Why I love coding IoT
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in a larger field where it seems like everything has been done before, and done to death.
Do you mean
JSONparsing? :-D"In testa che avete, Signor di Ceprano?" -- Rigoletto
Hahaha. How about JSON parsing on an 8-bit CPU?
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
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I always love to solve new problems. Today I realized I could use the hardware DMA capabilities of the I2S hardware on an ESP32 to drive 8 pins of data simultaneously w/ background transfers. The upshot is I can drive an LCD connected via an 8-bit parallel bus - at least in theory - and do DMA transfers with it. But nobody has implemented it yet to drive an LCD display, meaning I get first crack at it. There's an e-paper display that uses it, but it doesn't drive a controller chip - it drives the display panel directly with 14 pins or so, and that's a total one off. It's what gave me the idea though. The point is, in IoT land there are *new problems* - in a larger field where it seems like everything has been done before, and done to death. I love it.
To err is human. Fortune favors the monsters.
I spent my whole career designing/coding for embedded devices. I just love the low level stuff where I have complete control of the processor and associated hardware. 20+ years in the industrial control field and the remaining time programming TI DSPs. Fun stuff.
