Flutter is a new mobile application development framework, it is open source, and provides a common codebase for both Android and iOS development. I have a project that was originally started with Android Studio and Java, just for the Android …
One of the issues I have encountered when testing circuit boards is finding where on the board a particular part is located. Typically I open the PCB layout (Kicad PCBnew) on my computer and use the zoom feature to scroll …
All developers spend large amounts of time waiting for their projects to compile/build. If you are an Android developer then you are probably acutely aware of this. Build times for Android apps can take a long time once the app …
When trying to learn about new features and components that are available for Android development a search of YouTube reveals hundreds, if not thousands of video tutorials. Unfortunately many are of such poor quality they are just noise hiding the …
While working on my Udacity Android Developer Nanodegree recently I ran into an issue with the widget that was required as a part of a course project design. The app being developed was a recipe app and part of the requirements …
The STM32 range of Microcontrollers have a built in bootloader that may be used to update the firmware running on the MCU. Depending upon the STM32 variant being used this update may be done using a USART, USB, or SPI …
Once again I find that the best technology doesn’t always prevail. In the mid-1970s Sony launched the Betamax video format into the consumer marketplace and the “Videotape Wars” began; in spite of the superior quality of the video recordings made …
As a part of my Grow with Google Nanodegree I submitted my latest project for review yesterday. Imagine my surprise this morning when the reviewer rejected it because it crashed on startup. How could that be? I mean, if it …
The Black Magic Debug Probe (BMP) v2.1 was launched through a Kickstarter campaign. It is an Open Hardware, Open Source device that enables attachment of a source-level debug tool to an embedded Cortex-M MCU using either JTAG or SWD. The …
Currently, I am taking a Udacity Android Developer Nanodegree after receiving a Grow with Google Scholarship. My current project for the course is the first stage of an app enabling the user to browse The Movie Database (TMDb) for movies. …