Internationalization and Cats: Overview
I put together a post about device internationalization. It being a somewhat dry subject, I attempted to spice up the material with pictures of cats. This amuses me enormously.
Read MoreI put together a post about device internationalization. It being a somewhat dry subject, I attempted to spice up the material with pictures of cats. This amuses me enormously.
Read MoreThis week, Andrei introduces the STM32F407G-DISC1 board.
Read MoreMy post for the week got messed up when my subject dev board was suddenly obsoleted. Here is an overview of the changes when the STM32F4Discovery became the STM32F407D-DISC1. Grrrrr.
Read MoreI've kept you waiting long enough: this week we'll finally turn on the LED with a button.
Read MoreA listener asked if I have any book recommendations for a software engineer getting into embedded systems.
Read MoreLast week was complete crap. The storms of July showed up and I ended up with water in my basement twice in one week. My article took a back seat to the mundane tasks of home ownership. Grumble.
This week's post is a contentious little piece on protecting your boards from getting copied. It goes into some of the legal aspects, clever hardware ideas that don't work, and finally how to protect your code.
Read MoreI found a chip bug! Sort of.
Read MoreJust over six months ago, we started this blog. Since then, we’ve put up 90 posts.
Read MoreThe thing you are doing in college is figuring out how to learn. The easy, fun, and interesting classes are essentially a waste of your tuition dollars and time. Sorry, but you can/would learn those things on your own. These annoying, boring classes are key to your success. Because if you figure out how to become interested in the classes you don't like, you will do better in industry (or higher academics).
Read MoreC uses the static keyword for two completely separate purposes simultaneously. In this week's post, Andrei will continue his discussion of variable visibility (scope), look at function scope, and how to limit scope to a single file, using the static keyword.
It's not as shocking as you might imagine, unless you let go.
Read MoreWe've seen how GPIOs can be used as outputs. This week we'll learn how to use GPIOs as inputs.
Read MoreTI just released a new Code Composer Studio version with full Mac OS X support, GCC support, and a bunch of bug fixes. Get it today!
Read MoreA funny thing happened on the way to the blog post...
Read MoreA friend asked if I have any tips on staying productive and happy working from home. He’s staying with his company but moving his home across the country.
It turns out I do, in fact, have tips!
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The path to learning is not always straight. Unlike those who prefer video tutorials or learning through trial and error, I learn through reading or classroom instruction. Sometimes, though, I can get distracted by the way the material is presented.
Read MoreLook, if I give you a bunch of stuff that all have to be true, and the first one is false, I'm not going to waste my time checking them all. It's just the way I roll.
This week Andrei looks at shortcutting in conditionals.
Read MoreLet’s hurry up and get started learning how to waste time, assembly language style.
Read MoreThis weekend, Andrei went to a huge kite festival in Swift Current, Saskatchewan, and really didn't have a lot of time to come up with a huge post.
Instead, this week, he writes about how the C language handles allocating space for enums.
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