RP2350 Core Board Design Tips (1) – How to Fully Utilize Limited IO Resources?

RP2350 Core Board Design Tips (1) - How to Fully Utilize Limited IO Resources?

Having worked in R&D for six years in university laboratories, I first entered the corporate world in 2000 and learned what an “embedded system” truly is. I observed a team of five or six top software experts spend nearly a month optimizing a program that originally fit into 512KB of ROM for a VCD player, … Read more

Advancements in Magnetic Microrobots for Cancer Treatment: Performing Specific Tasks Independently

Advancements in Magnetic Microrobots for Cancer Treatment: Performing Specific Tasks Independently

The limbs of the LEGO figure in the image can move independently because the magnetic screws connecting its limbs are in a specially designed layered magnetic field. On February 23, Beijing time, foreign media reported that a recent study suggests that magnetically controlled microrobots may one day help us combat cancer. Over the past decade, … Read more

Marten MK2 Pro Micro Robot: Capable of Crawling, Reconnaissance, and Survival

Marten MK2 Pro Micro Robot: Capable of Crawling, Reconnaissance, and Survival

Marten MK2 Pro robot, remote control, and transport case The U.S. Army has begun using the promising Marten MK2 Pro robot system developed by Uplink Robotics. This new type of robot is a compact remote-controlled wheeled platform designed for reconnaissance or search operations. This RTK is capable of accessing hard-to-reach areas for monitoring or searching. … Read more

The Innovative Path of Medical Robots: A Detailed Analysis of Business Plans

The Innovative Path of Medical Robots: A Detailed Analysis of Business Plans

In today’s rapidly advancing technological era, medical robots, as a significant innovation in the healthcare field, are gradually transforming traditional medical service models. As an expert focused on contract documentation, I will provide a detailed interpretation of the entrepreneurial opportunities and challenges in the field of medical robots from the perspective of a business plan. … Read more

How to Detect Memory Leaks in FreeRTOS

How to Detect Memory Leaks in FreeRTOS

Click on the aboveblue text to follow us In embedded systems, memory resources are often very limited, and memory leaks can lead to degraded system performance or even crashes. A memory leak refers to memory allocated by a program that is not properly released, gradually exhausting available memory. As a lightweight real-time operating system (RTOS), … Read more

DIY a Low-Cost Multifunctional Dot Matrix Clock

DIY a Low-Cost Multifunctional Dot Matrix Clock

Today, I would like to share a comprehensive DIY tutorial: A multifunctional dot matrix clock based on ESP8266. Introduction I have known about the ESP8266 for a long time, and I have used it to create some small demos, but I never thought about making something practical, perhaps because I consider myself a novice! Recently, … Read more

Mounting SMB on OpenWrt

Mounting SMB on OpenWrt

Add UserDependenciesopkg install shadow-commonopkg install shadow-useraddAdd SMB Specific Useruseradd YOUR_SMB_USER_NAMEAssociate User with SMB Servicesmbpasswd -a YOUR_SMB_USER_NAMEOpenWrt ConfigurationMount SMB Network ShareHere, fill in the SMB storage information to be mounted on OpenWrt, and you will see the successfully mounted drive at the OpenWrt mount point.Network ShareHere, set up the SMB service on OpenWrt, which means sharing … Read more

Setting Up OpenWrt as a Bypass Router

Setting Up OpenWrt as a Bypass Router

The specific settings are as follows. Connecting the Bypass Router (Phicomm N1) to the Network Check the current main router’s IP (what is the subnet). <pre><code class="language-plaintext">Method to check the current router's IP: 1. This is actually the backend entry of the router, usually marked on the back of the router. 2. Find any device … Read more

The Ever-Changing Interfaces of OpenWrt: How Many Do You Know?

The Ever-Changing Interfaces of OpenWrt: How Many Do You Know?

How many common interfaces of OpenWrt do you know? (Download method at the end)1. luci-theme-Materiale-alphaLogin Interface:Main Interface:2. luci-theme-ArgonLogin Interface:Main Interface:3.luci-theme-BootstrapLogin Interface:Main Interface:4.luci-theme-DesignLogin Interface:Main Interface:5.luci-theme-EdgeLogin Interface:Main Interface:6.luci-theme-KuCatLogin Interface:Main Interface:7.luci-theme-LightblueLogin Interface:Main Interface:8. luci-theme-MaterialLogin Interface:Main Interface:9.luci-theme-OpenWrtLogin Interface:Main Interface:10.luci-theme-Openwrt2020Login Interface:Main Interface:11. luci-theme-TeleofisLogin Interface:Main Interface:Download Tutorial:You can download themes from the software package, select the system on the left, and … Read more

Seamless OTA Upgrade Functionality for MCUs

Seamless OTA Upgrade Functionality for MCUs

Source | Renesas Embedded Encyclopedia In industrial control, motor drives, and even IoT edge nodes, firmware over-the-air (OTA) upgrades have become a standard for product lifecycle management. However, traditional OTA often comes with downtime, risks, and inefficiencies. The Dual-Bank Flash architecture in Renesas MCUs provides engineers with an almost “zero-perception” upgrade experience. This article takes … Read more