To not miss my updates, remember to check the public account in the upper right corner and set it as a star, take down the stars and give them to me. Last month, we shared our treasured boards for everyone to learn and use. The first batch of users who received the boards shared their … Read more
1. Concept SMARC (Smart Mobility ARChitecture) is a generic definition for small computer modules based on ARM and X86 technology, designed for low-power embedded architecture platforms aimed at meeting the needs of low power, low cost, and high performance applications. These modules typically use ARM SOCs similar to those found in tablets and smartphones, or … Read more
Congratulations! The new board has finally arrived, without further ado, let’s get started. The main function of the ESP32 is WIFI. With WIFI, it can directly connect to the home WIFI router and access the internet. At this point, it acts like a small computer or smartphone, making it very convenient to connect to the … Read more
Must-Read Books for Beginners in Embedded Arm Linux Recently, a student who just started learning Arm Linux asked me for advice on good books for beginners. Embedded Linux is a vast system that involves hardware and computer science, bridging electronics and computing. Many students from electronics-related majors are unfamiliar with computer principles and operating systems, … Read more
Most applications using Cortex-M3/M4 MCUs are portable and powered by batteries or energy harvesting systems. Therefore, most of the concepts discussed in this article involve how to reduce overall system energy consumption. However, in many cases, these energy-saving technologies are also powerful tools for processor application design, providing more cost-effective solutions, greater design redundancy for … Read more
Author | Robert van der Zwan (Netherlands) Translator | He Mu COVID-19 and MCU: Uncertain Prospects How significant is the impact of COVID-19 on the MCU market? Some research firms have fully considered the effects of the pandemic in their forecasts. Considering the state of embedded systems using microcontrollers (MCUs), they believe the MCU market … Read more
When you want to save the hard drive on your PC, the backup program writes a complete image of the memory contents to a storage medium (such as another hard drive). However, the RevPiCore does not have a hard drive as storage medium. It uses an embedded multimedia card (eMMC) instead of a hard disk … Read more
Submitted by Archer. Hello everyone, long time no see, I am Archer. Recently, I got some low-cost boards and also bought a Raspberry Pi 1 on Xianyu, which I have been keeping idle. I thought about flashing OpenWrt to use it as a high-performance soft router, but unfortunately, the performance is not enough. Under OpenWrt, … Read more
△Star ☆dop design, don’t miss any valuable articles. ↑↑↑Click to follow, learn design tips with me every day at noon 12 o’clock↑↑↑ This article is reprinted from Designer’s Brain Cells, copyright belongs to the original author. Appliances, especially in kitchen spaces and balconies, whether large or small, take up a lot of space. Cluttered appliances … Read more
Prepare the environment: Install the source package and xargo. rustup add component rust-src cargo install xargo Specify the OpenWRT gcc environment: Copy the toolchain to the designated directory, or leave it in the source directory, and edit the specified toolchain’s bin directory in the bash script ~/.bashrc for xargo to use. Edit build.rs to specify … Read more