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bandit gangwere (@mr_bandit)

Cut my eye-teeth on 8080 assembly. Been working on embedded systems since 1985. Contract engineer in avionics, medical, telecom

Re: Recommendation of uC for smart home project.

Reply posted 3 years ago (01/21/2021)
I am an Arduino Atmel AVR Freak. You can get an Arduino mini PRO that does what you want for $4 eachhttps://smile.amazon.com/gp/product/B015MGHLNA/ref...The toolset...

Re: Spectacular Sensors Smackdown!

Reply posted 3 years ago (11/06/2020)
So you are using the Adafruit neopixels or equivalent.His board is logically how I imagined how to do it physically. I like his ping pong ball hot glue frame.I would...

Re: Spectacular Sensors Smackdown!

Reply posted 3 years ago (11/05/2020)
My other thought is something that lets you select a ball && something happens. Like a mouse out of the adafruit 6dof. select both the location and color...

Re: Spectacular Sensors Smackdown!

Reply posted 3 years ago (11/05/2020)
cool board. Be cool to do a Game of Life on it.
beningjw: "If the failure could cause death or injury". I would add if failure would cost a huge amount of money.Spot on. This is critical in avionics DO-178C projects.I...

Re: Not Your Grandmother’s Embedded Systems

Reply posted 3 years ago (11/05/2020)
My grandma was like your mom (gosh you are *way* older than me :^)When someone started on about how it was better way back when, she would do a smackdown, pointing...

Re: Assert() If You Test Pre/Post Conditions

Reply posted 3 years ago (11/05/2020)
I do mission-critical systems and heavily use asserts. In my experience, 70..80% (a guess, but roughly speaking) are from data structures not being setup properly,...

Re: Not Your Grandmother’s Embedded Systems

Reply posted 3 years ago (11/05/2020)
Gives a whole new meaning to bricking the system....
I have been a "sole-prop" guy too. No worries.Version control has saved my ass on many occasions.Sorry about you git fire. I tend to create scripts so I don't do...

Re: Raspberry Pi to MPC5744p over SPI

Reply posted 4 years ago (06/08/2020)
(1) - do you have an oscope? If not, get one. The Rigol DS1054Z is $350. 4 channel, 50MHz. (I will not tell you there is a tool on the net that changes 1 byte of...
@CustomSarge: we have about the same amount of experience - I've been programing for close on 45 years, and embedded for at least 35 years. So - long enough to become...
I love your British humour! It would be great as a stage play - a nerd's "Hamilton" !! (I am hoping for a redneck version of Shakespeare: "Romeo, Romeo, Where in...
My father (at one point on of the top OS designers in the world) taught my programming - in assembly. My first real code was 8080 asm.the technique he taught me...
I saw a posting about:long long ago;  // in a galaxy far far awayNote: every modern C compiler supports long long. Question 1: The C standard specified the signed-ness...

Re: strcmp help please

Reply posted 4 years ago (05/09/2020)
I realize I am coming late to the discussion. One trick I use in writing drivers is use an Arduino on the other end. It is easy to write a little "sketch" that...
Since you did not include the calling function, hard to see if MemorySelect is set to something other than 0.Have you put in slime printf's to see if MemorySelect...

Re: Has anyone seen this GCC compiler behavior before?

Reply posted 4 years ago (01/19/2020)
You were probably using -O1 or -O2 flag.C compilers can be notorious for optimizing away code it thinks is not needed. I think Jack Ganssle has a post on thisTry...

Re: Event Driven Frameworks

Reply posted 4 years ago (01/15/2020)
For this small of a micro, personally I would just do a command loop with interrupt-driven devices. I don't know the "frameworks" the other posters have suggested.It...

Re: Embedded Development Predictions for 2020-2029

Reply posted 4 years ago (01/09/2020)
C will still be the primary language. There really is no other language for the task. The size of logic is pretty close to the limit of physics (Moores Law has...
A good way to find issues like this is write the simplest program you can have that (in this case) will just read the values and print them out. Basically, isolate...
What they said.Fundamentally, if you don't need hardware breakpoints, a bootloader gives you simplicity. All you need is some sort of (generally serial) communication...

Re: Digital PID controller implementation in C++

Reply posted 4 years ago (11/27/2019)
Found this blog entry: https://www.embeddedrelated.com/showarticle/943.phpPID Without a PhDTim Wescott●April 26, 2016●11 comments(and given 19 beers !!)

