The “brain on a chip” contains tens of thousands of memristors and is capable of reproducing crisp images and can later be used to handle complex AI computing. (Image Credit: Peng Lin, MIT) Engineers at MIT have developed a “brain on a chip” tha...
Hello everyone, This is my first post here. We are currently working on a graduation project and bought an MSP-EXP430FR5994 at Farnell to do some programming. Now, we are looking for wireless communication options. I have a hard time understand...
The Hackster Crossover Code Challenge might be over, but really, it’s just the beginning for you. Now it’s your chance to take advantage of all the ideas to jump start your next design. The Crossover Code Challenge generated lots of project exa...
The new terahertz quantum cascade laser could enable high-speed transfer of up to 100 gigabits per second. (Image Credit: University of Leeds) Researchers from the University of Leeds and the University of Nottingham have developed a new approac...
The port of the MBED Timeout works.In this blog you can see the internals of this class and how to set up configuration and handling. My port is for a Hercules TMS570LC43. I use the HAL utility and api for that controller where possi...
Goal: This post tries to explain what objects are placed where in RAM when using the GCC toolchain.It's intended as self-documentation. When using the LCD, you need large continuous chunks of memory for the frame buffers.Memory is limited on controll...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post, I make the emWin libraries work with the GCC toolchain Renesas CC-RX Dependencies The emWin that's available for the Renesas RX family can be built with the GCC Toolcha...
The limited-edition bottles are only available in Singapore and come in either red or blue, featuring Rey and Kylo Ren. (Image Credit: Coca Cola) Star Wars fanatics will want to get their hands on the latest merchandise, Coca Cola’s special No S...
As the size of transistors begin to approach theoretical minimums and Moore’s law starts to fade away, improving how well semiconductors perform is paramount to increasing the power of our electronics. Now a team of researchers led by Rutgers Univers...
About two decades ago, researchers at Linköping University developed a method to print circuits using a printing press, and now, seventeen years later, they continue to make major advancements in this field. In a recently published study, researchers...
The engineers discovered a way to tune and control quantum bits in today’s electronics, which could make it easier to produce quantum electronics. (Image credit: University of Chicago) Engineers from the University of Chicago’s Pritzker School ...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post, a mechanism to reserve memory for the LCD module frame buffer with the GCC toolchain LCD Frame BufferThe Renesas library for LCD, r_glcdc_rx, supports two frame buffers.These are me...
Launched in October, the i.MX RT1010 crossover MCU further expands NXP’s popular i.MX RT series and introduces the world to the next generation of low-cost, high-performance MCUs. With features such as Flex PWM for motor control, S/PDIF fo...
Preface: It seems that it's not possible to use the debug USB port as debugger and serial port at the same time. I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post: Serial communication - UART - SCI. The RX family has 12 serial periph...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post: A Direct Memory Access example.source: application note R01AN2063EJ0220 DMAC Module Using Firmware Integration Technology The Example - DMA and ADC The Renesas DMA exampl...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post: A Blinky, with the FreeRTOS managing the clock. Create the Project As usual, use Blog #1 to create the project.The only extra action is to select FreeRTOS while going through the pro...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post, I'm reviewing the SHA options.source: Renesas SHA package documentation SHA Hardware Accelerated vs Software The RX family has models that come with a hardware accelerator for ...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post, I'm reviewing the Digital Analog Converter Adapt the Envision Kit The RX65N has two DAC channels. On the controller, they are PO3 and P05. source: Renesas datasheet T...
When you're developing for a microcontroller or IC, it's handy to have the documentation available at your fingertips.Many manufacturers give strange names to these documents. The Renesas RX65N that I'm currently working with has a datash...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post, I'm reviewing the Software Standby power save mode Software Standby Mode This is a lower consumption mode than the Sleep mode in post 4a.I'm doing the blogs a little out ...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post, I'm reviewing the Sleep power save modesource: application note R01AN4347EJ011: Examples of Transitioning to RX651 Groups Low Power Consumption Modes Evaluation Kit Power Doma...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post, I'll port the LCD driver example from the Renesas proprietary CC-RX Renesas offers a GCC toolchain that can build firware for the RX65 family. I have been using it for m...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post: Expand the Blinky example with a timer and interrupt.This time it's a real blinky. The code to poll the user button is removed and the led is controlled by one of the onboard timers. &nbs...
I'm evaluating the Renesas RX65N MCU EV Kit.In this post: A Blinky, with the GCC toolchain.It's not a real blinky - it's a switchy. The User LED is on when the User Button is pressed.A Morse code trainer . Create the Project In the pr...
