Merlintec

Jecel's technobiography

• 2018

• 2011

  • July 28, 2011

    

    Small update to the Merlintec office

  • July 28, 2011

    

    A Mac Mini replaced the old Linux PC as the server for the Merlintec web site

• 2006

  • November 3, 2006

    

    Small update to the Merlintec office

• 2002

  • October 16 to 20, 2002

    

    Merlintec at the XVII High Technology Fair in São Carlos

    José and Rosângela of RZ Sistemas Eletrônicos from Campinas can be seen in the left of this picture of Merlintec's booth. Jecel Jr. and Wanda are on the right.

    Some RZ products were being shown on the table, like the cargo lock and electronic blocking system (with hardware developed by RZ and software by Merlintec)

  • October 16 to 20, 2002

    

    Merlintec at the XVII High Technology Fair in São Carlos

    The Xess development kit for programmable circuits (FPGAs) was shown connected to a PS/2 keyboard and a VGA monitor. An implementation, 100% in hardware, of the old videogame "Pong" was showing off the advantages of this type of circuit for teaching hardware design

  • October 16 to 20, 2002

    

    Merlintec at the XVII High Technology Fair in São Carlos

    While the idea is to implement the terminal for truck drivers (Oliver) using this kit, the old Pong game attracted the attention of many of the fair's visitors

• 2001

  • October 17 to 21, 2002

    

    Merlintec at the XVI High Technology Fair in São Carlos

    Jecel is showing Squeak and Etoys running on an iMac and two wooden models of the Merlin 6 tablet computer

  • August 3, 2001

    

    Small update to the Merlintec office

• 1995

  • September 1995

    

    Two Jecels and first and second Merlin 4 boards

  • September 1995

    

    Two Merlin 4 boards and a case for the second

• 1993

  • March 1993

    

    Debugging the board

  • March 1993

    

    Drawing program

  • January 1993

    

    First Merlin 4 board

• 1987

  • August 1987

    

    Two Merlin 2 (another one in a drawer) and an improvised table

  • August 1987

    

    Equipment and books. The schedule on the wall predicts a December 1987 launch

  • August 1987

    

    Two Merlin 2 showing off the debugger

  • August 1987

    

    A closer view of the unfinished debugger

  • August 1987

    

    Drawing program

  • August 1987

    

    Merlin 2 and Merlin 1

  • August 1987

    

    Inside Merlin 2 and back side of Merlin 1

  • August 1987

    

    Books and Merlin 2 schematics

  • August 1987

    

    Digitalk Methods on a PC

  • August 1987

    

    Jecel drawing on a Merlin 2 and Marcos programming on a PC

  • August 1987

    

    Merlin 2 with PC peripherals

  • August 1987

    

    Merlin 2 with PC peripherals (slightly different angle, different color pallete)

  • August 1987

    

    Marcos watches Jecel use Merlin 2

  • August 1987

    

    Merlin 2 listing the directory of a FAT formatted flopppy

• 1983

  • July 1983

    

    Fabio and Jecel showing Pegasus

  • July 1983

    

    Back side of Pegasus