Nearly every microcontroller contains option bytes, fuses, or some method to control general settings on the processor. These settings often control features such as whether...
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The Siglent SDG 2042X Arbitrary Waveform Generator
First off, this is not an ad or paid blog. I was recently working on a project where I needed to generate several different waveforms...
Read More >>>Tools – STM32Cube.AI
Machine Learning has the embedded systems industry buzzing as new tools and capabilities become available for us developers to implement in our systems. Machine Learning...
Read More >>>Cyclomatic Complexity Measurements with pmccabe
A common question that I often receive is “What McCabe Cyclomatic Complexity tools should I use?” Now this is always a partially loaded question because...
Read More >>>5 Reasons the ESP32 is an Intriguing Solution for the IoT
The ESP32 from Espressif has been around for quite a few years now. For many of those years the ESP32 seemed to have the reputation...
Read More >>>ASN Filter Designer
Digital signal processing (DSP) has become an important tool in the embedded software developer’s toolbox. DSP allows a developer to modify a signal in ways that wouldn’t be otherwise possible. While DSP is often used...
Read More >>>The MicroPython Pyboard Series-D Module
MicroPython has been an interesting project to watch over the last few years. If you’ve not heard of it, MicroPython is an open source project...
Read More >>>Protect Your Tools when the Hardware Bites Back
I recently had an exciting experience where I was working with a client who was having I2C issues with a new board they had developed....
Read More >>>Tools – SWD Adapters every Developer should have
Even though SWD and JTAG have well defined standards, there are still several different size connectors and footprints that developers need to be able to...
Read More >>>Tools – Real-time Application Visualization Using Tracealyzer 4.2
It has often been said that a picture is worth a thousand words. When it...
Read More >>>5 Embedded System Tools to Decrease Costs and Time to Market
Embedded systems are complex devices and getting them to work the way that they are supposed to can be a challenge. The average developer on...
Read More >>>The first ARMv8-M MCU with TrustZone Support
We’ve been hearing for several years now that Arm Cortex-M processors would soon be getting a security upgrade by supporting TrustZone in the M23/M33 microcontrollers....
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