Here is information from one extraordinary Monday….. I have two old Macbook Pro 3,1’s. One is a 32 bit, one is a 64 bit Core 2 Duo. The hard drive on the 32 bit failed. I had an old 128gb flash drive so I threw it in there, wanting...

I was viewing some interesting YouTube videos concerning the current world economic emergency. Mexico has declared it is in a recession, using the metrics the current USA administration is declaring will eventually send us there, but it is not there yet. Yeah. Right. The issue outside of the USA...

I received a comment that the USB port on the CY8CKit-059 is causing a timeout. This is from a Thesis. I looked at the student’s code, and it is slightly different from my implementation, so I suspect something is missing. I borrowed the code from the automatically generated API...

The PSOC 4200 part, especially the CY8C4245 part, is *barely* a PSOC. It has 4 UDB’s in it, which will allow you to put in a 16 bit PWM and a Pulse Stretcher. This will cost 1/2 of the available UDB’s. It is still more than other vendor’s processors...

After my experience with the Busy Bee developer board, I decided to create a project with their Arm based EFM32GG12 part. One word: Disaster. Their configurator does not work for the EFM32GG part, except for one or two random components. Forget any analog ADC, DAC, or other part. No...

In the last post, I covered the Blinky project for the EMF8BB51 board. I currently believe that is a dead end project if you wish to use any of the tools that Simplicity Studio provides. However, it gets your feet wet. If you want to use any of the...

I purchased a “Busy Bee” EMF8BB51xxx processor test board (for around $15) (BRD2700A, Rev A01). That board has an EMF32GG12 on it, which is programmed with the Segger J-Link firmware, as well as a 20 pin QFN package 8051 Busy Bee processor. The EMF32 processor handles USB as well...

You will see “ugh” sprinkled throughout this post. It expresses dissatisfaction with the state or direction of offerings from companies. Hopefully, some clear thinking individuals with foresight can address and fix these ughs in the future. I will not hold my breath, and at my age, I may stop...

The Microchip family continues to surprise me. Their prices are excellent, they are in stock, and I have known of their use in our extreme temperature environments for a while. In addition to OpAmps, Comparators, A/D Units, DACS, they also have versions with USB controllers and Configurable Logic Cell...

The Cypress branch of Infineon does not trumpet an interesting fact. A PSOC5LP package and a PSOC3 package are interchangeable. So, if you have a PSOC3, you can drop a PSOC5LP in its place and rewrite the code. Or, Vice Versa. The main problem you will have going back...