Recent Readings

We live in a not just a parallel processor world, but it’s heterogeneous. My career has working on platforms that incorporated ASICs in combination with general purpose processors, FPGAs and DSPs.

• Welcome to the Parallel Jungle! 
• Mobile SoCs still lacking good software model

Other readings:

• Agile embedded software development
• A Tour of C++” by Bjarne Stroustrup for “C programmers who wonder what C++ provides beyond C”
• How today’s touchscreen tech put the world at our fingertips
• How important is it to reduce the number of lines in code? -
  

  The Ben Heck School of Programming: Add code until it works, then remove code until it breaks.

  — Ben Heckendorn (@benheck) March 26, 2013

Raspberry Pi Readings

RASPBERRY PI ESSENTIALS

I attended the MAKE’s 2nd International Maker Meetup: Raspberry Pi  at Makerbar, whose own Zack Freedman was featured in Ars Technica’s Raspberry Pi feature.

It’s a very portable and inexpensive platform that’s relatively easy to set up and easy to develop for. I have it set up to run in headless operation- I log in with VNC via RDP.

Introduction Links:

• http://blog.makezine.com/2013/01/10/learn-a-new-skill-in-the-new-year-getting-started-with-raspberry-pi/
• http://blog.makezine.com/2013/01/04/raspberry-pi-up-and-running/
• http://thepihut.com/pages/how-to-setup-wifi-on-your-raspberry-pi-raspbian

Project Links:

• http://www.wired.com/design/2012/12/more-raspberry-pi-please/
• http://blog.makezine.com/2013/01/03/best-of-2012-raspberry-pi-projects/
• http://www.xappsoftware.com/wordpress/2012/10/11/raspbian-handling-temperature-sensor-and-leds-on-the-raspberry-pi/
• http://dangerousprototypes.com/2013/01/25/raspberry-pi-vpn/
• http://www.treehugger.com/slideshows/gadgets/20-awesome-projects-raspberry-pi-microcomputers/

Bell Labs Tribute to Dennis Ritchie – YouTube

Bell Labs Tribute to Dennis Ritchie is the video from Dennis Ritchie Day at Bell Labs: The Lasting Legacy of Dennis Ritchie: The Impact of Software on Society.

The agenda:

• Al Aho, original member of the Bell Labs Computer Systems Lab where UNIX and the C programming language were invented. He co-authored the AWK programming language and is currently Professor of Computer Science, Columbia University;
• Brian Kernighan, original member of the Computer Systems team who co-authored the C programming language book with Ritchie; he is currently Professor of Computer Science, Princeton University;
• Doug McIlroy, who led the Computer Systems Lab, and is currently Professor of Computer Science, Dartmouth College;
• David Patterson, Professor of Computer Science, U.C. Berkeley, where he led the design and implementation of RISC I (Reduced Instruction Set Computer); and
• Eric Schmidt, Executive Chairman, Google, Inc. Schmidt co-authored the lex analysis software program for UNIX.

Recent C Reading

Recent articles I read on C programming:

• Pre-increment or post-increment in C/C++ | Embedded – i++ or ++i? It matters due to intermediate storage and type.
• Functional Programming in C++ – “Pure functions have a lot of nice properties.” Thread safety, easier to test, reuse, refactor, etc.
• The Ten Commandments for C Programmers (Annotated Edition) – no. eight: “The One True Brace Style referred to is that demonstrated in the writings of the First Prophets, Kernighan and Ritchie.”

Tweet from @dangerousproto

Video course: Embedded C Programming with ARM Cortex-M http://t.co/kgGjkMaQ

http://twitter.com/#!/dangerousproto/status/299684093665349632

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megamattron/SplinterNet · GitHub

A peer-to-peer network via Bluetooth. Each node receives everything then broadcasts what the node owner likes.

Bottleneck seems to be that “routing” is done manually. Possible enhancement: automatic forwarding based on authenticated sources and tags.

#mesh #network

megamattron/SplinterNet · GitHub

Tweet from @FrailestThing

What do Tim Wu, Kevin Kelly, Nathan Harden, & Phil Libin have in common? A case of Borg Complex of course — http://t.co/RygXkJ9W

http://twitter.com/#!/FrailestThing/status/287610535460085762

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Tweet from @leashless

Structural limitations of scripting engines with respect to replacing C in general use. http://t.co/tLkPr8HY Fascinating angle but SWIG 2.0?

http://twitter.com/#!/leashless/status/283178443380756482

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Tweet from @Bill_Gross

Here’s a great article that demystifies Node.js, Ruby on Rails, NoSQL, Githug, AWS, Json & WebRTC: http://t.co/dqWMC4oS

http://twitter.com/#!/Bill_Gross/status/281184873903951872

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Keeping current with C: tips, tricks & resources | Embedded

http://www.embedded.com/electronics-blogs/other/4403074/Keeping-current-with-C–tips–tricks—resources

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