Re: Something just changed

Reply posted 4 years ago (11/20/2019)
Yep - I did. I was in good shape when younger  :^)I have a couple of things I have already written. Let me ponder what would make a good reasonable sized blogs.Thanks!...

Re: Something just changed

Reply posted 4 years ago (11/20/2019)
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Something just changed

New thread started 4 years ago
Was there an "upgrade"? The "top contributors" list was reset && there appeared to be a color change.20 Nov 19, about noon CST... banditweird - everything...
I would add SW should always be under source control.Production should also have automated tests, that are a result of the development process.Basically, your list...

Re: Pololu AVR programmer on Arduino ATMega328P

Reply posted 4 years ago (11/18/2019)
You can run the arduino.cc tool and point it to the .hex file Studio 7 produces. There is a single button to do the download.You need to setup the Arduino IDE to...

Re: Pololu AVR programmer on Arduino ATMega328P

Reply posted 4 years ago (11/14/2019)
I assume this is what you have: https://www.pololu.com/product/1300"The USB AVR programmer doubles as a USB-to-serial adapter. The programmer installs as two virtual...

Re: Software expands to fill the memory available

Reply posted 4 years ago (11/14/2019)
Assembly vs C: Modern C compilers are pretty good at optimization && can generate asm code that is roughly what hand-crafted asm can do. There are places...

Re: Outdoor LED Decorative Project Question

Reply posted 4 years ago (11/08/2019)
You can have a fan inside the Al box that flows over the heatsinks.Get a $30 digital temp/humidity and put the sensor in the power box. Put the whole thing on the...
Yep - one of those problems creating forehead-shaped holes that have a simple solution. The Deamon Murphy has a 3-day attention span.Thasnks for letting us know...
i would call keil - it's their toolchain.This also has the flavor of something "minor" is missing - the solution is missing but "minor", in the sense when you find...
quote: If you are not using scatter-loading, use the --first and --last linker command-line options to place input sections.So - are you using the --first options?...
Not having the tools..I would look at the command-line options for all of the tools, esp the ones that generates the .sct files.Have you tried editing a .sct file...
Create a *very* simple project. For example, have each core toggle a pin that you would put an LED on (the embedded "hello world").I suspect (have zero direct cubeMX...

Re: GPS(GNSS)

Reply posted 4 years ago (11/04/2019)
Create an I2C cable with the 6 sensors && make it as short as you can - under a foot would be good. You could put all sensors on a protoboard with a short...

Re: GPS(GNSS)

Reply posted 4 years ago (10/31/2019)
ALWAYS have a oscope probe on the power line. A good way to find these kinds of problems. Also weird reset cases.Do NOT use a normal meter - they integrate &&...
Subversion will work - it can handle text and binary. I like the Windows Explorer add-on for ease of use.You should have ONE person as the Footprint Release Ghod...

Re: Industrial RS485 converters

Reply posted 4 years ago (10/07/2019)
You can get mini-pro's on amazon for a low price. I am kind of surprised nobody has specifically mentioned Zigbee or other mesh RF solutions. (Others mentioned...

Re: How to get the IR Remote Control Protocol ?

Reply posted 4 years ago (10/07/2019)
Take a look at https://www.tequipment.net/Rigol/DS1054Z/Digital-Oscilloscopes/?v=0$350 for a 4 channel 50 MHz oscope. I cannot mention there is a tool on the net...

Re: Rabbit 6000 I/O Bank Extended Register Issue

Reply posted 4 years ago (10/02/2019)
Make a foam sword (a boffer) from a pool noodle, duct tape, and a dowel or pvc pipe.Next time you do a project, smite the HW guys about the head to "remind" them...

Re: Rabbit 6000 I/O Bank Extended Register Issue

Reply posted 4 years ago (10/02/2019)
I predict it took you 3 days to find this. (the rest of the time you were killing other alligators in the swamp.)I have forehead shaped holes in walls all around...

Re: How to get the IR Remote Control Protocol ?

Reply posted 4 years ago (09/26/2019)
The easiest way is to hook up an oscope to the IR LED and capture the waveform. TV remotes use a NRTZ (NRZ) (non-return-to-zero) protocol. Even TV remotes do not...

Re: Why logic High input is logic low on I2C data bus?

Reply posted 4 years ago (09/24/2019)
look at the data pin itself. - are you really sure aboutThe primary question is why is bit 2 logic 0 on the I2C bus when it's pulled up to 3.3V ?the chip is probably...

