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Connecting AI to the Physical World with MCP and a Pi Pico W

shabaz — Tue, 22 Sep 2026 05:39:36 GMT

Table of Contents Introduction MCP Explained Working with MCP Using a Simple MCP Server Library Building and Running the Code Connecting the Agent Summary Introduction AI agents can be extremely useful, but it would often be helpful if they coul...(read more)

MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 7a: middleware example stepper motor control

Jan Cumps — Sat, 19 Sep 2026 09:12:35 GMT

In this blog series, I build a Texas Instruments MSPM0 example with VS Code as IDE, and CMake as build infrastructure. In the next series of posts, I try to create a stepper motor project. It will be based on TI's stepper motor middlew...(read more)

MSPM0 interrupt messaging system

Jan Cumps — Sun, 13 Sep 2026 12:48:10 GMT

You can handle MSPM0 interrupts via the traditional service request handler. But it also has a messaging system. With message handlers, you can route notifications from one peripheral to another. In this example: react on a button click and togg...(read more)

MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 6: empty "template" project

Jan Cumps — Sat, 12 Sep 2026 14:32:56 GMT

In this blog series, I build a Texas Instruments MSPM0 example with VS Code as IDE, and CMake as build infrastructure.In the previous posts, I created an end to end flow, from install over build to debug, tested on LaunchPad and EasyL1105 kit.In...(read more)

MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 5: Open .syscfg file in SysConfig GUI

Jan Cumps — Thu, 10 Sep 2026 13:42:25 GMT

In this blog series, I build a Texas Instruments MSPM0 example with VS Code as IDE, and CMake as build infrastructure.In posts 1 - 4, I created an end to end flow, from install over build to debug, tested on LaunchPad and EasyL1105 kit.In post 5...(read more)

MSPM0 C++ project: service handler considerations

Jan Cumps — Sun, 06 Sep 2026 15:21:17 GMT

You can use C++ for MSPM0 designs. There's one watch-out: if you have your event handlers in a .cpp file, you have to wrap those functions in an extern "C" {} wrapper. The SysConfig mechanism expect that the handlers have a particular name.&nbsp...(read more)

MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 4: EasyL1105 example

Jan Cumps — Fri, 04 Sep 2026 09:36:18 GMT

In this blog series, I build a Texas Instruments MSPM0 example with VS Code as IDE, and CMake as build infrastructure.In posts 1 - 3, I created an end to end flow, from install over build to debug.In post 4: testing it out on the EasyL1105: A De...(read more)

MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 3: debug

Jan Cumps — Thu, 03 Sep 2026 09:36:17 GMT

In this blog series, I build a Texas Instruments MSPM0 example with VS Code as IDE, and CMake as build infrastructure.Post 2 covered the software build. In this post: debugging the firmware. If not done yet, open the TI Embedded Debugger plugi...(read more)

MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 2: build a real project

Jan Cumps — Wed, 02 Sep 2026 20:23:41 GMT

In this blog series, I build a Texas Instruments MSPM0 example with VS Code as IDE, and CMake as build infrastructure.Post 1 covered the software setup. In this post: build firmware, Configure Environment Variables SDK_ROOT and SYSCONFIG_...(read more)

MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 1: infrastructure

Jan Cumps — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 19:37:46 GMT

In this blog series, I plan to build a Texas Instruments MSPM0 example with VS Code as IDE, and CMake as build infrastructure.I'm trying to use the guidelines from TI's Using CMake with TI Clang Compilers and SysConfig. But then with GCC (version 15 ...(read more)

ESP32 tutorial - Components in ESP-IDF

embeddedguy — Wed, 19 Aug 2026 13:02:09 GMT

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

Catwell — Tue, 18 Aug 2026 18:38:32 GMT

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!

shabaz — Mon, 17 Aug 2026 18:41:21 GMT

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!

shabaz — Thu, 13 Aug 2026 19:53:51 GMT

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

Catwell — Thu, 06 Aug 2026 20:50:30 GMT

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)