A device driver is a specialized software component (usually considered "system software") which allows a system to interact with a particular type or class of hardware device, such as a keyboard, serial port, disk drive, video display, memory controller, or other peripheral.
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Dual state button algorithm in C
I wrote code for determining the push button state whether it is long pressed or not. This function is called by timer interrupt routine every 1ms.
But it seems really dumb. How can I make it shorter ...
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Attaching an interrupt to a member function
I am making my own optical encoders. Each of them follows the exact same structure, so I figured I'd lump all the encoder processing in a class, StepCounter. ...
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Lightweight LED library
One of the projects that have been on my to-do list since years involves controlling a number of Inter-Integrated Circuit (\$I^2C\$) peripherals. Lately I've been turning everything into it's own ...
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7-segment 4-digit display
Is there a better way to organize the methods within this program without compromising the clarity? Running through digits 0-9 with separate functions seems very bulky.
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Building thermostat state machine in Python
I used a Raspberry Pi and Adafruit LCD with buttons to build a small thermostat for my house.
This is the hardware I used to you can imagine how the button and the code work:
https://www.adafruit.com/...
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18 Motor, 6 Leg robot Walking code - Python / ROS - follow-up
I have re-designed my robot walking code from feedback I received on previous question and would love to hear some feedback and pointers.
Main.py:
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18 Motor, 6 Legged robot walking using Python / ROS
I have been using ROS alongside Python to enable my built robot to walk. I am aware that my code needs some improvement such as classes etc. This is my first Python / ROS program so any help and ...
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Verilog UART Transmitter
This is one of the first Verilog programs I have written. I have a Xilinx Artix-7 FPGA card. Right now I just have it transmitting an "X" every second. It works and I can see the result in my serial ...
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FUTABA SBUS serial communication in C++
I would like to reimplement the current Futaba SBUS protocol in ArduPilot for Navio+. It seems to be a relatively expensive protocol, so I changed the code from an existing git project and to make it ...
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Processing text messages from a GSM module
I have a Tiva TM4C ARM processor connected to a GSM modem (SIM900). When the GSM modem receives a new text message it sends a UART string to the MCU, where an interrupt routine increments a new ...
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Microgrid device driver controlling GSM modem, LCD, keypad, and relays
I have an MCU (TI Tiva TM4C) that operates a GSM modem, LCD display, keypad, ADC inputs, and four relays for microgrid control/operation.
To date I have about 2000 lines of code, mostly for ...
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Toggle four relays on/off based on bitmap stored in uint8_t
I am using a one-byte bitmap to control four relays. I am writing a function which will take the bitmap stored as uint8_t, look to see which bits are set/cleared, ...
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Xbox controller wrapper
I spent far too much time trying to simply get data from an Xbox controller with Python. This is the cleaned up result, classified. This requires xinput1_3 or possibly 1_4 - I'm running Windows 7 and ...
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Class that is used to run a 5x5x5 RGB cube
I had a hardware project for a 5x5x5 RGB cube which is driven by a 22118400Hz 8-bit AVR (1284p for those who like hardware).
Basically, the class sets the bits in a huge array of 8-bit values (...
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Callback in Linux kernel driver in order to hide device's low-level protocol
I'm am writing a Linux kernel driver for HD44780 LCDs connected via I2C bus. In my last change I tried to decouple low-level code (which talks to the device via I2C) from device's logic (printing ...
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Keyboard input class
I am looking for advice on my input component. There is no real problem with it yet, but I am just getting started on everything and want to know if there is any obvious problems with it, plus I was ...
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Detecting two keys pressed in quick succession
My computer has been having this issue where when I press a key, two key presses get registered. The goal of this program is to detect the time delta between the two keys so that I can set an ...
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Defining a char device driver protocol over uart at kernel level
My aim is to write a blocking char driver that return to the user space a complete protocol message from the kernel uart driver.
Protocol description
I'm fighting with a very bad protocol, called ...
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Decode an alarm keypad message
In my efforts to learn the Swift language, I am trying to mix in a pet project along with my learning of the basic language syntax. In essence, i'm trying to write an iOS keypad application to work ...
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Automated test system
I am creating an automated test system (scope bloat - the original intent was a one-off bash automation of a particular test case that has turned into creating a system that will do many other things)....
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Synchronous and asynchronous motor movement
I am working on an API that is mostly intended to be used interactively/little scripts. There are some classes with methods that could act slightly differently depending on the intention of the user, ...
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Interfacing with instruments using pyvisa
I'm new to Python, and after running through some introductory exercises I wrote a class definition for working with some hardware, specifically a Signal Recovery model 7230 lockin amplifier. In the ...
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Blinking LED code at a particular frequency [closed]
I wrote a function for interacting with my PIC16F1788. The code sends pulses out the RC4 port at a specific frequency, to make ...
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Driving 7-segment displays
I made a little JavaScript app here that let people generate bitmap for generating characters. Currently it generate code of a dictionary. But I want to also generate a example that let them play like ...
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Enhancement to Trezor library for Android
I'm only asking because I'm new and don't know enough to have a concrete question. Did I do this correctly? I worked on this until the code performed as expected, but I don't think I'm done.
In ...
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TCP communication with step motor
I have a class that I use to communicate with some hardware equipment (a step motor to be precise):
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Embedded C# bitpacked arrays to low-level STM32F4 driver for GE G35 RGB LED Christmas tree light
I'm going to be opensourcing some code I'm working on. I don't need help with the code, I just want to make sure my code is readable and my comments make sense. I have a knack for the esoteric. ...
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Python lookup table
I'm trying to design a protocol for sending/receiving serial data.
The basic plan is to allow for text data to be entered in the command prompt, translate that to a hex string and send it out over ...
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Programming Principles - Reading/writing from/to a Mifare card
Consider the following class (I've stripped XML doc for the sake of simplicity), which does several and slightly different operations through a serial port to read/write from/to a Mifare card. It has ...
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Door-opener program
I've been working on a little project on an Arduino and I need some help with making the code more efficient / cleaner. I really don't like the three for loops and ...
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Blocking and async UDP communication with an IR camera
I'm writing a Java application to control a custom IR research camera that will be installed on an aircraft. The camera connects to the the computer using UDP sockets via a direct LAN cable. The ...
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Keeping track of byte count in a binary protocol handler
I am putting together a fairly simple server that listens for a connection then creates this thread - textbook Java code - then accepts data on that connection.
I am following a protocol that the ...
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Servo commands based on serial port input
Straight to the point: Can you give me pointers on how to make this code more maintainable? In the future, I want to add more more things to this, but first it should be easy to maintain/read. Should ...
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Coordinating camera stage movement and data readout
The purpose of this code is important, so here's a quick rundown.
This code runs controls a physical machine which utilizes a camera and a moving stage holding an object to be imaged. Imaging can be ...