Re: Rabbit 6000 I/O Bank Extended Register Issue

Reply posted 4 years ago (09/18/2019)
You could get a Rabbit board (same model & clock) and run your code on it. You could also get an eval board with the same FPGA and use it for the experiments.You...

Re: Rabbit 6000 I/O Bank Extended Register Issue

Reply posted 4 years ago (09/18/2019)
Seems like you are not sure of which side is causing the issue.First, I would suggest bit-banging the SPI at a low rate. This will tell you if the FPGA has a basic...

Re: Rabbit 6000 I/O Bank Extended Register Issue

Reply posted 5 years ago (09/13/2019)
What does it read before the write, and why/what are you trying to do?This sets the databus size and speed. What do you need instead of the default?

Re: Rabbit 6000 I/O Bank Extended Register Issue

Reply posted 5 years ago (09/13/2019)
How's it going? Figured it out?
1. Creating tools that improve over time. I have a CLI (actually, several) that I use as needed for both development tools (to understand hardware && write...
If you had a 50% failure rate for 4 boards, y'all need to find a better board house - just say'n....We are here to help...
Are all boards eval boards, or are you developing the boards?One of the things I love is bringing up new boards. I get to look at the EE and say "It's your problem"...
first issue - no clock. Cannot have a start bit without a clock.External resistors are required for inputs (on P Port) that may float.  Also, internal pull-up or...
You imply you are able to reburn one or two bytes, or you re-write an entire block that includes the new CRC.Are you able to store the entire image in RAM, calculate...
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cyclic_redundancy_check
Silly question: Is the ADDR pin connected to VCC or GND or floating?0x42 means ADDR is connected to VCC. See https://www.nxp.com/docs/en/data-sheet/PCAL6416A.pdf...

Re: Rabbit 6000 I/O Bank Extended Register Issue

Reply posted 5 years ago (09/10/2019)
TRy defining it and using it. Nothing to lose...

Re: STMicroelectronics 8 bit MCUs

Reply posted 5 years ago (09/03/2019)
The first thing I see is you are configuring pins B0, not C0.Suggestion: write a little program that jut configures each pin you want to use as outputs, then a loop...

Re: STMicroelectronics 8 bit MCUs

Reply posted 5 years ago (08/30/2019)
Channel 4 also produces a correct output PWM, but it doesn't have a complementary pin.You can get a fast inverter and make the complementary signal. The faster the...

Re: Flash Memory

Reply posted 5 years ago (08/23/2019)
Cool!The Deamon Murphy has dictated we will have a problem that takes 3 days to solve, and they all boil down to a switch,or a line in a config file, or a checkbox....

Re: Flash Memory

Reply posted 5 years ago (08/20/2019)
datasheet: Upon power-up or at power-down, the W25N01GV will maintain a reset condition while VCC is below the threshold value of VWI, (See Power-up Timing and...

Re: Flash Memory

Reply posted 5 years ago (08/19/2019)
Looking at the data sheet:Write Protect (/WP) The Write Protect (/WP) pin can be used to prevent the Status Register from being written. Used in conjunction with...

Re: AD9601 with 200MSPS connected to DSP

Reply posted 5 years ago (08/14/2019)
Can you tell us more about the app?Just reading the data at speed, even in burst mode, doesn't do a lot of good if you cannot cook the raw data in time for the next...

Re: Digital PID controller in velocity form

Reply posted 5 years ago (08/09/2019)
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Not unheard of that the first i/o takes a bit longer because of setup. But it seems you have solved the basic problem.It also may be that the only way to determine...
Look carefully at the definition of the SPIRBF bit. I have seen cases where a status bit's definition is deceptively defined && it doesn't work the way you...

Re: Hall sensor Pattern

Reply posted 5 years ago (07/19/2019)
I am curious why you cannot talk to the motor vendor.It sounds like you have been doing your homework. Can I assume this includes googling the motor number/ID? Failing...
what is your status? how are you doing?
It was the  ? 'HEY'that looked suspicious.
Not my area of expertise, but I suspect you have the syntax wrong.
A trick is to find an unused pin and wiggle it.Can you get a board by itself? You imply this is something y'all make. How are you able to make changes to the firmware?Microchip...
Kocsonya has a good point about the busy bit. You might put something in the loop (pseudo code):while ( SPI2STATbits.SPIRBF ) { print "." } while ( ! SPI2STATbits.SPIRBF...
The best thing to do is use an oscope to look at the SPI lines to determine where the problem is. You can then determine which end is getting confused.If you don't...

