Hey Awais, welcome! Tell us about your technical background. What are you working on atm? Throw it

Hey Awais, welcome! Tell us about your technical background.

What are you working on atm? Throw it in #projects-and-self-promotion!

MMary Princy Hi , I am Mary Princy. Recently completed certification in Embedded Systems from...

techielewOP•1/17/24, 12:10 AM

BTW, congrats!

Ttechielew Nice, welcome Mary! Any specific specialty or interest within embedded SW or are...

Mary Princy•1/17/24, 12:17 AM

I need a start actually. In the form of internships /voluntary job or entry level positions. Couldn’t get a chance to do internships during the course because I had no work permit then.

techielewOP•1/17/24, 12:20 AM

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Realk.o•1/17/24, 12:43 AM

Hello

RRealk.o Hello

techielewOP•1/17/24, 1:04 AM

What's up @Realk.o

Ttechielew What's up @Realk.o

Realk.o•1/17/24, 1:05 AM

It's cool, was checking around, and I saw a lot of tags so I decided to look it up

RRealk.o It's cool, was checking around, and I saw a lot of tags so I decided to look it ...

techielewOP•1/17/24, 1:06 AM

Nice, what's your technical background? What do you do for work/school?

Ttechielew Hey Awais, welcome! Tell us about your technical background. What are you work...

Awais•1/17/24, 2:14 AM

Hi @techielew
I am working on a smart cat collar project based on Samd21

AAwais Hi @techielew I am working on a smart cat collar project based on Samd21

techielewOP•1/17/24, 2:15 AM

Please tell me you have a picture of that
Can you post said picture in #projects-and-self-promotion?
Lol

Ttechielew 1. Please tell me you have a picture of that 2. Can you post said picture in #pr...

Awais•1/17/24, 2:22 AM

Sorry I can’t share the picture

AAwais Hi @techielew I am working on a smart cat collar project based on Samd21

ArcaneMike•1/17/24, 2:22 AM

I have cats. What is the goal of the product?

AArcaneMike I have cats. What is the goal of the product?

Awais•1/17/24, 2:23 AM

To track and train them for not going into specific zones

AAwais To track and train them for not going into specific zones

techielewOP•1/17/24, 2:23 AM

like a shock collar?

Ttechielew like a shock collar?

Awais•1/17/24, 2:23 AM

No No
No shocking at all

AAwais No No No shocking at all

techielewOP•1/17/24, 2:25 AM

haha, okay. so what are the components of the system?

Ttechielew haha, okay. so what are the components of the system?

techielewOP•1/17/24, 2:25 AM

besides SAMD21

AAwais To track and train them for not going into specific zones

ArcaneMike•1/17/24, 2:26 AM

Yo I need this. I have cats that need to stop walking into my room. Don't need their cat hair in my bed.

techielewOP•1/17/24, 3:45 AM

Hey @abhishek awasthi, I've been doing some research on the difference between Yocto and buildroot. Any pointers?

Ttechielew Hey @abhishek awasthi, I've been doing some research on the difference between Y...

techielewOP•1/17/24, 3:46 AM

I'm trying to evaluate when makes sense to use which

Ttechielew Hey @abhishek awasthi, I've been doing some research on the difference between Y...

abhishek awasthi•1/17/24, 3:56 AM

... yocto is a bit more complicated when compared to builroot .. .. so like if one would start their journey ...i would suggest to start from buildroot environment ... understanding the basics of build process ... majour things are menuconfig there so can start fast and get their hands dirty ... where yocto would require a good learning curve in comparison ... at the end if you have a specific application and have selected the soc for it ..then check upon the vendor build documentation to understand the depth of details provided ...sometime they will tell you the preferred build environment ...and following that would be a good option... if you consider the build time ... buildroot might give you quicker results ... but it may start taking time upon further devlopements ...where as yocto would take a good amounts of time for initial builds but then for further build the build time reduces significantly ...
for the beginning explore buildroot ... once you feel comfortable with the environment ..you may shift to yocto ...

Aabhishek awasthi ... yocto is a bit more complicated when compared to builroot .. .. so like if o...

techielewOP•1/17/24, 4:17 AM

Is it just that buildroot is smaller? More compact, meaning shorter/less time to compile?

abhishek awasthi•1/17/24, 4:27 AM

its more specific to the board .. so lets say you have build for a board using buildroot and not you want to build the same for another board .. it would again take all the resources where as in a yocto project its more portable .. you can switch easily

abhishek awasthi•1/17/24, 4:29 AM

and yes buildroot is way smaller in comparison to yocto .. yocto can go around 50 gigs easily ..

tahenan•1/17/24, 4:30 AM

Hi,
This is Tahenan,
A Graduate Student in US trying jobs in Firmware/Embedded Development

Ttahenan Hi, This is Tahenan, A Graduate Student in US trying jobs in Firmware/Embedded ...

techielewOP•1/17/24, 4:40 AM

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Aabhishek awasthi and yes buildroot is way smaller in comparison to yocto .. yocto can go around 5...

techielewOP•1/17/24, 4:43 AM

Thanks, I'm assuming you've implemented both in commercial projects, correct?

