Using AVRDUDE to flash an Arduino Nano, I’m emphasizing the importance of using a specific baud rate of 57600. I have included commands for flashing a HEX file and compiling Arduino source code, along with relevant resources that I used to figure this out.
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Smart IR is a patented technology that transforms Android phones into IR remote controls by eliminating the need for dedicated microcontrollers. This innovation significantly reduced costs, enabling integration into devices like the Samsung Note 4. Smart IR has been adopted by many Android manufacturers, preloading the Peel Smart Remote app in over 650 million smartphones.
An app for the Mac that I wrote sometime last year (2020) has been building up an audience of happy users; users who are beginning to talk about it and telling their friends to download it. I have a growing fanbase in China, Korea, Taiwan and Japan, not just English speaking countries. What is it? […]
If you want a wordpress site, which supports multiple domains, and has https support; this blog post puts together the three requirements into one place. I wrote this because I could not find instructions in one place.
This one is about a three month project that I worked on in 2019. A simple project, it was given to me as something that nobody else wanted to do. No creativity to it, just: we need 25 widgets by next week. I’m using the term “widget” to suggest a completed deliverable unit. Think of […]
One of the most prolific piece of software I have ever written was a 2-3 month project that was done in 1994. The resultant product sold for over 10 years, supported over 8 Indian languages, worked with the Desktop Publishing software of the time; Word, Wordperfect, Adobe Pagemaker and a whole lot of others. It […]
Two projects that I have worked on got the visibility of Dr. APJ Abdul Kalam, President of India (2002-2007). One of those projects was about the development of a robotic ultrasound scanning system that was used to scan the composite wing skin of a fighter aircraft that was being designed. My team came into the […]
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It’s always (only) the little things!!
The development of the BAAZ prototype was coming to a close. The army troop assigned to the project had been undergoing training for the past month. The devices were going through final tests before we packed them up for their trip by Military transport to North India. Wheels up was 7:00am the next day. The […]
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My simplest hardware project
Solving a problem, or alleviating pain for a user give’s the most pleasure. The simpler the solution the more the pleasure. That is what you think back and go…damn that was cool. It helps even more when that simple product sold thousands… In 1995 I was asked to help somebody with a small project. The […]
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Contribution to the ARM Linux Kernel
Note to self…link to something that I helped fix in the ARM Linux kernel. This is when I was working on the simputer project. In 2002!!! Link to the arm mailing list. Audio Recording on the SA1100 And reply from Russell King https://www.spinics.net/lists/arm-kernel/msg00949.html
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