Category Archives: Software.

Software related things.

What does it take to call something ‘open’ ?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by robert

I recently stumbled across this blog post. The writer talks fervently (a small play of words if you translate his avatar from German to English) about the open-ness of KiCAD, especially about the open-ness of the design files. In this … Continue reading →

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Mental illness in microcontrollers — or in the programmer ?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by robert

A while ago I thought it was time to re-implement my clumsy attempt to have some sort of communication between 3 microcontroller boards. It is half-duplex only, so that can’t be hard, can it? As the ATtiny24s don’t have a … Continue reading →

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Openbench Logic Sniffer — A short review

Posted on July 7, 2011 by robert

Sadly this thing is not available as a DIY kit, but that is just a personal thing. I like to solder. And of course this will not have any negative effect on what comes further down. BTW. I contacted Ian … Continue reading →

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openSUSE avr-gcc packages — please test

Posted on June 13, 2011 by robert

A lot of people are making an effort to provide up-to-date avr-gcc packages for openSUSE to support new devices and fix known errors. Please test these packages and report your findings / errors. Either directly to bugzilla or to this … Continue reading →

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ATtiny4313 on linux

Posted on March 7, 2011 by robert

Some time ago I had acquired an ATtiny2313 breakout board and was running into memory limitations. I ordered 2 ATtiny4313 on ebay, but could compile any code for them. As it turns out after a longer odyssey, it seems that … Continue reading →

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