Re: NOR Flash as mass storage with cortex M Series.

Reply posted 5 years ago (07/02/2019)
If you write vanilla C, it should be easy to port. Pay attention to the undefined and unspecified lists in C (get the latest draft standard - it's free and close...

Re: NOR Flash as mass storage with cortex M Series.

Reply posted 5 years ago (07/01/2019)
It sounds like the PDF is going to be your biggest effort. The rest is just glue.My one piece of advice is: CODE THIS ON A PC. This is a benign environment. Keep...
Write an ISR (Interrupt Service Routine) for a timer. Use a convenient pin and set it == 1 when you enter the timer, and 0 when you exit. For development, put in...

Re: sdcard as USB mass storage device (arm lpc2388)

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/26/2019)
It should have returned an error code. They are your friend.Can you read the FAT itself? Parse through it and verify you are creating it properly. Can you use a...
You can use a timer ISR to bit-bang your PWM outputs. And if you always set each output pin, even if it is the same value as before, you can easily create deterministic...

Re: What do *you* call "Deeply Embedded"

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/21/2019)
@rtomkins:I concur. Basically, stuff you don't think about being embedded. (For relative values of "you" :^)I tried to give you a beer, but that function seems to...

Re: Embedded Systems Engineer Interview Questions

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/19/2019)
Spot-on about the interview process. The ones I *really* hate are the timed tests. I have a zero success rate. These tests are useless in what they are trying to...

Re: Embedded Systems Engineer Interview Questions

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/19/2019)
Part of the problem is the title "embedded systems engineer" (ESE) is a bit loose, and is not a pure "systems engineer" role. Everything jeghartman said about a...

Re: sdcard as USB mass storage device (arm lpc2388)

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/18/2019)
one step at a time - verify and understand each step before going onto the next.. systematic will work....

Re: sdcard as USB mass storage device (arm lpc2388)

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/17/2019)
Well, first you need to determine what the format of the "mass storage device" is: FAT16, FAT32, etc. How was the directory structure created?TO start with, you...

Re: MPLab and XC8 file organization

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/11/2019)
Well - a death-march on a project with a PIC24 and one of the worst POS compilers (CCS) will do that. It could not even do a U32 divide the same way every time....

Re: MPLab and XC8 file organization

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/10/2019)
Not sure where you live. There should be a hacker/makerspace near you. See hackerspaces.org or http://themakermap.com/ - keep in mind the may not be totally accurate...

Re: MPLab and XC8 file organization

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/10/2019)
To expand on Alexmouse's comments:Main.c and IIC.c are compiled separately. The linker needs to know about Main.obj and IIC.obj in order to make a .hex file that...

Re: Embedded Systems Engineer Interview Questions

Reply posted 5 years ago (06/06/2019)
It looks like you are looking for an EE who knows how to write code. Not necessarily how to write good code. I would have difficulty answering your questions, despite...

Re: Spammers are getting more sophisticated

Reply posted 5 years ago (05/21/2019)
Now we know. appreciate your diligence. I expect one or two might slip past you (they are fiendishly clever), but just do your best.
Simplest method I can think of is write a byte that indicates you started the write sequence, then write a different value to the same byte indicating you have finished....

Re: Choice of microcontroller for a project

Reply posted 5 years ago (05/13/2019)
Arduino!Look at what adafruit.com and sparkfun.com have. Get a "normal" arduino && a motor shieldhttps://www.adafruit.com/product/2488   a "normal" arduino ...

Re: How does an embedded system OS work? LPC3250 ARM9

Reply posted 5 years ago (05/09/2019)
A bare metal app is basically an init followed by a loop. The OS version supplies the ability to have several processes running at "the same time". (in reality,...

Re: MT9D111 camera defected pixels problem

Reply posted 5 years ago (05/03/2019)
What rtomkins said.Read the datasheet. Not once or twice. It can easily take 5..10 passes through it before you really get a grasp on it.Go thru the register setup...

Re: Regarding a specific microcontroller

Reply posted 5 years ago (04/30/2019)
Well: "Can someone suggest a simple solution in layman's terms."You seem to want to successfully leap half-way across a canyon. What you want to do is somewhat...

Re: Regarding a specific microcontroller

Reply posted 5 years ago (04/30/2019)
Now *that* is a cool little board! I will need to remember that...I wonder what the drift specs are... Remember: there is one constant: gravity sucks. I did a cheap...

