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July 27 - Day 2 – Enabling the RP2040 UART
The RP2040 documentation tells us that using the custom RP2040 MicroPython build along with the MicroPython SDK eliminates the need for the programmer to consult the registers area of the RP2040 data sheet. Since we are not coding with MicroPython...
July 26 - Day 1 – Clocking the RP2040
The RP2040 houses a number of clocks and associated PLLs that must be configured and properly started. In today’s lecture we will assemble some RP2040 hardware and use Embedded Studio to create and code an RP2040 project to enable the RP2040’s...
June 25 - Day 5 - The Best Practices Lightning Round
There are so many different best practices for designing systems and so little time! In this session, we won’t focus on big picture best practices but instead explore a variety of miscellaneous best practices that can help developers immediately...
June 24 - Day 4 - Testing Your Way to Design Success
Testing is often one of the least exciting aspects to embedded system design; however, leveraging unit tests and TDD can be a fantastic way to dramatically improve a systems design. In this session, attendees will learn about how to test their...
June 23 - Day 3 - It’s All About the Data
Modern embedded systems can be boiled down to data engines. They consume, produce, process and transfer data. One of the best practices for designing a system is to follow the data! In this session, we will explore how to architect and decompose a...
June 22 - Day 2 - Designing a Hardwareless System
The running theme in embedded systems is that we need the hardware to design and build our embedded systems. Today, embedded systems can be designed on modeled without ever writing a single line of low-level software. In this session, attendees...
June 21 - Day 1 - System Level Design Philosophy
Designing an embedded system often requires that a team start at the highest levels and work their way into the details. In this session, we will explore modern design philosophy and best practices that allow a team to kickstart their design off...
May 26 - Day 3 - plcLib Timers
Day 3 will allow attendees to explore and learn about plcLib Timers.  The two basic types of plcLib timer functions, timerOn() and timerOff(), will be investigated.  Attendees will learn how to use timerOn() for switch debounce and timerOff() ...
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