Freescale has released this week an updated version of CodeWarrior: version 10.4. I’m usually not switching a tools version in the middle of a university semester. Unless I see a real benefit, and the risk is low. Well, I have used it now for a few days, and I have decided to move my projects from 10.3 to 10.4. Why? Read on…
CW for MCU10.4
How many times have I seen this:
printf("Hello world!");
I have a strong opinion, and a rule for using printf():
“Do *not* use printf()!”
How cool is this: combine ‘Arduino’, ‘Bluetooth’ and ‘Low Power’ with ‘small size’: an ARM Cortex-M0 board with low power Bluetooth 4.0, shrunk to size of a finger tip! 🙂
This Kickstarter project asked for $5k funding, and it has received over $245k! The video shows the prototype interacting with an iPhone:
It combines Arduino compatibility with the power of an ARM Cortex M0. Given the low-cost and versatility of that board, that would make that board an ideal base for many projects.
Adding an internet gateway, and I will have the ‘Internet of Things’ (IoT) 🙂
Happy RFing 🙂
In my view: the world needs more engineers to solve all the problems.
Question: How to recruit future engineers?
Answer: Show young people that engineering is a lot of fun!
Polygraph in Action
When I have asked by a student last year if I’m uing Git, I said “Git what?”. Yep, a shame I did not know what Git was a this time. But it is never to late to learn new things.
I was coming from CVS, moved to the successor of it (SVN) and was happy with it. Especially with having a local SVN server and repository, that was (and still is) a great thing. But to truely collaborate with a worldwide community, it is time to use something different: Git.
GitHub Bootcamp: 4 simple steps to git
The year 2012 is coming to an end, and luckily the end of the world is postponed :-). So time to make plans for the year 2013! And here is one I would like to ask your opinion about it: A public repository for Processor Expert components.
This post by patoid just hit my (multitasking?) mind. It is about multitasking, and NO, not about RTOS scheduler and multitasking. Things are related, but not that much.
The problem is: how to be productive in today’s world? The world is running in parallel: many things happen at the same time. And I’m in the middle of it: phone calls, emails, meetings, somebody stepping into the room, discussions, multiple roles and jobs, piles and queues of things to, hard deadline for deliverables, changing priorities and a lot of things at the same (or no) priority, and interruptions on top of it. You name it.
I have received a new touchscreen, and all what I want to do with it in the next weeks is to get it up and running with one of my Tower modules. Touchscreens are such a great thing, not only because of Apple, iPad and all the other tablet providers. It is such a great and intuitive way to communicate with machines. And here is a great article I got forwarded at the University right on that subject:
Apes with Apps: IEEE Spectrum Article
Apes with Apps is about how Apes (Bonobos, to be exact) are great communicators with tablets and touch screens. Worth reading.
Happy Touching 🙂
OK, I think this topic is a very special one, and probably not of interest of many folks out there. Or how many want to create a Processor Expert Plugin for an RTOS? Well, I did this. And I think that topic might be very controversial too, especially for all the RTOS vendors out there :-). The thoughts expressed here about creating Processor Expert components do not only apply for an RTOS, but as well for any other ‘complex’ software or stack. So if you are interested about the ‘behind the scenes’ of creating Processor Expert components, especially in the context of an RTOS, then read on ;-).
When I create a project with CodeWarrior for MCU using Processor Expert and S08GB60, I’m asked if I want to have a Debug and/or Release configuration:
Debug or Release in Processor Expert
Debug or Release? For an embedded microcontroller? Does this make any sense?
MCU on Eclipse 