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Nice article! A question to the fellow Embedded Developers? How often do you encounter tutorials and "getting-started-guides" of similar quality than you see
by turbinerneiter 6y ago
Nice article!
A question to the fellow Embedded Developers?
How often do you encounter tutorials and "getting-started-guides" of similar quality than you see here (and in similar blog-posts) FROM THE ACTUAL CHIP VENDOR.
I often feel stuck between a rock and hard place with vendor docs and it feels like there is only the choice between marketing material and transistor-level technical docs (excuse the hyperbole).
- ah27182 6y agoThis probably already exists, but i really wish there was some kind of Wikipedia or something for all the random microcontrollers out there. Some kind of go-to place to find just enough info on an mC to get going and maybe a link to the actual tech docs if one needs it.
- contingencies 6y agohttps://platformio.org/platforms https://platformio.org/platforms
- ah27182 6y agoWow that’s awesome! Thanks so much
- pantalaimon 6y agoVendors often try to push their fully integrated toolchain that makes everything feel like a black box (and encourages lock in). Funnily enough some Chinese Semiconductor companies who can't effort to develop such fancy SDK Wizards tend to have the more digestible SDKs (just a bunch of simple periph drivers with a Makefile) Unfortunately they also don't afford good / English documentation :\
- bradstewart 6y agoNot often. For what it's worth, I am currently working on a project within a semiconductor company to improve this situation. Semiconductor companies (in my experience) are finally starting to accept the importance of software, so documentation is the next battle. It's coming, but slowly.