In my previous blog post on RS-232 with the Altera Cyclone II FPGA, I demonstrated how to create a serial echo by simply connecting the Tx wire and the Rx wire together. That’s a great start, but the goal is to be able to read the data in the FPGA and do something with it. Read more
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Ran into an interesting problem trying to create a C# pointer array to pass to a vendor DLL that Google did not immediately solve for me. Here’s a quick blog post to hopefully light the way for some other developer with a similar problem. I needed to call into the Atmel provided DLL for updatingRead more
We are always on the lookout for an ARM-based microcontrollers with high-end sensors. A recent ARM Cortex evaluation board from ST Microelectronics features a 3-axis gyro, accelerometer, and compass modules for under $15. This STM32 F3 Discovery Kit and the sub-$15 price is jaw-dropping because in the (not-so-distant) past, this type of board would costRead more
I bought a used 2008 Can-Am Spyder GS last spring. It was a compromise vehicle, I wanted another motorcycle but my wife did not want me back on two wheels after my last mishap left me with 8 titanium screws in my spine. I can’t say that I blame her. But the spyder is aRead more
Recently, I needed to secure the communication between a .NET server application running on a Windows PC and a client application running on an embedded device. The solution was to use SSL to secure the communication and .NET provides SslStream class for that purpose. SslStream instance takes an X.509 certificate file to provide two aspectsRead more