Tuesday, 30th November 2004.

ESD v1.4.2 has more package support. An 8-bit RAM name 'sram8' is also added to the accessories.

Friday, 29th October 2004.

ESD v1.4 has new modules added, like an LED seven segment display and a JTAG debugger, along with a little improvement in the core design. This version is even numbered because it is much more stable than the previous versions.

Thursday, 30th September 2004.

ESD v1.3 has a GUI that displays the circuit diagram. The executable still takes the connection file input at the command prompt as earlier.

Wednesday, 8th September 2004.

We tried to rectify some of bugs in previous version. The speed of execution has been greatly enhanced by eliminating thread sleeps. Go to the downloads page for the latest version.

Thursday, 2nd September 2004.

First version of the ESD test bench is ready. For deatiled instructions on using the files go to downloads page.

Tuesday, 24th August 2004.

A chip was assigned to a team of three students and they were responsible of programming a pin level simulation. They were also advised to buy the chip to study its functionality.

Thursday, 19th August 2004.

The undergraduate class was ensembled and was briefed about the ambitious project.

Friday, 13th August 2004.

A list of processors that would start our project was prepared. You can access the reference manuals of few of the processors reviewed for this purpose at the downloads page.

Monday, 9th August 2004.

After studying some of the MAME's source code we decided to create a design utility for embedded systems. We started with investigating various processors supported by GCC. From the list of microprocessors and micro controllers supported we started digging out some simple processors.

Before Monday, 9th August 2004.

Inspired by Multiple Arcade Machine Emulation (MAME), we started with an idea of creating few processor simulations which would eventually be integrated into a design tool that would enable user to simulate the design of an embedded circuit.