Author Archives: Lucio Di Jasio

Python -> Nimrod

Posted on 5. October 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

After several years using Python as my favourite scripting language I have developed a great appreciation for its conciseness and clarity. This experience though is so different and dissonant with my daily work in embedded control, where I use almost … Continue reading →

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Source Code updates (v.1.4) Posted

Posted on 8. September 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

I have committed several small improvements to the repository containing the Source Code for the book “Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB”. These include some aesthetic enhancements to the Touch Grid project, the Touch Menu and in the 15-Tiles game. Numerous patches … Continue reading →

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Supporting New Mikromedia boards with GDD_X

Posted on 6. September 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

While I am not sure if the GDD_X tool will continue to be supported or if it will be added to the ‘new’ MLA (it is currently NOT planned), readers of the “Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB” book that have purchased … Continue reading →

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A Cross Platform Mikromedia HID Bootloader

Posted on 3. September 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

I love the bootloader that comes with all MikroElektronika products, and in particular the Mikromedia boards (and can be used with the ‘Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB’ book), but for one thing… it does NOT run on my platform of choice: … Continue reading →

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Flying to Trieste

Posted on 4. August 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

Saturday morning, against all weather forecasts, I found the perfect conditions (CAVU) to attempt a flight as East as I had ever been before. Well, I was born there and dreamed of seeing it from above for so long… Seen from … Continue reading →

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Adding Support for the PIC32 Mikromedia

Posted on 28. July 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

I have just finished the first complete port of all the “Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB” book projects to the PIC32 Mikromedia board series! There were several lessons learned in the process, interested readers will find detailed notes (and a link to a shared Mercurial repository) … Continue reading →

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Adding support for the PIC24EP Mikromedia

Posted on 27. July 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

I have just finished the first complete port of all the “Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB” book projects to the PIC24EP Mikromedia board series! There were several lessons learned in the process, interested users will find detailed notes (and a link to a … Continue reading →

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Weekend Reading Recommendations

Posted on 21. July 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

Architects look at thousands of buildings during their training, and study critiques of those buildings written by masters. In contrast, most software developers only ever get to know a handful of large programs well—usually programs they wrote themselves—and never study … Continue reading →

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Python Most Popular Among Top U.S. Universities

Posted on 9. July 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

Python is now the most popular introductory teaching language at top U.S. universities! http://cacm.acm.org/blogs/blog-cacm/176450-python-is-now-the-most-popular-introductory-teaching-language-at-top-us-universities/fulltext

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Temboo and the IoT Babel Tower

Posted on 29. June 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

I recently discovered Temboo, and after playing with it for a few minutes I was able to get a short Python script accessing a complex Google API I had never seen before running and delivering useful data to my .. … Continue reading →

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