firmware

Regarding iPhone orientation and firmware: Always force orientation.

Lately, I have received a text from the QA folks saying that the developed app's orientation is incorrect on iPhone 3, while it can display correctly on iOS 4. They say on iOS 3, the app's orientation is on portrait view, which makes the app leaving gray space below. However, they claimed that on iOS 4, the orientation is correct. I te...

Why would I consider using an RTOS for my embedded project?

First the background, specifics of my question will follow: At the company that I work at the platform we work on is currently the Microchip PIC32 family using the MPLAB IDE as our development environment. Previously we've also written firmware for the Microchip dsPIC and TI MSP families for this same application. The firmware is prett...

I want to write an OS for the Lego NXT 2.0. Where to start?

I want to write an OS for the Lego NXT 2.0, but I can not find information about the architecture of this system. Does anyone have any examples? Or any other useful information on the topic? ...

AVRdude encrypt/decryption HEX file on the fly in VB

Hey all i am looking to decrypt my HEX code file for an ATTiny chip and programming it using the AVRDude command line interface. Problem being, i do not want the user to be able to see what the HEX file is at any given time. Can the VB.net Cryptography crypt the HEX file before i put it onto the server and then decrypt it after the prog...

How can I load firmware dependent NIBS ?

Here is my question : I have an app running smoothly on iOS 3.0 I've been working a long time to port it to 4.0 and to include the new features. I added iAds using Interface Builder. I know that I have to define it programmatically to still support 3.0 devices. I weak linked the framework. But the app crashes when loading the NIB. I...