UART (Universal Asynchronous Receiver/Transmitter)
Exploring UART communication on STM32, including loopback-style testing on a single board and the practical pain of pin access.
Recent posts
PWM (Pulse Width Modulation) and DAC (Digital to Analog Conversion)
Working through PWM and DAC concepts on STM32, including sine-wave generation and the complications of bringing in CMSIS-DSP.
Timers
Learning the practical basics of timers on STM32, from prescalers and periods to interrupts and waveform generation.
External Interrupts
Configuring a Nucleo user button as an external interrupt and seeing how event-driven inputs become useful in safety-critical systems.
Oscillators
Following STM32World tutorials on clocks and oscillators while learning to distrust default CubeMX pin assignments.
Serial Debugging :(
A frustrating attempt to get serial debugging working over USB on an STM32 Nucleo board while adapting tutorials meant for different hardware.
A Temporary Stop for Some Circuit Refreshes!
Pausing the STM32 tutorial series to refresh breadboard fundamentals, resistor values, and basic circuit-building skills.
Beginning My STM32 Journey!
Starting the STM32 journey with a Nucleo F767ZI board and refreshing embedded systems knowledge after years away from the field.
Japan_and_books
A trip to Japan, a renewed interest in embedded systems, and a couple of books that helped spark the next stage of this engineering journey.
Tic_tac_toe_in_c
Using a console tic-tac-toe project in C as a test run for whether embedded systems engineering feels like the right long-term path.