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If you’re a startup, every dollar counts and represents your runway; the line between life and death. Save a couple hundred dollars probably doesn’t determine if your business will succeed or fail, but do it a few times and that might add up to something substantial. Here’s the nugget of wisdom promised in the title … Read more
I finally bit the bullet to level up from Windows 8.1 to 10, and did an in-place OS upgrade. So far not too bad. For reference, I still was able to activate Windows 10 automatically for free in Oct 2020. Totally expected I was going to have to spring for a new key, but I … Read more
I recently tore apart my cheap 3D printer to put on acme leadscrews and figured it was a good time to try upgrading the stock firmware to Marlin. First grab this ANET board definition: https://github.com/SkyNet3D/anet-board Install the board definition per your OS default. You should now see ANET 1.0 (Optiboot) in your Arduino Tools > … Read more
I’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