Follow MCU on Eclipse, filter it, and define how you want to receive the news (via Email, RSS, Telegram, WhatsApp etc.) https://follow.it/mcu-on-eclipse Sat, 18 Sep 2021 21:02:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3ztYtdp82_DiMlTP0vptTFR This is a new article in my series about using Microsoft Visual Studio Code: After installation, project setup, building, debugging, setting up a kit, IntelliSense and FreeRTOS. This one is about setting up and using the xPack Extension to build … Continue reading →]]> Mon, 09 Aug 2021 21:25:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3ztYtdp82_DiMlTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z6XmehCMnqkkGT5aWO9DEx University exam grading are all done now and results are in the system, and it is already time to prepare for the fall semester. I always try to use the latest and greatest tools in my courses, and the NXP … Continue reading →]]> Wed, 21 Jul 2021 06:14:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z6XmehCMnqkkGT5aWO9DEx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3whxXtFQyc8TmhamfNIiY2W SWO (Single Wire Output) in ARM cores is probably one of the most under-used features. Which is surprising, because SWO can be very useful. In a nut shell: SWO is a single wire output pin/signal channel which can provide lots … Continue reading →]]> Mon, 12 Jul 2021 23:42:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3whxXtFQyc8TmhamfNIiY2W https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z6Ne6uaLg3J58v71dCn6bG It has been a while since my last MetaClockClock, and with the continued shortage of electronics on the market I had no chance to order new parts. But I still had some remaining parts, and with the modular design of … Continue reading →]]> Sun, 11 Jul 2021 20:52:25 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z6Ne6uaLg3J58v71dCn6bG https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yPOF0xuvC8-hhSCv31NykC G-Code (or RS-274) is a widely used protocol for CNC machines. I have added vinyl cutting capabilities to the Shapeoko desktop CNC recently (see DIY Vinyl Cutting Drag Knife for Desktop CNC), however cutting vinyl with a drag knife is whole … Continue reading →]]> Tue, 06 Jul 2021 23:35:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yPOF0xuvC8-hhSCv31NykC https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3y6HKlZ7GMMgUFW8UNEQjUn Among the many wonderful things that nature can provide, I love to watch damselflies flying above the water. It is pretty hard to catch one of these insects, but today I was lucky to capture one of these shiny predators: … Continue reading →]]> Mon, 28 Jun 2021 00:11:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3y6HKlZ7GMMgUFW8UNEQjUn https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wlyI7Gx8G_mSVCAQLB0bf5 A desktop CNC is a great addition to any 3D printer or laser cutter. I consider them ‘the trinity’ for any maker garage. While a desktop CNC is great for wood and some metals like aluminum or brass, it would … Continue reading →]]> Sun, 27 Jun 2021 20:22:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wlyI7Gx8G_mSVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3x5_Ke9RwkPJNaXKMm36c-X Kleiner Fuchs (German), Small Tortoiseshell (English) or Algais Urticae is a colorful mid-size butterfly, found in most parts of Europe and across Asia. The caterpillars feed on nettles. With intensive farming and agriculture, nettles have been reduced and butterflies like … Continue reading →]]> Sat, 26 Jun 2021 21:10:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3x5_Ke9RwkPJNaXKMm36c-X https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wEg4GFiOJVXEoy9CZgXDJO Welcome to ‘Alice in Wonderland‘! For a university research project using an ARM Cortex-M33 we are evaluating position-independent code as way to load applications or part of it with a bootloader. It sounds simple: just add -fPIC to the compiler … Continue reading →]]> Sat, 05 Jun 2021 20:31:26 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wEg4GFiOJVXEoy9CZgXDJO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z5G7SN_kf1I6gzzHWHxDTV This is a new article in my series about using Microsoft Visual Studio Code: After installation, project setup, building, debugging, setting up a kit and IntelliSense. This one is about setting using FreeRTOS: Outline FreeRTOS is probably the most used … Continue reading →]]> Wed, 02 Jun 2021 