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NESI – Ready for Blast Off
I learned today about the NESI board (photo above), a PIC24 based data acquisition board designed to fit in the NanoRacks, a platform for research on microgravity effects on board of the International Space Station. It has been created by … 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
Python -> Nimrod
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
Source Code updates (v.1.4) Posted
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
Posted in Graphics, PIC24
Tagged Books, Mikromedia
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Supporting New Mikromedia boards with GDD_X
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
Posted in Graphics, PIC24, Tips and Tricks, Tools
Tagged Books, Mikromedia
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A Cross Platform Mikromedia HID Bootloader
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
Posted in PIC24, Python, Tips and Tricks, Tools
Tagged Books, Mikromedia, PIC24
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Adding support for the PIC24EP Mikromedia
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
Posted in PIC24, Tips and Tricks
Tagged Audio, Books, Graphics, Mikromedia, PIC24, SD Cards, USB
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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
M-Stack – An open source USB stack for PIC16, PIC18, PIC24 and PIC32
M-Stack (link) is a new, well-documented, free and open source implementation of a USB stack for Microchip PIC platforms developed by Signal 11. That is Alan Ott’s creation, a name that many of you will immediately associate to the excellent … Continue reading
New Mikromedia, new (better) Audio Player (VS1053)
A short while ago I wrote about a small module that I wrote to support the Audio Codec chip present on the Mikromedia (PIC24) boards (link). What I had not noticed though was that I had been playing at home … Continue reading
Posted in PIC24, PIC32, Tools
Tagged Mikromedia
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