Tag Archives: Books

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

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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

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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

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Adding Support for the PIC32 Mikromedia

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

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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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

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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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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

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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

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MPLAB X PIC32 projects now on Bitbucket.org!

  In the process of updating the projects in the PIC32 book (“Programming 32-bit microcontrollers in C”) to the latest and greatest version of MPLAB X and the XC32 compiler, I have decided to  adopt a proper versioning tool (Mercurial aka Hg) … Continue reading

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