Re: Regarding a specific microcontroller

Reply posted 5 years ago (04/30/2019)
You will need to do two things:1. physically tie them together so that the gyro data is meaningful to the image data.2. treat the gyro board as a slave to the image...

Re: Regarding a specific microcontroller

Reply posted 5 years ago (04/30/2019)
An RTOS is needed when timing is critical. From your description, this does not sound time critical. So - any "normal" OS would work.If you don't want to roll your...

Re: Set up output pin 2.5 as a square wave.

Reply posted 5 years ago (04/24/2019)
You already have an ISR defined:#pragma vector = ADC10_VECTOR__interrupt void adc10_interrupt(void){__bic_SR_register_on_exit(CPUOFF);}Scope: look at rygol DS1054Z ...

Re: Set up output pin 2.5 as a square wave.

Reply posted 5 years ago (04/23/2019)
A standard method is to setup the timer to call an ISR function when the timer hits a count. (Hint: you can setup a timer as a downcounter, so the ISR is called...
You might have better success by going to an embedded Linux forum than us. I suspect most of us are RTOS/bare iron folks - not that we are against Linux, we just...

Re: Going LIVE Soon!

Reply posted 5 years ago (03/29/2019)
Bless you!

Re: Going LIVE Soon!

Reply posted 5 years ago (03/29/2019)
I got hit with a meeting at the same frigging time of all hands by my manager.So - if I win a drawing, I cannot respond. is that going to be an issue?I am really...

Re: DIY hi-fi

Reply posted 5 years ago (03/22/2019)
Find a hacker/makerspace near you. The best list is hackerspaces.org. Many hackerspaces in the US host meetings of Old Fart EE's That Love Old Radios - I assume...
The most common (non-RTOS) is a "command loop":init()loop( forever ){stuff()}On shared memory/semaphores/etc: Modern micros offer HW support in the form if "test...
Sending a message with the data is the traditional way of doing this. More to the point:1. are you only updating a byte or two, or is it a lot of data?2. is this...

Re: Datalogger for an embedded system

Reply posted 5 years ago (03/11/2019)
Another trick.Have a ram copy of the main sector header and the current sector header + data (ie a buffer for the entire sector).On the fresh init (never been booted)...

Re: Datalogger for an embedded system

Reply posted 5 years ago (03/11/2019)
Perhaps an example would help.Sector 0 is your "head sector map". sectors 1-8 are your data sectors.Init is writing 0xFE (1111 1110) to sector 0, and writing a...

Re: Circular buffers

Reply posted 5 years ago (02/06/2019)
There are many different ways of doing circular buffers. in my example, I defined a BUF_t that assumed a circular buffer - I threw it together quickly. In reality,...

Re: Circular buffers

Reply posted 5 years ago (02/06/2019)
#define NUM_MSG     16      // entries in the circular q#define MSG_SIZE    48      // a messagetypedef struct{    uint8_t msg_buf[ MSG_SIZE ];   ...

Re: Circular buffers

Reply posted 5 years ago (02/05/2019)
Consider using a struct for one message && use a circular buffer of structs. The struct can actually be a union of several message types.A struct is just...

Re: Why is the raw data from mpu6050 always constant?

Reply posted 5 years ago (02/05/2019)
Do you have an oscope? Can you look at the I2C bus? can you look at the UART bus? Does your serial (RS232) bus have a level shifter, like a MAX3232?Start with a...

Re: Glass that transfers light

Reply posted 5 years ago (02/04/2019)
Quote: Also, I'm really curious why you didn't use a cheap ARM processor instead of making life difficult for yourself, and also limiting the number of people that...

Re: Glass that transfers light

Reply posted 5 years ago (01/29/2019)
Frosted?Google for specialty glass companies. Also consider pexiglass, because broken glass is Not Good Very Bad.Take your laser to a glass and a plastics stores...

Re: Detecting valid signals across multiple lines

Reply posted 5 years ago (01/29/2019)
Every 8 loops, just reset the value. Remember KISS .....
In I2C land, to read a register:write the device with the device address and the register addressdo a read of the device with the device address, then read the value...

Re: SSP DMA problem in ARM lpc2388

Reply posted 5 years ago (01/22/2019)
Get a simple DMA working for some device (eg UART) to memory. You have a lot of moving parts, and you need to solve the pieces before you can solve the big one....

