Tag Archives: Mikromedia

New Book and Board Bundles

Posted on 23. December 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

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 →

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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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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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Notes for PIC32 Mikromedia Plus Users

Posted on 19. May 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

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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Notes for PIC32 Experts

Posted on 28. April 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

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

Posted on 12. March 2014 by Lucio Di Jasio

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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New Mikromedia, new (better) Audio Player (VS1053)

Posted on 30. July 2013 by Lucio Di Jasio

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 →

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