by Sjaak | Dec 4, 2017 | arm-cortex, Blog, gd32, stm32 |
It has been a while since I wrote about ARM development. I recently made a Black Magic Probe (BMP) clone which acts different then the original. The BMP can source power to the target, but on my version control signal is inverted. Not a big deal, but can give...
by Sjaak | Feb 15, 2017 | arm-cortex, Blog, stm32 |
When you get started on ARM microcontrollers things are very overwhelming at first… After coping with the first few hurdles like installing a toolchain and IDE, the next part should be getting a tool to program the chip. Many vendors have some kind of bootloader...
by Sjaak | Feb 5, 2017 | Blog, fail, gd32, PCB, stm32 |
I’m always fascinated by Zero Insertation Force (ZIF) Sockets, but a bit scared by the price. Simple ones (DIP and SOIC) goes for a few bucks on Ebay, but the more fascinating ones (QFP, QFN, (T)SOP, BGA) either can’t be found or are very expensive. Even...
by Sjaak | Nov 7, 2016 | arm-cortex, Blog, gd32, Prototyping, stm32 |
Since I don’t use the DHL shipping option for PCB, it takes quite a while before the boards roll in. Today came in the STM32/GD32F103 QFN32 breakout board. I was very excited (for weeks) and soldered all the components quickly on the board. Uptill now I used...
by Sjaak | Sep 23, 2016 | arm-cortex, Blog, Prototyping, stm32 |
Prolly not, but I haven’t made a developmentboard before and I didn’t know of a development board that uses the QFN36 footprint. I recently went on a trip to Shenzhen to visit Ian from Dangerousprototypes.com and there I learned about a big Chinese...
by Sjaak | Jul 26, 2016 | arm-cortex, Blog, stm32, toolchain |
The battle isn’t AVR Atmega vs Microchip PIC anymore.. More and more people are moving to ARM chips. As easy as it sounds but it isn’t. ARM is an company that invented the ARM chips, but doesn’t has a silicon fab, instead they license the design to...
