In me previous rant, I mentioned that even Arduino’s own SoftwareSerial library suffers from issues that make it unreliable. Here’s how you can see that for yourself.
Monthly Archives: December 2014
Why Arduino Libraries Suck
I was never a big fan of using Arduino libraries (i.e. libraries written by people other than yourself), but this time it’s gone too far. They simply can’t be trusted. They do more harm than good. These libraries are evil. Do you think I’m exaggerating? Well cover your nose, because we’re about to go where things really stink!
Why You Don’t Want To Use Dynamic Allocation On Your MCU
If you have some background in computer programming languages, and you just started working with low-memory MCUs, you may be tempted to do some dynamic allocation in your programs. After all, that’s what smart memory management is all about, right? Well, the truth is that in the vast majority of cases, dynamic allocation in MCUs will be pointless and even detrimental. In this post, I will explain why.
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Serial Monitor Deluxe: Introduction
The Serial Monitor of the Arduino IDE is used extensively by most, if not all, Arduino programmers. it is also unbelievably basic, and provides only the simplest of capabilities. On the plus side, that makes it easy to operate, but it also causes some frustrations. Isn’t it time for a better alternative?
Attack Of The Horrible Spinning Bot
While this could be a really awesome title for an Arduino project (hmm…. maybe it will be, one day), this post is actually about spamming software mechanisms, as exposed by an interesting piece of tell-tale spam I got a few days ago. Let’s peek into the murky depths where spammers and spam blockers collide…