Monthly Archives: April 2008

Optimizing the graphic library

Posted on 28. April 2008 by Lucio Di Jasio

While working on the porting to the PIC32 of the code developed for the original PIC24 book it occurred to me that there were some obvious optimizations I had yet to explore. For a starter, the graphic.c library was using … Continue reading →

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Only one design will survive!

Posted on 23. April 2008 by Lucio Di Jasio

Yawn … you will say … yet another contest… Well, look again! This is not like anything you have seen before. At least in terms of engineering challenges … this was never done before to my knowledge.

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Visualizing Data – A taste of Visual C#

Posted on 15. April 2008 by Lucio Di Jasio

Our brain is wired for image processing and all things visual just reach deep in our mind faster! If there is one moment when I just cannot seem to ever get enough of a “view”, that’s when I am debugging … Continue reading →

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Visualizing Data – DMCI

Posted on 10. April 2008 by Lucio Di Jasio

I guess one of the advantages of getting older (if there is any) is that I am becoming somewhat more patient and I am learning to resist the temptation of trying out on the hardware target every single line of … Continue reading →

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Look Mom No … Linker Script

Posted on 9. April 2008 by Lucio Di Jasio

There are so many new features being added to MPLAB at each major (and minor) new release that I struggle to keep up. Just a couple of days ago for example, I was discussing with a colleague how it would … Continue reading →

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LINUX catch-22

Posted on 4. April 2008 by Lucio Di Jasio

For some reason I used to think that Linux was destined to be a hot topic among embedded control developers, so I have been disappointed last summer, at the MASTERs (the 11th), when a couple of enthusiastic colleagues decided to … Continue reading →

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Exploring the PIC32

Posted on 2. April 2008 by Lucio Di Jasio

PROGRAMMING 32-BIT MICROCONTROLLERS IN C EXPLORING THE PIC32 (ISBN-10: 0750687096 ISBN-13: 978-0750687096) It is out! I got the first printed copy today fedex-ed directly to my office from Elsevier. Amazon should start stocking up quickly in the next few days… … Continue reading →