Tag: Embedded Systems
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The Buffer Pool, using linked lists
Here is a handy way to manage buffers, using a singly linked list. It works for small embedded systems where there is no heap. With no heap, we don’t have malloc() and free() to get buffers. Also, we don’t want a performance penalty if we call malloc() when we need to get a buffer. So,…
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First Lists
The first parts of Chapter 5 from Mastering Algorithms in C is up on GitHub. Using Claude code made the exercise stupid easy. I typed the code from the book, being somewhat careful. I misses some typos, typed Lust not List, and elelment not even realizing. Claude caught the errors. It identified the code as…
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A More Embedded AI Application
Virtual Judge and the NoYesApp are cool. AI is real and obviously with some guidance and good vibes, you can build something pretty big. Still, it is not exactly what this blog is supposed to be about. We are embedded people, not web developers. We live off of C code and register bit banging. My…
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The Value of Experience
I am currently looking for a new job. There are a few skill assesments around. From the Embedded.fm Slack group I found the Embedded Skill tree. The original source if you want to fill it in for yourself is here. I guess I need to finally read the Bluetooth book. After completing the above, I…