I'm buried in hardware and lacking inspiration
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I have a devkit with an MIMXRT1170 on it. That's a nasty 1GHz ARM Cortex M7 based monster with a secondary 400MHz M4 core as well. It can take DDR3! it can take NVMe, i think. (at least my devkit has an M.2 slot), it can run linux even, and is the only Cortex M (real time chip) that I'm aware of that can. Usually they run like FreeRTOS, or Zephyr RTOS. The trouble with it is the tools, and the MCUxpresso development framework. Working with it is like pulling teeth so I'm really not inclined to and it has been collecting dust, despite how neat it is. I have an ESP32-S3 with a 7" 1024x600 capacitive touch screen. I don't know what to do with it. It doesn't have much I/O - a couple of "Grove" ports I have another one with a 4.3" 800x480 capacitive touch screen and a CAN interface which could be interesting, but I don't really want to hook it into my Toyota right now. The problem with having built libraries for every damned thing is there is very little in the way of new frontiers - at least ones I want to traverse. Of all of these, the MIMXRT has captured most of my interest, but coding it is work. Like, they made sure that it was a chore. Awesome hardware, but their tools leave a lot to be desired.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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I have a devkit with an MIMXRT1170 on it. That's a nasty 1GHz ARM Cortex M7 based monster with a secondary 400MHz M4 core as well. It can take DDR3! it can take NVMe, i think. (at least my devkit has an M.2 slot), it can run linux even, and is the only Cortex M (real time chip) that I'm aware of that can. Usually they run like FreeRTOS, or Zephyr RTOS. The trouble with it is the tools, and the MCUxpresso development framework. Working with it is like pulling teeth so I'm really not inclined to and it has been collecting dust, despite how neat it is. I have an ESP32-S3 with a 7" 1024x600 capacitive touch screen. I don't know what to do with it. It doesn't have much I/O - a couple of "Grove" ports I have another one with a 4.3" 800x480 capacitive touch screen and a CAN interface which could be interesting, but I don't really want to hook it into my Toyota right now. The problem with having built libraries for every damned thing is there is very little in the way of new frontiers - at least ones I want to traverse. Of all of these, the MIMXRT has captured most of my interest, but coding it is work. Like, they made sure that it was a chore. Awesome hardware, but their tools leave a lot to be desired.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
honey the codewitch wrote:
Awesome hardware, but their tools leave a lot to be desired.
That reminds me of my times in the plc world. German joke: SIEMENS (Super Im Ersten Moment, Erst Nachher Scheiße) Translation: SIEMENS (Super at first sight, later just crap)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
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honey the codewitch wrote:
Awesome hardware, but their tools leave a lot to be desired.
That reminds me of my times in the plc world. German joke: SIEMENS (Super Im Ersten Moment, Erst Nachher Scheiße) Translation: SIEMENS (Super at first sight, later just crap)
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
I worked through them for a bit. Turns out they do headhunting contracting for software developers too.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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I have a devkit with an MIMXRT1170 on it. That's a nasty 1GHz ARM Cortex M7 based monster with a secondary 400MHz M4 core as well. It can take DDR3! it can take NVMe, i think. (at least my devkit has an M.2 slot), it can run linux even, and is the only Cortex M (real time chip) that I'm aware of that can. Usually they run like FreeRTOS, or Zephyr RTOS. The trouble with it is the tools, and the MCUxpresso development framework. Working with it is like pulling teeth so I'm really not inclined to and it has been collecting dust, despite how neat it is. I have an ESP32-S3 with a 7" 1024x600 capacitive touch screen. I don't know what to do with it. It doesn't have much I/O - a couple of "Grove" ports I have another one with a 4.3" 800x480 capacitive touch screen and a CAN interface which could be interesting, but I don't really want to hook it into my Toyota right now. The problem with having built libraries for every damned thing is there is very little in the way of new frontiers - at least ones I want to traverse. Of all of these, the MIMXRT has captured most of my interest, but coding it is work. Like, they made sure that it was a chore. Awesome hardware, but their tools leave a lot to be desired.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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I have a devkit with an MIMXRT1170 on it.
Suggestion: Use the Arduino IDE to program it*. BTW I am dreaming of an M4 as primary (only) core (currently I'm using an M3 for the purpose). *First you have to port it to the Arduino world, but, hey, that's the fun.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto
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I have a devkit with an MIMXRT1170 on it.
Suggestion: Use the Arduino IDE to program it*. BTW I am dreaming of an M4 as primary (only) core (currently I'm using an M3 for the purpose). *First you have to port it to the Arduino world, but, hey, that's the fun.
"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto
There's scuttlebutt on the PJRC forums about the next Teensy using an MIMXRT1170. That's Arduino, so we'll see. I love the Teensy boards.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
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I worked through them for a bit. Turns out they do headhunting contracting for software developers too.
Check out my IoT graphics library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/gfx And my IoT UI/User Experience library here: https://honeythecodewitch.com/uix
Yeah, a former co-worker of mine changed to their beta tester unit for the new versions
M.D.V. ;) If something has a solution... Why do we have to worry about?. If it has no solution... For what reason do we have to worry about? Help me to understand what I'm saying, and I'll explain it better to you Rating helpful answers is nice, but saying thanks can be even nicer.
