I always have been fascinated by electromechanical stuff like these Flip-Dot Displays.
Flip-Dot Clock using Used Bus Parts
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Finding Memory Bugs with Google Address Sanitizer (ASAN) on Microcontrollers
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 is available for x86 and other desktop style architectures, including Android and Linux. This article describes how ASAN can be used for an embedded target, e.g. ARM Cortex-M4 or similar.
View to the South
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 view from the peak (Mt. Hochflue) on the right, see this post.
Happy viewing:-)
Placing Code in Sections with managed GNU Linker Scripts
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.
Visual Studio Code for C/C++ with ARM Cortex-M: Part 6 – IntelliSense
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:
Pentecost 2021
Weather in Switzerland is changing fast and frequently over this long weekend: with hours pouring rain followed by hours of beautiful sunshine.
SWO with ARM Cortex-M33
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 can help with this….
Continue readingRecovering Cortex-M Microcontroller with a Power Glitch
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.
Full Bathroom Remodeling (with the Help of a 3D Printer)
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 a complete bathroom renovation and remodeling. It has been a joint project with the help of friends, contractors, my family and my brother in law (who is an outstanding carpenter and cabinetmaker), plus the Ultimaker2 3D printer which contributed many ‘background and hidden’ features.
I invite you to a virtual time travel. I hope you enjoy it and get inspired….
Continue readingUsing FatFS and MinINI with the NXP LPC55S16 EVK
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 Chan is the de-facto file system for many embedded systems. As such it comes integrated with silicon vendor SDKs like the NXP MCUXpresso SDK. The problem is that the SDK only has examples for things on the board, and because that board does not have a SD card socket, no example for using FatFS with an SDK card is provided :-(. So I had to create one, and you can get it from GitHub.
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