilloscope, Logic Analyzer, Function Generator, Pattern Generator, Counter Timer and Virtual Terminal as well as simple voltmeters and ammeters. In addition, we provide dedicated Master/Slave/Monitor mode protocol analysers for SPI and I2C - simply wire them onto the serial lines and monitor or interact with the data live during simulation. A truly invaluable (and inexpensive!) way to get your communication software right prior to hardware prototyping.

Should you wish to take detailed measurements on graphs, or perform other analysis types such as frequency, distortion, noise or sweep analyses of analogue circuits, you can purchase the Advanced Simulation Option. This option also includes Conformance Analysis - a unique and powerful tool for Software Quality Assurance.
Co-Simulation of Microcontroller Software

The most exciting and important feature of Proteus VSM is its ability to simulate the interaction between software running on a microcontroller and any analog or digital electronics connected to it.

The micro-controller model sits on the schematic along with the other elements of your product design. It simulates the execution of your object code (machine code), just like a real chip. If the program code writes to a port, the logic levels in circuit change accordingly, and if the circuit changes the state of the processor's pins, this will be seen by your program code, just as in real life.

The VSM CPU models fully simulate I/O ports, interrupts, timers, USARTs and all other peripherals present on each supported processor. It is anything but a simple software simulator since the interaction of all these peripherals with the external circuit is fully modeled down to waveform level and the entire system is therefore simulated.

VSM can even simulate designs containing multiple CPUs, since it is a simple enough matter to place two or more processors on a schematic and wire them together.

INSTALL INTRUCTIONS:

• Uninstall old versions of Proteus first.
• Delete the program folder Labcenter manually (Labcenter Electronics folder)
• Run Proteus 7.1 sp2 setup file
• Remove old Proteus license (if exists)
• Point to the new LICENCE.lxk in the patch folder and install it.
• Continue the installing steps
• After all, run the patch file ( patch.exe ) point it to your Proteus folder
• That's all, enjoy...

UPDATED INSTRUCTIONS (for Proteus 7.7 SP2 Only):

• Install Proteus from the given setup.
• Install the Service Pack 2 update (ENG ver.).
• Install the License file.
• Enjoy…..

ADDING NEW LIBRARIES & MODELS:

• Extract the ‘Library’ & ‘Models’ folders from the compressed file.
• Select all the files in the ‘Library’ folder and copy it to the ‘Library’ folder of Proteus. Rename the files having same file-name.
• Now, do the similar procedure for the contents of ‘Models’ folder.
• Start Proteus. All the Libraries and Models will automatically be added.
• Enjoy….

NOTE: This download contains Proteus installation files, License file and patch… Just follow the instructions and…. enjoy.. :-)

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ADDITIONAL LIBS+MODELS

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How to Fix svchost.exe Memory Hogging Issue

More often than not, after windows start-up, my PC was getting too slow and unresponsive. When I checked the task manager, I noticed that there were quite a few instances of scvhost.exe processes and CPU usage was nearly 100% due to them. Fix this issue and make your Windows run faster.

Svchost.exe is actually a system process belonging to the Microsoft Windows Operating System. It handles processes executed from DLLs. Off late, Microsoft started moving all of the functionality from internal Windows services into .dll files instead of .exe files for the sake of better re-usability. However, this created a little problem as a .dll file cannot be executed directly. Thus, the svchost.exe process was born to facilitate running those .dll files.

What I observed was, the memory hogging issue cropped up only after I turned on Automatic Updates from Microsoft. Fix this issue and make your Windows run faster.

NOTE: I have personally tried this procedure and it did solve the problem, but not from this link.

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100 Greatest Science Discoveries of All Time

Throughout history, science has changed lives and dramatically altered the way in which the universe is perceived. Focusing on the 100 most significant scientific events of all time–from Archimedes’ discovery of the two fundamental principles underlying physics and engineering (levers and buoyancy) in 260 B.C.E. to human anatomy, Jupiter’s moons, electrons, black holes, the human genome, and more–storyteller Kendall Haven has created a ready reference for those seeking information on science discoveries.

Brimming with fascinating and fun facts about 100 scientific breakthroughs, this collection presents the real stories behind the history of science, at the same time offering a panoramic overview of the history of science and an introduction to some of the most important scientists in history.

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25 Dua From The Holy Quran

25 Dua's From The Holy Quran is a small application: Du'a (also spelt du'ah or dwuha) is a supplication in Islam, an Arabic term which means to 'call out' or to 'summon'. Muslims use this term and call out to God, and Muslims regard this as one of the second greatest acts of worship in Islam. Prophet Muhammad (P.B.U.H.) is reported to have said "Dua is the very essence of worship." One of Allah's commands expressed to Muslims through the Quran is for them to call out to it.

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Automatic Wallpaper Changer

 

Automatic Wallpaper Changer is a cool utility designed to do one thing well: allow you to change your desktop wallpaper on a timed basis.The time between changes is defined as a number of seconds, minutes or hours. The displayed image can be stretched for the best fit to the screen, maintaining its aspect ratio, or displayed at its actual size. When displaying actual size the user is not limited to the centre of the screen, as is usually the case in windows, but can choose to display the picture in any of the four corners of the screen or centered on one of the edges. Additionally you can specify that files smaller than a predefined size should be tiled: again you can specify how the tiles are justified on the screen rather than simply going from the top left.

 

Key Features:

• Select files from multiple directories and their subdirectories if required
• Multiple resizing options: Full Screen, Best Fit and Worst Fit
• When resizing you can pick the method that gives your pictures the best result (Catmull-Rom and Lanczos supported)
• Multi-monitor systems can display the image properly resized on all monitors or display a different image on each monitor
• Tile a background image onto the screen before displaying the wallpaper on top of it
• Enhance brightness, contrast and gamma correction independently from your monitor settings
• Change wallpaper at user defined intervals or once at startup
• Apply various graphic effects when displaying such as invert and emboss
• Use hotkeys to change the desktop on demand
• Check the selected directories to see if any new files have been added and add them to the display list
• Ensure that each image in the list is displayed only once, even across Windows sessions
• Virtually unlimited number of images can be displayed
• Use EXIF orientation flag in photographs to automatically rotate images
• Display the file name on the image
• Filter the files to display by age, date and minimum size
• Multiple tiling options
• Image formats supported are BMP, JPG, JPEG, GIF, PNG, PCX, TGA, RLE.

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