Category Archives: Software Development

Using non-blocking functions instead of blocking with arduino

Posted on August 5, 2015 by robertwilkie

For most embedded systems developers, this is a given.  Instead of “delay” in arduino its “sleep”.  The author points out instead ot use a loop to do the toggling based on the time instead of blocking til the time runs … Continue reading →

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How to learn Swift for free (or almost)

Posted on July 20, 2015 by robertwilkie

So thinking of writing an app for your iPhone, you may want to brush up on how to write code in swift, Apples reality new programming language.  The article below goes over several free, or cheap sites that can help … Continue reading →

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Google opensources a bluetooth beacon protocol

Posted on July 16, 2015 by robertwilkie

Interesting, Google put out a open-source bluetooth module for creating bluetooth beacons called Eddystone.  I know Apple tried this a few years back.  But…now we have bluetooth low energy, and this is “free” to build on.  So….It could go somewhere.  … Continue reading →

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Study parallel computing with RPi

Posted on June 23, 2015 by robertwilkie

Good article to go over parallel computing experiments on the cheap with a couple of Raspberry Pi’s. http://www.meccanismocomplesso.org/en/cluster-e-programmazione-in-parallelo-con-mpi-e-raspberry-pi/

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Are Open Spaces not all they are cracked up to be?

Posted on May 28, 2015 by robertwilkie

Article goes over what alot in the industry are saying, the benefits don’t out wiegh the cons.  I spent a year outside an open workspace (after being in one) and kept tabs on my productivity, I produced 40% more documentation, … Continue reading →

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Switch, the Tinder for Jobs

Posted on May 26, 2015 by robertwilkie

OK the article goes on about how Switch got another $2 million in funding.  I was more interested in the ability that it has to be a tinder like app for jobs.  I will be trying this one out in … Continue reading →

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I’m going to have to look at sourcegraph

Posted on April 28, 2015 by robertwilkie

I have heard of Sourcegraph in the past, but never took a good look at it.  It looks like it could be a useful engine to link in other projects for your development project to build on. http://www.open-electronics.org/semantic-code-search-for-open-source-sourcegraph/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed%3A+OpenElectronics+%28Open+Electronics%29

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How to add serial terminal view to Eclipse

Posted on April 21, 2015 by robertwilkie

Why?  Well if you are working with Eclipse and arduinos….. http://mcuoneclipse.com/2015/04/20/serial-terminal-view-in-eclipse-luna/

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Need some programming classes, check out hackr.io

Posted on April 16, 2015 by robertwilkie

Stumbled on this by accident.  Looks like its got allot of good freebie classes. http://hackr.io/

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So is there a STEM shortage?

Posted on April 14, 2015 by robertwilkie

I stumbled on this nice paper about how the “STEM” shortage is not real.  It basically proves what allot in the industry already know.  My thoughts, back in the 90’s when the demand was up, wages where up too, also … Continue reading →

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