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 Sun, 27 Nov 2022 16:31:16 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wJ16PuPlzeCyoxzwoq1nFt With the war in the Ukraine, energy prices in Europe reached new record levels. This initially affected the gas price which does not affect my directly. But it had a bit impact on the price for electrical energy too. In … Continue reading →]]> Sun, 20 Nov 2022 20:37:34 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wJ16PuPlzeCyoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xolVqD-qJBt8fGo0LrnZNO Git is the standard version control system these days. And it even can be installed and used in older legacy IDEs, for example the Freescale (now NXP) CodeWarrior for MCU Continue reading →]]> Fri, 18 Nov 2022 14:16:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xolVqD-qJBt8fGo0LrnZNO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wht72vUrqcrK7VFky8BpXO How to disable heap (dynamic memory allocation) in an embedded application? This article goes into the details of linker files and how to detect dynamic memory allocation. Continue reading →]]> Sun, 06 Nov 2022 19:17:50 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wht72vUrqcrK7VFky8BpXO https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xcK-ANMqaUN-9WSSr4-0sP A typical debugging session involves just one ELF/Dwarf binary or executable. But what if I need to program multiple binary files with gdb? Things like loading both the bootloader and the application binary? Or I have a an on-chip file … Continue reading →]]> Tue, 01 Nov 2022 13:00:08 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xcK-ANMqaUN-9WSSr4-0sP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yyAGTJJQj4AUQqW5gBv7mX If using C++ on an embedded target, you depend on the constructors for global objects being called by the startup code. While in many cases an embedded system won’t stop, so you don’t need to call the global C++ destructors, … Continue reading →]]> Mon, 24 Oct 2022 19:54:40 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yyAGTJJQj4AUQqW5gBv7mX https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3y5DF3sCOtNq-4sICfMfkNm Last week I received the email notification, that NXP has released an update of the MCUXpresso IDE: the version 11.6.1. So I quickly checked it out: It is a maintenance release of the previous IDE 11.6.0, fixing a few issues … Continue reading →]]> Wed, 12 Oct 2022 18:24:56 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3y5DF3sCOtNq-4sICfMfkNm https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z3pSl2Yr5tcgm0QkxGtqLL In Getting Started: Raspberry Pi Pico RP2040 with Eclipse and J-Link I used a SEGGER J-Link EDU for debugging: unfortunately, probably because of silicon shortage, these EDU probes are out of stock everywhere. Luckily, there is a solution: just use another … Continue reading →]]> Sat, 17 Sep 2022 12:49:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z3pSl2Yr5tcgm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yXTK3yv7CbmOifqJurszLU MCU vendors offer SDKs and configuration tools: that’s a good thing, because that way I can get started quickly and get something up and running ideally in a few minutes. But this gets you into a dependency on tools, SDK … Continue reading →]]> Sun, 04 Sep 2022 18:41:53 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yXTK3yv7CbmOifqJurszLU https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yd6f5JfxtEou4DA87rvhPr With a steady release train, NXP has released last week a new and updated version of their flagship IDE: the version 11.6.0 of the MCUXpresso IDE. And there are several new and cool features with that release, including a power … Continue reading →]]> Wed, 27 Jul 2022 19:04:45 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yd6f5JfxtEou4DA87rvhPr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xjBDvBSj4jQ93hDS9njgCr In this time where many micro-controllers have 100+ weeks estimated delivery time, it makes sense to look at alternatives. So it is not a surprise that the Raspberry Pi RP2040 gets used more and more in projects. It is not … Continue reading →]]> Sat, 16 Jul 2022 10:09:58 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xjBDvBSj4jQ93hDS9njgCr https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3x7N5ly8gEj2Fw3HFUzDTIP If you are in the electronics or microcontroller business: you very well know the problems with chip and silicon availability. What was supposed to last maybe for a few months starting with COVID-19 is still a problem in 2022: chips … Continue reading →]]> Thu, 14 Jul 2022 08:57:15 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3x7N5ly8gEj2Fw3HFUzDTIP https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3zvXABvr9Rob4MOI2eu70Rg The Eclipse Editor has a very cool feature named ‘Code Templates’: With such templates files are created with specific pre-filled content. For the templates, variables like ${user} for the user name can be used, see Custom C/C++ Headers with Eclipse: As … Continue reading →]]> Wed, 13 Jul 2022 08:54:04 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3zvXABvr9Rob4MOI2eu70Rg https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z0xczUnVOhQyoxzwoq1nFt Tool chains like the GNU compiler collection (gcc) have a plethora of options. The probably most important ones are the ones which tell the compiler how to optimize the code. Running out of code space, or the application is not … Continue reading →]]> Mon, 11 Jul 2022 20:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3z0xczUnVOhQyoxzwoq1nFt https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yfHcZB9r1EgclTP0vptTFR The MCUXpresso Pins Tool is part of the NXP configuration suite which makes pin assignments, configuration and muxing easy. What I have somehow missed from one of the latest updates and releases is that it allows me now to add … Continue reading →]]> Sat, 09 Jul 2022 16:25:11 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yfHcZB9r1EgclTP0vptTFR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3w4vwKK5EbNFYeLGixeGJZp In many cases I prefer wood as material: it has a warm feeling and with its texture it makes things unique and special. For some time I was thinking about creating a wooden case for eyeglasses as a gift. And … Continue reading →]]> Sat, 25 Jun 2022 18:42:37 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3w4vwKK5EbNFYeLGixeGJZp https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xufcLLi1T5qG7fhEn5oRuR You might never heard about ROM Libraries, and you are probably not alone. Some might thing that this refers to the boot ROM modern MCUs have built in, which is kinda close. But the thing here is about to build … Continue reading →]]> Tue, 21 Jun 2022 14:19:57 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xufcLLi1T5qG7fhEn5oRuR https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xGJGr9D4BHZNKEpFgimKzx Sometimes it is needed or desired just to add or link a piece of data or BLOB (Binary Large OBject) to the application. For example I have created a .bin file of my code and constant data, and I need … Continue reading →]]> Fri, 17 Jun 2022 21:04:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3xGJGr9D4BHZNKEpFgimKzx https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wF6lNvx0NOvgm0QkxGtqLL Modern MCUs like the NXP Kinetis have security features which prevent reverse engineering, but can ‘brick’ devices too. Depending on the settings, it prevents read-out from the FLASH or reprogramming the device. While some of the protection is (mostly) not … Continue reading →]]> Thu, 16 Jun 2022 21:12:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wF6lNvx0NOvgm0QkxGtqLL https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yhKg6-3pm3PC1Ly282xAAw Did you know that modern (dish) washing machines have the ability to automatically dispense detergents? The positive side is:this can reduce the amount of detergents used. The machine will monitor the washing process, and ‘cleaner’ dishes should require less detergents. … Continue reading →]]> Sat, 04 Jun 2022 21:26:23 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3yhKg6-3pm3PC1Ly282xAAw https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wIKG5bzOjexYIAmcWJ0TmB With the new MCUXpresso versions out, and because it has been a while I showed how to install Processor Expert into Eclipse, here is an update how to do this. Overview Processor Expert is a graphical tool around the concept … Continue reading →]]> Thu, 05 May 2022 23:43:00 +0200 https://api.follow.it/track-rss-story-click/v3/dbBb951cA3wIKG5bzOjexYIAmcWJ0TmB