The general sentiment I've been getting from those I talk to is buildroot is common for more resource-constrained consumer electronics-type devices and Yocto is for bigger, more feature rich platforms.

Would be interested to hear from you or anyone else who has experience with either

Ttechielew Thanks, I'm assuming you've implemented both in commercial projects, correct? ...

abhishek awasthi•1/17/24, 5:35 AM

so apparently i havent got the commercial projects upon buildroot or yocto .. i have done one where i had build packages from scratch and complie then to make embedded linux ..busybox based environment ...

Ttechielew Thanks, I'm assuming you've implemented both in commercial projects, correct? ...

abhishek awasthi•1/17/24, 5:36 AM

... also like one can think buildroot and yocto like how we have kicad and altium ... i mean both of them does the job ... one is just a bit more on the professional side ...and more resources ...

Aabhishek awasthi so apparently i havent got the commercial projects upon buildroot or yocto .. i...

abhishek awasthi•1/17/24, 5:38 AM

i mean we all tinker around and learn ...

AJAY KUMAR V•1/17/24, 5:52 AM

AAJAY KUMAR V Hi

Phoenix•1/17/24, 5:56 AM

Hi welcome

Hemal•1/17/24, 5:58 AM

Hello Everyone, I'm a hardware engineer based in Dubai, just discovered this server from LinkedIn post.

AJAY KUMAR V•1/17/24, 6:01 AM

Thank you @Phoenix
I have done internship at some startup which is based in Bengaluru, Karnataka, India. Interested in Embedded system development (From requirement gathering till product delivery).
Currently looking for an opportunity to learn and grow.

HHemal Hello Everyone, I'm a hardware engineer based in Dubai, just discovered this ser...

techielewOP•1/17/24, 6:08 AM

What's up @hemalchevli. Welcome. What type of projects are you working on?

Ttechielew What's up @hemalchevli. Welcome. What type of projects are you working on?

Hemal•1/17/24, 6:14 AM

Currently working on Jetson carrier board at work and some ESP32 based projects at home

AAJAY KUMAR V Thank you @Phoenix I have done internship at some startup which is based in Ben...

Phoenix•1/17/24, 6:26 AM

nice, is your internship related to iot ? what's the startup about

HHemal Currently working on Jetson carrier board at work and some ESP32 based projects ...

techielewOP•1/17/24, 6:30 AM

Well if that isn't the range of hardware ahha

Ttechielew Welcome @gKarthikSai, you and @Navadeep would get along great! He's a fellow FPG...

gKarthikSai•1/17/24, 6:31 AM

Ive worked with basys 3 artix 7 dev board and mini lattice board......just got my self started with fpga's......sure would love to share my work here and will join the office hours........thanks for the invite

gKarthikSai•1/17/24, 6:36 AM

currently im working on a foc based bldc controller....for now ive used a stm32 but in future i would love seeing it having a fpga

gKarthikSai•1/17/24, 6:38 AM

Happy to meet you @Navadeep

GgKarthikSai currently im working on a foc based bldc controller....for now ive used a stm32 ...

Navadeep•1/17/24, 6:41 AM

Here you go @Padmalaya Rawal! I see dots getting connected hahaa

GgKarthikSai Happy to meet you @Navadeep

Navadeep•1/17/24, 6:44 AM

Cheers @gKarthikSai.

GgKarthikSai Ive worked with basys 3 artix 7 dev board and mini lattice board......just got m...

Joseph Ogbonna•1/17/24, 7:07 AM

Great @gKarthikSai, you can always share your projects and any challenge you face in the process

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Umesh Lokhande•1/17/24, 7:28 AM

How do you decide whether to use synchronous or asynchronous finite-state machines in the context of FPGA? Is it true that hybrid approaches that combine synchronous and asynchronous are possible? @Navadeep and other FPGA users. Any thoughts or input?

UUmesh Lokhande How do you decide whether to use synchronous or asynchronous finite-state machin...

techielewOP•1/17/24, 7:29 AM

@gKarthikSai

gKarthikSai•1/17/24, 7:34 AM

About the hybrid approach I'm not sure

UUmesh Lokhande How do you decide whether to use synchronous or asynchronous finite-state machin...

gKarthikSai•1/17/24, 7:35 AM

With synchronous FSM you have to be careful of time delay for the clock speed.....in asynchronous there is no clock there are no boundaries or restrictions

UUmesh Lokhande How do you decide whether to use synchronous or asynchronous finite-state machin...

Navadeep•1/17/24, 7:37 AM

I suppose by synchronous youre referring to syncing with the clock signal. If so, it's all about the clock.

Do you want the event to happen at definite clock cycle intervals? - go woty synchronous
If the requirement is to have an external input form the user, an event occurrence in the process itself like or a flag or interrupt and control the state machine transition based on these, then you have asynchronous.

Navadeep•1/17/24, 7:44 AM

If time sensitive events, asynchronous can be faster as there is no need to wait for the next clock edge to come. It should be feasible to implement hybrid. I am curious now - will try it out. One way is to have synchronous FSM running along with async to override it. I am quite fuzzy about time delay and how to healthily override.