Re: AT89LP4052 programming not working

Reply posted 5 years ago (01/22/2019)
Have you contacted microchip tech support?Have you looked at the errata? 
This is not my area of expertise. But - some basic googling finds that the RSSI maps to dB and the higher the negative number (dB) the better. The closer you are,...

Re: Multiple 8051 chip detection

Reply posted 5 years ago (01/18/2019)
Can you add a command to the chip can respond with a majic number? Pretty standard to have a command that returns capabilities (eg a rev number).
This should work for most architectures. You also did not specify the MPU chip. Some older ones require a uint16_t as a long.uint16_t val = 0x2A02;printf( "val =...

Re: SSP DMA problem in ARM lpc2388

Reply posted 5 years ago (01/17/2019)
Generally, DMA needs either a memory buffer or a device register. It looks like the ssp0 device register is either not getting set correctly (the picture shows 8008,...
For development, you should be running off wall power. When everything is stable, then goto batteries.And get the rygol oscope we are recommending. You will be way...
If you mean following the admin tree, it was quick. I had the part number in less than 10 minutes. I have used the same technique for obscure nerd questions and...
I say this gently: You need to try things like swapping the caps before posting. You need to do your homework first. And this is where an oscope is critical. If...
Ahem: "Welcome to the real world, kid." Keep at it. We all have these scars.Remember - simplify, simplify, simplify.This is the kind of issue that takes 2..3 hours...
And this is where having an oscope would be handy. You could load code that all it does is init an output pin, then loop, just toggling the pin. The oscope would...

Re: RB8 bit in serial mode 1 of 8051

Reply posted 5 years ago (01/08/2019)
It looks like mode 1 will work for you (normal UART case), but I did not look at the chip datasheet.The 9th bit is used for multi-drop RS485 serial networks. Each...
A few things:1) Matthewbarr is spot-on. He is saying everything I would tell you. This also includes CustomSarge - we are all heavily scarred veterans of the embedded...
Echoing @matthewbarr: you really need an oscope to be in this biz. The two best tools I own is my Estwing 20oz framing hammer and my Tek scope.I highly recommend...
You need a scopeThis is a really good 4-channel scope under $400https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscillosc...model: DS1054ZYou did not hear it from me, but...

Re: Adding a percentage to a 16-bit number in 8051

Reply posted 5 years ago (12/07/2018)
Write the algorithm in C, run it on a PC, and print out the results of each step. Pick some obvious sets of values and run the C code. That way you will see the...

Re: Adding a percentage to a 16-bit number in 8051

Reply posted 5 years ago (12/06/2018)
-- You>> 1. what are the 24-bit numbers for?24-bit is the maximum bit capacity. Meaning the numbers I want to store would be as large as 1,000,000, so therefore...

Re: Adding a percentage to a 16-bit number in 8051

Reply posted 5 years ago (12/05/2018)
Not quite understanding what you want to do.1. what are the 24-bit numbers for?2. are you using fixed point math (eg the 24-bit numbers already *100 for two-bits...

Re: Low level programming

Reply posted 5 years ago (12/05/2018)
First, LOTS of good stuff in this thread!Second - my father, who at one point (late 60's, early 70's) was one of the top operating systems designers. He taught me...

Re: Low level programming

Reply posted 5 years ago (12/03/2018)
Reading datasheets is an art and science. And sometimes they lie. Be aware of the errata sheets - they are what went wrong, and can save you  lot of time.You can...

Re: Virtual (cycle accurate) CPU simulations

Reply posted 5 years ago (11/30/2018)
Point taken.We have such incredible tools and resources today. My father worked at GE Computer systems in Phoenix in the 60's. Memory (core) was in the kilobyte...

Re: Virtual (cycle accurate) CPU simulations

Reply posted 5 years ago (11/28/2018)
Wow! Shows what an obsessed nerd can do with the tools available now. You have done what 20+ years ago took an entire team to do, with the resources of an Intel...

Re: I2C ADV7403

Reply posted 5 years ago (11/15/2018)
Can you show that part of the schematic? I'm confused because the datasheet suggested connections and your description are confusing.

Re: ARM7TDMI - Nov 2018 - Need supported OS.

Reply posted 5 years ago (11/05/2018)
uC/OS - free until you create a product - has a bunch of "add-ons". Excellent books on how it works. Highly Recommended.FreeRTOS. Not sure about the securityI am...

