All linux binary applications have a common ELF format (Executable and Linking Format). This format consist of header and variouse sections (see ELF Specification). The ELF allows you to attach custom sections with some extra user-data. It means that you can hide some usefull information inside a binary file (like library for example). Why you … Read more
This is a quick howto guide showing how to create beautiful PDF files from Markdown format text files using a single command line in your linux (Ubuntu) terminal. If you need to convert files from one markup format into another, then it can be your swiss-army knife. Many thanks to pandoc creators! 1. Install tools sudo apt-get install … Read more
This is a short how-to guide about installing ESP8266_RTOS_SDK on Ubuntu Linux. The new version of ESP8266_RTOS_SDK (v3.0) shares the same framework with esp-idf (official development framework for ESP32). The toolchain programs access ESP8266_RTOS_SDK using IDF_PATH environment variable which can be set in ~/.bashrc file. If you’re working with both ESP8266 and ESP32 then note that toolchains are using the … Read more
Arduino is an open-source electronics platform based on easy-to-use hardware (Arduino boards), software (Arduino IDE), which allows to write programs and upload them to board (usually via USB connection) and an amazing community. In my opinion it’s a great tool to learn about microcontroller programming and for fast device prototyping. Arduino is not only for beginners. … Read more
This is a quick tutorial that shows how to build a complete development environment (including FreeRTOS support) for the ESP8266 processors on Linux. These instructions have been tested successfully on Ubuntu 17.04. UPDATES [28.10.2019] Take a look at docker version of ESP8266 Toolchain [05.03.2019] If you want to use FreeRTOS in your project I recommend to install a … Read more
This is tutorial for beginners that shows how to install tools, compile the code with gcc-arm-none-eabi and send it to the STM32 using st-flash. It also introduce basics of automation of this task by putting all instructions into Makefile. A few, complete code examples can be found on GitHub: stm32f401 stm32f072 stm32f042 Updates [28.10.2019] Take … Read more
Once the ESP32 Toolchain is built, we’re ready to compile and flash the example program. This short tutorial shows how to compile and burn the code into ESP32. Compilation Before compilation part we’re able to change menu options, i.e. we can configure the serial port to be used for uploading, etc. For the test, let’s … Read more
This quick tutorial shows how to build a complete development environment for the ESP32 processors on Linux (Ubuntu). These instructions have been tested successfully on Ubuntu 16.04 (32 and 64 bit). Update: 18-05-2017. Building Toolchain with Bash One-Liner I recommend to use this handy bash one-liner command to build ESP32 Tolchain. To override ESP32 Toolchain … Read more
This is a quick tutorial for beginners that aims to show how to install tools, compile the code with avr-gcc and send it to the MCU with avrdude. It also introduce basics of automation of this task by putting the all instructions into Makefile. The example files (main.c, main.bin, main.hex, Makefile) has been packaged as … Read more