I'll be speaking at @crowdsupply
#Teardown2025 in just over a week!

I'll walk through how to automatically generate a #KiCad database library based on part data stored in Aligni #PLM software.

Slide deck PDF in the link below if you want to take a sneak peek:

https://cgnd.dev/posts/teardown-2025-talk-are-we-plm-yet/

New #ZephyrRTOS article about the recently merged XIAO RA4M1 support added by @petejohanson

https://www.hackster.io/news/seeed-studio-xiao-ra4m1-board-now-supported-in-zephyr-rtos-566c8912a9ff

If you've wanted to try #ZephyrRTOS but weren't sure where to start, I wrote up a quick start tutorial that can help you get started on the $5 #raspberrypi Pico 2 board--no other hardware or debuggers required!

https://www.hackster.io/cdwilson/zephyr-rtos-on-raspberry-pi-pico-2-part-1-cf39f0

A hands-on first look at the Thingy:91 X cellular IoT prototyping platform from Nordic Semiconductor.

https://www.hackster.io/news/first-steps-with-the-nordic-thingy-91-x-84d082996304

Learn how to use the shell utility "direnv" to automatically activate #ZephyrRTOS build environments when working in West workspaces.

https://www.hackster.io/cdwilson/automatically-activate-zephyr-build-environments-with-direnv-65af9c

Short follow-up to yesterday's post showing how to run Intel Quartus® Prime Lite Edition via Parallels on a Mac with Apple Silicon (ARM64)

https://cgnd.dev/posts/intel-quartus-prime-lite-edition-via-parallels-mac-apple-silicon-arm64/

#fpga

I recently got a Terasic DE0-CV #fpga dev board super cheap on eBay, but how to run the Quartus tools on my Mac... 🤔

Remote Desktop to the rescue! 🛟

https://cgnd.dev/posts/intel-quartus-prime-lite-edition-via-remote-desktop/

Got the PCBs in for the 🧼 #SAO last night lol

This one started out with me trying to stick a SAO connector into an actual block of soap…turns out it's REAL hard to get things to stick to soap. So it became a PCB instead.

https://hackaday.io/project/198497-saop if you want to follow along.

#hackaday #supercon

Finally got this PCB assembled and tested with a #mikroe Click board that has a BME280 sensor. The backlit logo experiment turned out pretty neat looking!

I don't actually have a real conference badge (yet), so I put together a quick “SAO host" breakout board for the #raspberrypi #pico boards.

#hackaday #supercon #SAO

@gvy_dvpont @cnlohr I honestly have no idea why I associated you with the national park font…I guess my brain is turning to oatmeal 🥣

BUT, I definitely do remember Scopin’ Sans (honestly one of my favorite things you've done!)

@gvy_dvpont it was @cnlohr (https://x.com/cnlohr/status/1837229445645738318)

@gvy_dvpont wait, that wasn't you? lol, sorry… now this is going to drive me crazy WHO WAS IT???

@gvy_dvpont found a use for https://nationalparktypeface.com/ after you posted about it (wanted a “sign” looking title on the top of the back side of the board) #hackaday #supercon #SAO

NEW BOARDS! NEW BOARDS! NEW BOARDS!

(even after years of doing this, I still get a rush of excitement whenever new PCBs get delivered!)

This one is a fun weekend side project for the #hackaday #supercon #SAO contest.

https://hackaday.io/project/198465-sao-explorer if you want to follow along.

Trying out a new short-form post style for quickly sharing tidbits I learned

https://cgnd.dev/posts/array-initialization-with-ranges-in-c/

Quick mid-year retrospective about how I got started consulting and what I've been working on over the last year.

https://cgnd.dev/posts/2024-mid-year-retrospective/

I built a cloud-connected serial logger prototype in a couple hours last week using @zephyr + Golioth.io

Why this is interesting: tools like these are shrinking the gap between developing "throw away" wireframes vs. "costly" engineering prototypes for validating new IoT product ideas.

https://cgnd.dev/posts/golioth-wifi-serial-logger-prototype/

#ZephyrRTOS #IoT

Showed off my hack day project early last Friday (due tomorrow), but I thought it turned out pretty cool. Grabbing WiFi APs and cell tower locations on a cellular / wifi board, forwarding to an API, and then returning lat/long down to a device

https://www.youtube.com/live/Jm6L7zLNU70?si=EepPZin6uSGhFZm3&t=914

Achievement unlocked! got a small PR (adding the MikroElektronika Weather Click shield) mentioned in the Zephyr Weekly Update from @kartben 🎉

There's tons of neat stuff in this week's update. If you are doing anything with @zephyr, make sure to check it out!

https://blog.benjamin-cabe.com/2024/05/03/zephyr-weekly-update-http-server-ftw#boards-socs

#ZephyrRTOS

#JLCPCB confirmed it now!