kurtjd

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   by kurtjd 4y ago

   I had success programming Chinese clones of the STM32F103C8T6 aka Blue Pill by just changing the device signature the programmer looks for via a flag in openocd. Fortunately these blue pill clones behave identically (so far, in my experienc
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   by kurtjd 4y ago

   Yeah I actually couldn't find any legitimate blue pills, I made this project using a clone blue pill which fortunately for the most part behaves exactly like a real one.
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   by kurtjd 4y ago

   I appreciate that! I'll admit I was hesitant to publish the blog series at first because I was embarrassed by how much my limited knowledge influenced my design decisions, but I'm glad to hear it might make embedded development se
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   by kurtjd 4y ago

   Thanks, and yep that's the plan! Just finished my freshman year studying computer engineering and hope to work in the embedded field when I graduate.
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   by kurtjd 4y ago

   Thank you! Yeah hardware is tricky (and I still have so much to learn) but there's something really satisfying about holding a thing you designed in your hands that pure software just doesn't quite give.
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   Show HN: I built a handheld CHIP-8 game console to teach myself embedded systems(github.com)

   128 points by kurtjd 4y ago|13 comments