23:09:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z5G7SN_kf1I6gzzHWHxDTV https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wkF2F2IjlNYOQEmsPXZ5C9 I always have been fascinated by electromechanical stuff like these Flip-Dot Displays. I received my flip-dot 20×16 module as a donation by surprise from the UK (thanks James!). It seems that they are especially available in the UK (search on … Continue reading →]]> Tue, 01 Jun 2021 23:31:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wkF2F2IjlNYOQEmsPXZ5C9 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3w3nowq00CH95JTpfXVttXD Dangling pointers and memory corruption problems are nasty issues for any developer, and usually hard to find and locate in the code. Luckily Google has developed an open source tool to solve such issues: the Address Sanitizer (ASAN). The tool … Continue reading →]]> Mon, 31 May 2021 00:25:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3w3nowq00CH95JTpfXVttXD https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yK5yiHh8CAp4vmyuk5fxzE Fantastic view to the South today on a hike around the ‘Engelstock’: The snow covered Swiss Alps in the background with Ingenbohl-Brunnen and Lake Lucerne in the middle and Lake Lauerz on the right. If you want to see the … Continue reading →]]> Sun, 30 May 2021 17:32:59 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yK5yiHh8CAp4vmyuk5fxzE https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3y4dEXjJEP5TQSngkwrdsok Managed linker scripts are great on one side: the simplify the otherwise complex GNU linker script handling. On the other side it requires knowledge how to tweak them in case ‘non-standard’ behavior is needed. I described the context in Putting … Continue reading →]]> Wed, 26 May 2021 09:36:01 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3y4dEXjJEP5TQSngkwrdsok https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z301uK6x2t_VLv-B9hV9S2 The previous parts were about installation, project setup, building, debugging and setting up a kit. This one is about setting up IntelliSense for Cross Development in Visual Studio Code which allows for browsing symbols or code completion: Outline The powerful … Continue reading →]]> Mon, 24 May 2021 21:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z301uK6x2t_VLv-B9hV9S2 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wJ1fsv35SQ81e5jCclomp- Weather in Switzerland is changing fast and frequently over this long weekend: with hours pouring rain followed by hours of beautiful sunshine. The traffic jams on the roads to the South are nearly back to ‘normal’. The pandemic is still … Continue reading →]]> Sun, 23 May 2021 16:51:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wJ1fsv35SQ81e5jCclomp- https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xuSOlmALJMlCVCAQLB0bf5 One major concern of embedded system development is performance. Microcontroller have more MHz than in the past, but embedded applications are all about timing and real-time aspects. The challenge is: how to get data off the target in realtime? SWO … Continue reading →]]> Sat, 22 May 2021 20:42:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xuSOlmALJMlCVCAQLB0bf5 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wbEVnuTaV5cbmyhX6zo8SW If a Cortex microcontroller is unresponsive to a debug connection for various reasons, then this trick might help to recover that device for you. All you need is a debug probe from PEMICRO and a utility. Many NXP Kinetis and … Continue reading →]]> Thu, 20 May 2021 20:45:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wbEVnuTaV5cbmyhX6zo8SW https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3zZ0pn7A_Xf0-ifqJurszLU This is about one of my ‘long running projects’: I happily can report that the missing last piece has been installed after 16 months from the start of the project: the ‘3D-Printed-Supported-Driftwood-Bath-Tub-Shower-Gel-Holder’ 🙂 : This is the ‘official finish’ of … Continue reading →]]> Sun, 16 May 2021 18:02:47 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3zZ0pn7A_Xf0-ifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3w0T01X7bwniNaXKMm36c-X For a research project we selected the NXP LPC55S16 but because it has due the silicon shortage it is not available probably for the next 52 weeks (yikes!) we can use the EVK Board. The FatFS file system from Elm … Continue reading →]]> Sat, 15 May 2021 12:17:18 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3w0T01X7bwniNaXKMm36c-X