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ESP32 tutorial - Components in ESP-IDF

2026-08-19T13:02:09Z

Table of Contents Blog List Introduction to Components in ESP-IDF Creating components in ESP-IDF Adding source files inside the component Using Components in existing project References Blog List ESP32 UART tutorial ESP32 ADC tutorial ESP32 I2C t...(read more)

MIT Researchers Improve Chip-to-Chip Optical Communication

2026-08-18T18:38:32Z

The FUTUR-IC program is intended to address resource efficiency, such as integrating photonics with electronics. (Image Credit: MIT) AI systems, high-performance data centers, and cloud computing continue to expand. And those have led to higher dema...(read more)

Creating a Mobile App with Flutter: Interfacing Microcontrollers with AnyOperate!

2026-08-17T18:41:21Z

Table of Contents Introduction Recap New App: Introducing AnyOperate! Screens and their Classes Protocol Overview Block Diagram Main Function Let’s Study a Screen Future<> Objects and Asynchronous Functions Exception Handling: Try..Cat...(read more)

Creating a Mobile App with Flutter: First Steps!

2026-08-13T19:53:51Z

Table of Contents Introduction Software Installation Android Studio and Flutter Setup Phone Setup Creating a Project Running the App Project Folder Explained Demo Code Explained Creating an App Icon Summary Introduction Ever wanted to control...(read more)

Modder Upgrades PlayStation One Console by Expanding Its Memory Capacity

2026-08-06T20:50:30Z

The PlayStation one console. (Image Credit: Vance A./Unsplash) This caught my eye recently looking at ways people have modified old consoles. It's quite an achievement, despite the end results. Over 30 years ago, the PlayStation one console offi...(read more)

Researchers Develop 3D Chip That Boosts Computing Power

2026-07-22T19:23:24Z

Schematic and false-colored electron microscopy of monolithic 3D SRAM cell. (Image Credit: University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign) Researchers at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign created a new technique to produce 3D chips. They did this...(read more)

GPS Tracker using Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V4 and REYAX RYS352A GNSS Module

2026-07-02T13:35:50Z

Real-time positioning has become a fundamental requirement in applications such as vehicle tracking, fleet management, robotics, asset monitoring, and outdoor navigation. Although many GPS tracking systems rely on cloud platforms to visualize locatio...(read more)

Seeed Studio Launches New XIAO nRF54LM20A Dev Board

2026-06-30T19:45:44Z

If you like the XIAO platform format, this could be your next project. https://www.seeedstudio.com/Seeed-Studio-XIAO-nRF54LM20A-p-6841.html https://wiki.seeedstudio.com/xiao_nrf54lm20a_getting_started/ (read more)

Using WebUSB to facilitate Functional Circuit Test (FCT) Data Capture

2026-06-24T15:40:31Z

Table of Contents 1. Introduction 2. Using existing USB to TTL Converters with a Python desktop application 3. Using WebUSB and a browser webpage 3.1 Overview of WebUSB 3.1.1 Embedded Device / Firmware Perspective 3.1.2 Web API Perspective ...(read more)

MSPM0 analogue front-end: general purpose amp as buffer for ADC

2026-06-22T19:11:33Z

The MSPM0 has a general purpose amp (GPAMP). It's an internal OpAmp that, for example, can buffer a signal for the ADC without external components. That's an example that I'm trying out in this post. Roughly based on the Resource Explorer g...(read more)

How to Work with MSPM0 Microcontrollers... and Build a Peripheral Expander / Processor Companion!

2026-06-11T22:35:04Z

The MSPM0 microcontrollers are very low-cost, and friendly to use (lots of documentation and examples). For a project, I was using an ESP32, but I ran out of UARTs! Ordinarily I would have considered purchasing I2C to UART chips, but I'm ...(read more)

Using SWD with ARM Microcontrollers: An Introduction to Firmware Programming and Debugging!

2026-06-03T16:53:29Z

Table of Contents Introduction What Problems are Being Solved? What are Debug Probes and Serial Wire Debug (SWD)? Protocol Engines: Proprietary vs CMSIS-DAP Which Protocol Engine Should You Use? OpenOCD: What Is It? Obtaining OpenOCD Board Conne...(read more)

Programming a TI MSPM0 Microcontroller via USB UART

2026-05-25T15:48:00Z

Table of Contents Introduction Obtain a USB-UART Adapter Wire It Up! Obtain the MSPM0 Programmer Software Procedure Summary Further Reading Introduction The Texas Instruments MSPM0 series (PDF MSPM0 Product Portfolio) of microcontrollers a...(read more)

push a data table to MSPM0L DAC with DMA

2026-05-25T10:08:04Z

The DMA engine of the MSPM0 can move data between memory locations. In this example, a table of data is DMA-moved to the data register of the onboard 8-bit DAC. The name of the example in TI resource explorer is dac8_dma_function_generator....(read more)

DMA move a table in memory with MSPM0

2026-05-23T13:43:13Z

The DMA engine of the MSPM0 can move data between memory locations. In this example, a table of data is DMA-moved to address locations in SRAM. The name of the example in TI resource explorer is dma_table_transfer. DMA is set up in extended data...(read more)