Embedded Systems Weekly – Issue 57

Issue 57 – 17 June 2016

Hardware

Consolite, a Tiny Game Console on an FPGA

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Butchered USB TTL Serial Adaptor

Isn’t it frustrating when you’ve got a new toy and you want to use it but you’re missing the one piece that you need?Share on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

More Energy monitoring - ATM90E26 Breakout

After designing and testing the ADE7763 based Energy Monitor Breakout Board, the author started looking around for cheaper and more modern alternatives. He came across the Atmel ATM90E26 Smart Metering IC with dual communication options – UART/SPI and multiple metering modes (tamper proofing with current sensing on live and neutral).Share on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

Multimeter Tips & Tricks

Short collection of tips & tricks to make the most of your multimeter in the homeshop.Share on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

Software

The Evolution of C Programming Practices: A Study of the Unix Operating System 1973–2015

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ESP8266: SSD1306 Oled Library Release

The ESP8266 OLED SSD1306 is an open source library which allows you to control those pretty OLED modules from our beloved ESP8266 module. Fabrice Weinberg cleaned up all the code and added support for Pasko’s BRZO I2C library which is partially written in assembler and allows a much higher throughput over the I2C channel.Share on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

Qt Automotive Suite

Qt announces the launch of the first generation of the Qt Automotive Suite.Share on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

A secure embedded operating system for Cortex-M based microcontrollers

Tock is an operating system designed for running multiple concurrent, mutually distrustful applications on Cortex-MShare on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

Misc

Cranking a Car with Super Capacitors

Supercapacitors can deliver a lot of power. But can they crank a car? There is also some good information on cranking current and behavior good to understand J1113-11 standard.Share on Twitter ∙ Share on Facebook

The world’s oldest computer is still revealing its secrets

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