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Ten Projects for Simplicity
While waiting for the PICDEM Curiosity board (DM164137) to become more “available”, I kept at testing various new click boards with the “Simplicity board” aka PICKIT3 Low Pin Count demo board (DM164130-9). Note the two SIL connectors added to the … Continue reading
Stuck in Kindergarten!
There is only one thing that annoys me more than the hype and abuse of “IoT” and that is the hype surrounding the term “Hack”! I do understand the need to excite a generation of young minds to take more STEM and … Continue reading
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A Tale of Two (USB) Bootloaders
I have been looking with great interest at boot loaders design in recent months. It all started with the “Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB” book I published last year, where I used Mikromedia boards as my primary hardware platform to … Continue reading
Posted in I2C, PIC16, Python, Tips and Tricks
Tagged Bootloader, PIC16, USB
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eXtreme USB with PIC16F145x
Believe it or not, this is the USB temperature data-logger project recently (June 15, 2015) posted on Hackaday.io by Michael Mogenson. Now the temperature sensing aspect of the project is relatively interesting to me, what is absolutely unique is the ingenuity applied to … Continue reading
Microcontroller Core Simulation Strategies
There are several reasons why you might want to write a simulator for a micro controller: education, debugging, legacy/preservation, or just fun. Over the years I have felt the need for a bit of all of the above and I have … Continue reading
Waiting for Curiosity -> Simplicity
While preparing the code examples for the “Rocket Science” book, I had an opportunity to play with a prototype of a soon to be released new 8-bit board called “Curiosity” featuring a built in PICkit3 programmer/debugger (a la PIC24/PIC32 Starter Kit) and, … Continue reading
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Tagged CIPs, PIC16
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8-bit is Easier! This is (not) Rocket Science – new Book on Lulu!
I felt the urge to write another book and this time I ‘ve focused on the new 8-bit PIC16F1 family and its Core Independent Peripherals: ISBN: 978-1-312-90777-5 Lulu.com, 160 pages Three Steps to embedded Control ZEN Discover a whole new … Continue reading
Rebol to RED and RED/System with a detour by IO
My search for a better language to use in embedded control continued this month. I spent more time than I would like to admit on LearnXinYminutes.com. I find it irresistible, and what is worse, once I start reading about a … Continue reading
New Book and Board Bundles
PIC24 Mikromedia Bundle PIC32 Mikromedia Bundle If you are looking for a perfect Christmas gift (to yourself), let me suggest the new Book & Board combos from MikroElektronika! Seasonal and daily discounts will apply during the holidays! See Mikroe online shop for pricing. Or … Continue reading
