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Embedding a Basic interpreter

The green4 stm32 cortex m3 microprocessor we selected is – according to today’s standards – a rather small microprocessor in Flash (128KB) and RAM (8KB). why an interpreter The Green4 device is running control software on top of FreeRTOS, with a couple of drivers, and exposes a communication and an information protocol. We think our […]

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The embedded hierarchy — Part 1

Good programming skills is not the only quality a software engineer needs to have in order to write extendable, reusable and manageable software. Understanding the domain is equally important because it enables you to build good abstractions, and to do correct configuration management (version control). This is no different in embedded software: creating or even […]

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STM32 bootloader

Flashing via USART Most STM32 devices have an on-board (first-level) boot-loader (see Table1 of AN2606 for an overview of supported devices). The boot-loader allows developers to flash MCU’s internal ROM memory via SPI, CAN, USB, I2C etc. but for our project we want to connect via USART to the STM32 MCU. The USART protocol that is […]

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Embedded device boot

Eventually an embedded device’s micro controller or processor is expected to execute the designed-for-the-purpose software. But before that happens, some vendor specific voodoo is required. Only then, it understands it should run your code, which is located at the place where you put it. First-level boot-loader Most modern micro-controllers nowadays have first-level boot-loaders. They initialize […]

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