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Author Archives: Lucio Di Jasio
Dreaming of Swift and Embedded Control
During the WWDC 2014 event this week, Apple unveiled a new programming language called Swift. This is meant to complement the Objective C programming language that has been serving Apple developers for the past 20 years and eventually replace … Continue reading
Hello Twitter!
They tell me that every good author should have a Twitter account and should tweet early and often. They say a good author should use Facebook too! Now that might be stretching it for me, but I can give Twitter a … Continue reading
The Smallest WAV Player
In the last three chapters of the Flying PIC24 book, I developed a simple audio (WAV) file player. What most readers might not know though is that that code was really written first for an 8-bit micro controller back in 2002, when I had … Continue reading
Posted in AV16/32, Tips and Tricks
Tagged Audio, PIC16, SD Cards
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Notes for PIC32 Mikromedia Plus Users
I spent a few hours this past weekend testing the new “Graphics, Touch, Audio and USB” book examples on the PIC32 Mikromedia Plus board. Here is a short summary of the discoveries and the few changes required take advantage of the gorgeous 4.3″ TFT display … Continue reading
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Tagged Mikromedia, PIC32
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All Sites Unified
While originally managing a separate web site for each book (plus the blog) seemed a good idea, with the fourth book published, the situation was getting a little complex… So I have decided to unify them all under the WordPress umbrella. … Continue reading
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Notes for PIC32 Experts
A rainy Sunday afternoon gave me the perfect motivation to begin re-testing the projects and code examples of the “Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB” book with a PIC32 Mikromedia board to verify the claimed portability of the whole experience across … Continue reading
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Tagged Books, Mikromedia, PIC32
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Progress on PIC32MX Video Player Performance
I recently got a few inquiries regarding an old project about a AVI Video Player for the PIC32. I had done the initial work in 2009 on one of the earliest prototypes of the PIC32 Multimedia board and later updated … Continue reading
Posted in Graphics, PIC32, Tips and Tricks
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Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB, now available on Amazon!
Faster than I had expected, Amazon has already started listing the new book! Now I wonder how the 20% discount on the cover price on Lulu.com will compare with the free shipping options available on Amazon.com (at least to the … Continue reading
Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB
Graphics, Touch, Sound and USB – User Interface Design for Embedded Applications Since the very first “Programming 16-bit micro controllers in C” (aka the Flying PIC24) book started shipping in the US, I began receiving from my readers requests for a follow … Continue reading
