jlangbridgeLet’s take a basic example without any tests. We’ll use a blank project that sets up the board correctly but has an empty main() function. We don’t have many requirements, but we need RTT installed on the target. More details on RTT will be in a future article. This is the command I’ll be running: … Read more
A software QA engineer walks into a bar. He orders a beer. Orders 0 beers. Orders 99999999999 beers. Orders a lizard. Orders -1 beers. Orders a ueicbksjdhd. First real customer walks in and asks where the bathroom is. The bar bursts into flames, killing everyone. Unknown Redditor in r/Jokes We all know that testing is … Read more
The SPI bus is a de facto standard for transmitting data to and from devices. In its most basic state, it has three wires: MOSI (Master Out Slave In), MISO (Master In, Slave Out), and a clock signal. Each chip also has a Chip Select pin to indicate whether you are talking to this specific … Read more
If you are looking for a cheap and efficient prototyping board to handle BLE communications, chances are you’ve heard of the ESP32. Often cheaper than Arduino, considerably faster than Arduino, and programmable by the Arduino IDE, they have everything a hobbyist would need. And not only hobbyists, while the DevKits are sold on many Maker … Read more
It has been a while since the TinyROM site had an update, but it was long overdue. I’ve restarted everything, and I’m hoping to bring over the guides and documents as soon as possible. A lot has changed recently regarding embedded systems and TinyROM. TinyROM is taking on more and more tasks, and we hope … Read more
What if I told you there was a pet inside your micro-controller? A watchdog (sometimes even two). Once you let it out of the kennel, you have to pet it regularly, or else it will bark. And you don’t want that. In the world of electronics, a watchdog is a security device that checks the … Read more