Re: CAN interfacing with lpc2148 via spi

Reply posted 5 years ago (10/19/2018)
Look at https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Serial_Peripheral_In...You are the master. the CAN controller is the slave.I have not used the LPC2148, but the datasheet...

Re: Voltage swing for MSP430 PWM output

Reply posted 5 years ago (10/16/2018)
You need a timespan you can see the led blink

Re: Voltage swing for MSP430 PWM output

Reply posted 5 years ago (10/16/2018)
Not sure what you mean by a SW oscope.Set the period to one second, duty cycle 50%. Output to an LED. You should see it blink if you are truly getting an output....

Re: Nand flash read isuue

Reply posted 5 years ago (10/16/2018)
Terrible when management cannot do 3rd grade math... I suspect you were "let go" because you had the temerity to argue with management...One technique I use is a...

Re: Voltage swing for MSP430 PWM output

Reply posted 5 years ago (10/15/2018)
A multimeter does an integration of the input voltages. Basically, it is taking an average. The swing between min and max is too fast for the multimeter.When the...

Re: self-learning embedded curriculum

Reply posted 5 years ago (09/20/2018)
Well, EAgle is now $100/year. Kicad is free. They just released v5.0One of the open questions for me is how much effort Autodesk is putting into Eagle to keep it...

Re: self-learning embedded curriculum

Reply posted 5 years ago (09/19/2018)
The other posts are spot-on, although I have never seen Samek's stuff - I'm 61 and been doing embedded since the mid 1980's (and wrote a lot of 8080 ASM in the...

Re: Learning FPGA

Reply posted 5 years ago (09/17/2018)
I have written (maybe) 50 lines of Python - sucked in data, munged it, printed it. Hides a lot of the cruft - understands walking arrays.So - I bet I could learn...

Re: Learning FPGA

Reply posted 6 years ago (09/14/2018)
You are spot-on.I must say you have given me the first real reason to learn python - I am a long-term C guy and python is a bit of a toy language (where is my flame-proof...

Re: Compiler errors on 10.72B

Reply posted 6 years ago (09/13/2018)
Cool!time for a beer!!!(I really meant for you to have a beer to celebrate - but I *do* appriciate the beer! My firsrt one here! WOO WOO!!

Re: Compiler errors on 10.72B

Reply posted 6 years ago (09/13/2018)
Simplify, Simplify.Never even heard about Dynamic C - thanks! .. I will have to look at this.From my reading in the last few minutes, DC uses a static area for...

Re: Learning FPGA

Reply posted 6 years ago (09/12/2018)
I would like to see a discussion on SystemC - tools, techniques, barriers to entry, tricks of the trade, etc.

Re: ARM lpc2388 RTC with external crystal

Reply posted 6 years ago (09/12/2018)
There is a trick.Call NXP, and ask for the *admin* of engineering. Tell the admin you are a nerd and have a serious nerd question about this specific chip and you...

Re: ARM lpc2388 RTC with external crystal

Reply posted 6 years ago (09/11/2018)
This is really a hardware problem.I would *really* not try to fix it in SW, unless you have no other choice.

Re: ARM lpc2388 RTC with external crystal

Reply posted 6 years ago (09/10/2018)
I gently suggest a call to NXP might not hurt.Can you measure the osc frequency without disturbing the reading? I assume this was one of the first things you tried,...

Re: ARM lpc2388 RTC with external crystal

Reply posted 6 years ago (09/07/2018)
Have you contacted ARM (and/or NXP) about this? Since the RTC is internal to the MPU, and it works correctly when the MPU is powered, it seems the crystal/cap are...

Re: ARM lpc2388 RTC with external crystal

Reply posted 6 years ago (09/06/2018)
What is the RTC and what is the crystal you are using? Is your circuit exactly as specified in the RTC datasheet?Are you using a fresh battery? did you measure the...

Re: How to download a file through a RS485 link

Reply posted 6 years ago (08/27/2018)
Silly question: If you can compile and load code onto your board, why are you trying to download a file? Why not just compile the info as needed and load it to your...

Re: HID Over I2C MCU driver

Reply posted 6 years ago (08/13/2018)
It looks looks bare-iron control loop.

Re: HID Over I2C MCU driver

Reply posted 6 years ago (08/13/2018)
So bare-iron.I'm not sure how to answer your question. I have written dozens of bare-iron and RTOS device drivers. I would start with polled to understand the peripheral...

