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ESP32 Bit Pirate v1.8: Turning an ESP32-S3 into an SDR and Multi-Protocol Hardware Debugging Tool

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ESP32 Bit Pirate is an open-source firmware inspired by the original Bus Pirate, designed to turn inexpensive ESP32-S3 development boards into versatile hardware debugging and experimentation tools. The project started as a way to interact with comm...
- 12 Oct 2026
PID controller without floating point for MSPM0

Jan Cumps

PID controller implementation without using integer arithmetic. Uses TI IQMath lib to replace floating point instructions. Some of the content is created with AI support. I've marked the parts where AI was used.All narrative i...
- 12 Oct 2026
MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 7c: stepper motor control with S-shaped ramps

Jan Cumps

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...
- 8 Oct 2026
EZ-MCXN: Simple Dev Board for NXP MCX N-Series Microcontrollers!

shabaz

Table of Contents Introduction MCX Overview MCXN236 Circuit Diagram Supply Decoupling USB and Boot Audio Interfaces SPI, TFT, LEDs and Buttons: User Interface I2C and more SPI: microSD Card ADC and Spare GPIO Pins Board Layout and Parts ...
- 30 Sep 2026
MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 7b: middleware stepper motor control with A4988 stepper driver

Jan Cumps

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...
- 26 Sep 2026
Connecting AI to the Physical World with MCP and a Pi Pico W

shabaz

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...
- 22 Sep 2026
MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 7a: middleware example stepper motor control

Jan Cumps

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...
- 19 Sep 2026
MSPM0 interrupt messaging system

Jan Cumps

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...
- 13 Sep 2026
MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 6: empty "template" project

Jan Cumps

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...
- 12 Sep 2026
MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 5: Open .syscfg file in SysConfig GUI

Jan Cumps

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...
- 10 Sep 2026
MSPM0 C++ project: service handler considerations

Jan Cumps

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...
- 6 Sep 2026
MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 4: EasyL1105 example

Jan Cumps

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...
- 4 Sep 2026
MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 3: debug

Jan Cumps

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...
- 3 Sep 2026
MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 2: build a real project

Jan Cumps

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_...
- 2 Sep 2026
MSPM0 project with VS Code, CMake and GCC - part 1: infrastructure

Jan Cumps

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 ...
- 30 Aug 2026
ESP32 tutorial - Components in ESP-IDF

embeddedguy

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...
- 19 Aug 2026
MIT Researchers Improve Chip-to-Chip Optical Communication

Catwell

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...
- 18 Aug 2026
Creating a Mobile App with Flutter: Interfacing Microcontrollers with AnyOperate!

shabaz

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...
- 17 Aug 2026
Creating a Mobile App with Flutter: First Steps!

shabaz

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...
- 13 Aug 2026
Modder Upgrades PlayStation One Console by Expanding Its Memory Capacity

Catwell

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...
- 6 Aug 2026
Researchers Develop 3D Chip That Boosts Computing Power

Catwell

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...
- 22 Jul 2026
GPS Tracker using Heltec WiFi LoRa 32 V4 and REYAX RYS352A GNSS Module

rachna62

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...
- 2 Jul 2026
Seeed Studio Launches New XIAO nRF54LM20A Dev Board

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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/
- 30 Jun 2026
Using WebUSB to facilitate Functional Circuit Test (FCT) Data Capture

BigG

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 ...
- 24 Jun 2026
MSPM0 analogue front-end: general purpose amp as buffer for ADC

Jan Cumps

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...
- 22 Jun 2026