I am working as an Embedded Engineer in Europe. In this article, I am writing the results of the research I did about embedded engineering jobs and salaries in various countries in Europe. Instead of giving you a misleading gross salary number, I have calculated the taxes and living expenses and I have given you …
If you have just mastered this SPI interface, then looking at Dual and Quad SPI can be overwhelming. I had to read several pdfs to wrap my mind around this concept. In this article, I am presenting all the useful and interesting facts on Quad-SPI that I have learned through my research. What is Quad-SPI? …
I remember the time when I first heard the term Profiling, I could barely write source code without googling every 10 minutes at that time and when I heard about profiling, I couldn’t help but tell myself that I will never be able to master programming! Then after a few years I became very comfortable …
When I started out with a goal to become an embedded developer, I had no clue where to even begin as embedded systems cover a wide variety of fields including electronics, software engineering, microcontroller programming, PCB design, networking, chip design, etc., Due to a big knowledge base needed, entering this particular engineering field can seem …
If you are a beginner, the first time you download the datasheet of the microcontroller you are using, you will be given a 1000 to 2000 page document, which will make you feel uncomfortable, to say the least. I have been through the same experience and in this post, I am going to help you …
The world is changing, more and more educational sources are coming up online, but will that make universities obsolete in the future? What are the pros and cons of taking a university Education as compared to Online Education? Should you quit your high tuition university or is the degree from universities still valuable? Where is …
When I started out learning about FreeRTOS, I was not able to find good short resources to read, and hence I had to spend weeks reading a 400 page eBook, see a bunch of webinars and videos, then cross-reference to some other resources when concepts were not clear, before I was finally able to understand …
Today I ran into my very first stack overflow bug. It was a frustrating experience to find the actual bug as I had to go through all of my code and double-check the logic, buffers, pretty much my entire code before I was finally able to detect that the bug I got was due to …
When I heard the term IMU for the first time, I thought it was some cool technology that is beyond my understanding. But once I got some experience playing with it, and got to understand what it physically measures that fear vanished quickly. In this post, I have tried to explain what IMU sensors are, …
While I was preparing for my CompTIA Network+ certification, I found myself googling for reliable information about the exam, in terms of how many questions will be there, what will be the type of questions asked, what will be the grading system and passing score but I was unable to find this info. I just …