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An Introduction to BCD

June 08, 2018 by Andrei Chichak in Hardware, Software

It’s 9:31, do you know where your bits are? A lot of real time clocks use binary coded decimal or BCD to store the time. BCD isn’t a common format but you will probably run into it at some point. This time, we look at BCD and how to convert it to binary.

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June 08, 2018 /Andrei Chichak
hardware, software, BCD, rant
Hardware, Software
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License: CC-A-NC-ND

Don't Use Arduino (For Professional Work)

August 14, 2017 by Elecia White in Hardware

Arduino is an excellent prototyping platform. It is wonderful for its ease of use and speed with which to get started. I'm happy to say lots of good, heartfelt things about the whole Arduino ecosystem.

But don't ask me to use it in products.

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August 14, 2017 /Elecia White
rant, arduino
Hardware
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