jaydcarlson

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by jaydcarlson 1y ago
You're clobbering together a bunch of different stuff and not making a ton of sense. C and C++ are very different languages, and that's especially true when doing interop with them from other languages. For C-based libraries, P&#x
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The cheapest flash microcontroller you can buy is actually an Arm Cortex-M0+(jaycarlson.net)
187 points by jaydcarlson 4y ago|65 comments
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by jaydcarlson 5y ago
The problem is that by your definition, every processor manufactured in the last 30 years should actually be called a "microcontroller" Microprocessors going back to the Intel 486 have more on-chip RAM than many microcontrollers s
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Spotify Box (DIY embedded Linux audio interface)(evanhailey.com)
2 points by jaydcarlson 5y ago|0 comments
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by jaydcarlson 6y ago
Please don't quote me out of context: "these raw parts" referred to the MediaTek parts specifically, not all the parts in this review. The only thing that SOMs provide is a processor + DRAM + PMIC. If you practice and become
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by jaydcarlson 6y ago
None of these application processors I reviewed have out-of-order execution. Cortex-M7 microcontrollers have icache/dcache. You can run bare-metal code on any of these application processors and it will behave more or less like a micro
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by jaydcarlson 6y ago
"MMUless" was intended as a nonrestrictive modifier --- I'll remove it to avoid ambiguity. Microcontrollers tend to be built on larger processes than microprocessors are, so they eat through more active-mode power. The point
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by jaydcarlson 9y ago
I've made some network changes, and the site should be back up for most users — let me know if anyone is running into issues!
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by jaydcarlson 9y ago
My article includes the Holtek HT-66, the STCmicro STC8, the Nuvoton N76, and the ST STM8 — all hover in the 1-2 RMB range (especially when purchased in volume from within the mainland). The STC8 and N76 parts are 8051, the other two are th
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by jaydcarlson 9y ago
With 21 of these parts on my desk, that would have been a good idea. Thanks for linking to a cached version — I'm working to get my little blog on Cloudflare to handle the traffic. I appreciate the kind words from everyone so far; it&#