http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com Embedded geekery and similar pursuits Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:19:22 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/davinci-dm365-without-linux/ http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/davinci-dm365-without-linux/#comments Tue, 10 Jan 2012 22:18:49 +0000 Kelvin http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/?p=738 DM365 or DM368 will find a plethora of example source code and libraries that allow you to easily build your own applications. However if you want to build a non-Linux product (to use your existing RTOS for example) you will find little guidance on where to start. 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Continue reading]]> http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/universal-device-driver-framework-for-embedded-systems/feed/ 0 http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/rtos-for-raisonance-rcstm8/ http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/rtos-for-raisonance-rcstm8/#comments Mon, 28 Jun 2010 22:41:37 +0000 Kelvin http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/?p=572 RCSTM8. We now support all three available STM8 compilers (Cosmic, IAR and Raisonance) so you can choose to use Atomthreads for a project safe in the knowledge that switching compilers will be pain-free. 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Continue reading]]> http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/stm8-rtos-for-iar-embedded-workbench/feed/ 0 http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/atomthreads-free-rtos-for-stm8/ http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/atomthreads-free-rtos-for-stm8/#comments Sat, 20 Feb 2010 02:26:42 +0000 Kelvin http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/?p=530 Continue reading]]> http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/atomthreads-free-rtos-for-stm8/feed/ 0 http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/atomthreads-open-source-rtos/ http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/atomthreads-open-source-rtos/#comments Wed, 20 Jan 2010 23:17:01 +0000 Kelvin http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/?p=511 Continue reading]]> http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/atomthreads-open-source-rtos/feed/ 1 http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/stm8s-discovery-evaluation-board/ http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/stm8s-discovery-evaluation-board/#comments Tue, 24 Nov 2009 19:41:28 +0000 Kelvin http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/?p=497 Farnell (also £4.22 from Future Electronics). With this pricing, ST are clearly trying to stimulate interest in the STM8 architecture by appealing to the tinkerer market. It remains to be seen whether this can be converted into serious design wins. Continue reading]]> http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/stm8s-discovery-evaluation-board/feed/ 0 http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/what-is-kelvins-thunderstorm/ http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/what-is-kelvins-thunderstorm/#comments Mon, 23 Nov 2009 21:22:02 +0000 Kelvin http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/?p=473 Electropaedia. From the article: Kelvin's Thunderstorm is an amazing water powered electrostatic generator, which can be made from simple materials at home or school, capable of generating a potential of tens of thousands of volts at its terminals. It was invented by Lord Kelvin (William Thomson) Continue reading]]> http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/what-is-kelvins-thunderstorm/feed/ 0 http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/omnimaopenwrt-and-xbee/ http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/omnimaopenwrt-and-xbee/#comments Sun, 04 Oct 2009 21:19:02 +0000 Kelvin http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/?p=433 Omnima Embedded Board to an Xbee device, using it as a low-cost and low-power controller for a home Xbee network. This article explains how to configure an Omnima with OpenWRT/Linux such that is capable of talking to an Xbee device using Python and Pyserial. Continue reading]]> http://www.kelvinsthunderstorm.com/omnimaopenwrt-and-xbee/feed/ 0