Build the future
raleighI’ve been using the 1BitSquared Blackmagic Probe for a couple weeks now (see my earlier post about setting up the device here) and overall it’s been a pretty useful tool. Unfortunately, earlier this week it suddenly quit breaking at main after trying to upload code. I fired up GDB to connect and a monitor swdp_scan … Read more
Talk about long tail key words. If you found this page you’re probably trying to set up an insanely old Wacom Favo drawing tablet tablet from 1999 on Windows 10 and I bet you’ve tried a hundred drivers. I’ll spare you a long winded complaint about what an unglamorous schlep it was to figure this … Read more
I’m doing ARM development on Windows and wanted to test the 1BitSquared Black Magic Probe with the custom Atmel SAMD21 board I designed. An ARM debugger is an essential tool for embedded development and I love to move to open source tools when possible, so I thought I’d give it a try. I ran into … Read more
I’ve been intermittently travelling vlogging for a while now and one of my biggest pain points for making new videos is getting the source video converted to constant frame rate. I’m shooting with a phone instead of a DSLR camera, and unfortunately my old Samsung S4 edge doesn’t have a constant frame rate option. As … Read more
I was just thinking about this sandwich I had last year back in April, the first time I went to visit my fiance’s parents in Japan. I’d never had this mild, slightly salty, pickled mustard green before. If you’ve never had (or heard of, like me) takana-zuke [高菜漬け], do yourself a favor and try to … Read more
If you’re doing ARM development and using Eclipse, you definitely want to have peripheral aware maps in your debugger. Unfortunately if you’re using a new version of Eclipse C/C++ Neon (I’m on 2019 …) and followed these otherwise great instructions to install MCU plugins, you’ll find that when you get to the CMSIS pack installation … Read more
Reiko and I visit her family in Tokyo for the first time. We went during cherry blossom season and it was really incredible. In this episode: We visit an old street in Kawagoe Her parents take us to a vegan onsen (traditional hot spring bath) We visit Reiko’s friend Mina and walk along the Meguro … Read more
I’m testing the new Tensorflow 2.0 framework and went to install the PIL or pillow image library I’ve used before. Unfortunately after installing it with conda I found out my Tensorflow library wouldn’t import. Did a quick google search and found out you can look at your conda install history with conda list –revisions When … Read more
Reiko and I took a trip to Okinawa to see an aquarium she’s always wanted to visit! They’ve got a couple whale sharks, a bunch of mantas, half a dozen dolphins, turtles, manatees, just tons of sea life. We also explored some beaches nearby, and visited a native Okinawa museum/historical village.