I’ve noticed recently that the number of bits available in an ADC is slowly creeping up. That makes me excited… until I look at the system accuracy.
Category Archive: Embedded Systems
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Jun
05
Freescale KL25 Peripheral Selection Guide
I previously wrote my review of the Freescale KL25. Since then I’ve finished my first design with the KL25. The second spin of the board will see several of the peripherals and pins rearranged. Most of this has to do with things that I glossed over in the documentation desire to get the product to …
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Dec
11
Editing PIC .hex files
… or how to edit a .hex file instead of recompiling it for every option. I had a product a while back where the customer needed to program it, but we didn’t want them to have to hassle with compiling it for every (10,000+) permutation. I had a whole build system set up when this …
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Feb
06
Two clicks to program a PIC
Sometimes you end up having to program a device with many different types of firmware. For a project I’ve used PICs on, this was the case. Here’s how to setup things so that all it requires is two clicks to load the firmware from windows explorer.
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