Re: HID Over I2C MCU driver

Reply posted 6 years ago (08/13/2018)
Teensy HID has the host side source code for all three OS's, with build sequences (makefiles).Don't get confused by form vs content. In your case, the I2C (vs USB)...

Re: HID Over I2C MCU driver

Reply posted 6 years ago (08/13/2018)
A hack approach would be to look at the Teensy HID driver. This is intended to make the Teensy be an HID driver over USB look like a normal HID device - it supports...

Re: i2c-tools with custom EEPROM

Reply posted 6 years ago (08/02/2018)
This is why you need to look at the signals on an oscope. It will tell you if the slave is clock stretching. Otherwise you are groping in the dark. Borrow one from...

Re: i2c-tools with custom EEPROM

Reply posted 6 years ago (07/27/2018)
The SMD resistors are probably the I2C pullups. Use a meter (when the system is off) and look for what pins on the chip are attached to the pullups. Hint: one side...

Re: i2c-tools with custom EEPROM

Reply posted 6 years ago (07/26/2018)
Put an oscilloscope on SDA and SCL. Look at the full waveform. Your example above is short enough. You are assuming your sniffer is telling you the truth. it may...
Never built any. While I am an embedded guy, I have been doing non-arm/keil stuff. Last time I used ARMs was 2012, and we went with IAR.(BTW - I love ARMs. I have...
Since you have enough of a clue with version control, I would not worry about the SW packs. You can always re-use the code (and that is a Good Thing!).

Re: i2c-tools with custom EEPROM

Reply posted 6 years ago (07/25/2018)
The "Request" looks like a read command for information. Often, the order is to send a write with a register number, then do a read for a specific number of bytes....

Re: Event Driven Protocols for RS-485

Reply posted 6 years ago (07/20/2018)
You changed the (implied) requirement from a single master + slaves to multiple masters.I don't know if you read the document via the link. It lays out how to do...

Re: Event Driven Protocols for RS-485

Reply posted 6 years ago (07/17/2018)
Just pointing out MODBUS is transmission-agnostic. If you do full-duplex, you can broadcast from the master any updates on info.You can also broadcast which slave...

Re: Embedded Systems Project/ consultation needed

Reply posted 6 years ago (06/18/2018)
Wow..First, I agree with the other responses. This would be a senior-level project in a combined EE/Embedded/CS 4-year university course.If you are dead-set on this,...

Re: Implementing octave algorithm in FPGA using c++

Reply posted 6 years ago (06/18/2018)
There is a tool called SystemC that converts C (and looks like C++) into a HDL form. See (the first couple of responses when googling "systemc")http://www.asic-world.com/systemc/tutorial.htmlhttp://www.asic-world.com/systemc/index.htmlhttps://www.doulos.com/knowhow/systemc/tutorial/I...

Re: SPI communication

Reply posted 6 years ago (06/14/2018)
Interesting. Never seen that before. Thanks for the info!

Re: SPI communication

Reply posted 6 years ago (06/13/2018)
SPI is really two shift registers: one on the master, one on the slave. When you put the first byte into the master's shift register (you "write to the master's...
I would suggest looking at Micrium's wear-leveling file system.  I know they have put a lot of effort into it. And, IIRC, it is DO-178 certified (uC/OS at DO-178B...

Re: Sensors & Embedded Systems - The Basics

Reply posted 6 years ago (05/29/2018)
Pro tip: If you are in the area of these types of shows (you live nearby or are going to visit), sign up for the exhibits-only. Usually free. (If you wait until...

Re: Sensors & Embedded Systems - The Basics

Reply posted 6 years ago (05/29/2018)
To state the obvious: an embedded system exists to receive in some input(s), process it, and output some value(s). There are variations on this, for example I did...

Re: RTOS Debugging - Tips, Tricks and Tools

Reply posted 6 years ago (05/10/2018)
And ... create your lowest priority task to monitor the stacks. Start at the bottom and look for the "high-water mark" where you hit the end of DEADBEEF, meaning...

Re: Compilers for Embedded Systems

Reply posted 6 years ago (03/21/2018)
My default is gcc, because it is available for just about every MPU out there. I have yet to see a bug, although at high optimization levels it will remove code...

Re: Problem when using MSP430G2553 without Launchpad

Reply posted 6 years ago (03/19/2018)
Better to use a scope.(NOTE: Rigol has a scope https://www.rigolna.com/products/digital-oscillosc... for $350. 50 MHz. I am not going to mention you can find a...

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