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heatshrink: An Embedded Data Compression Library

I couldn't find an embedded data compression library that would work in my resource-constrained environment, so I created my own: heatshrink.

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Using UDP Broadcast Messages to Discover Local Clients

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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.

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Cheap Checks for Validation of Hardware Designs

Hardware mistakes are costly to address. We present some cheap methods to keep check on the 'human element' that that plagues electrical design work.

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STM32F4 Discovery Toolchain for Mac OS X

My process for setting up a full development chain for the STM32F4 Discovery board.

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Catching Exceptions and Printing Stack Traces for C on Windows, Linux, & Mac

Examples on how to catch signals/exceptions with C compiled with gcc on windows and posix systems.

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Modular Hardware Components to Aid Board Bring Up

In some situations, using modular hardware components can help you test AND keep moving forward.

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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!

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Hey, C Is a Functional Language Too!

I will show how you can write a linked list reversal function in C with no mutation and no malloc!

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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.

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Conversing JSON with Qt and Ruby

A simple command processing engine in C++ using Qt and QtScriptEngine for parsing JSON. The server, which initiates simple exchanges, is written trivially in Ruby.

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Bootloaders and Updating in Embedded Software

It seems like every chip has a unique way of updating its internal flash. I guess this is what makes writing bootloaders so much fun.

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