Jordan Schaenzle on Atomic Spin

Writing C on Raspberry Pi with Test-Driven Development

How to write C code on your dev machine but build the code on the Pi, removing the need for a cross-compiler and simplifies getting back the test results.

Embedded Systems

Bit-banding – An Elegant Approach to Setting & Clearing Bits

With ARM's Bit-Banding feature, a device takes a region of memory and maps each bit in that region to an entire word in a second memory region.

Development Practices

Tricky Code: Taking Steps to Reduce Brittleness

Avoid "tricky code" whenever possible. If you must, test against changes.

Embedded Systems

Things About C that Make Me Say, “WHAT?!?”

I have found several aspects of C that really tripped me up. I’d like to share a few of them with you so you can avoid them!

Embedded Systems

Getting Started with TDD for Microchip’s PICs

A tutorial describing how to setup Ceedling so you can enable Test Driven Development using Microchip's PIC microcontrollers.

Developer Tools

Why IDEs are Wrong for Embedded Developers

Embedded system developers should not use IDEs. They are feature-lacking and slow down the development process.

C & C++

RapidXml – A Lightweight xml Library for C++

I found RapidXml works well. However, if there is a syntax error in the XML file, it doesn't give you much indication as to what the problem is.

Extracurricular Activities

How Safe is Your Home? – Creating a Homemade Security System

Designing a custom home-made security system for your home.

Extracurricular Activities

Seeing Stars – The Automated Way, Part 2

An example of automating astronomy devices using the ASCOM platform and Ruby. Addressing cross-platform ASCOM

Extracurricular Activities

Seeing Stars – The Automated Way, Part 1

Introduction to astronomy software and device control using ASCOM platform for Windows.

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