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Bare-metal? Unit-tests? Why not!

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Ok, so I’ll try to keep this brief.  Some context Unit testing is a good thing, and you should be doing it (don’t worry: that was just me talking to myself, since I miserably fail to follow my own advice). “Well, why?”, you might ask. Simply put, it’s a nice way of ensuring that your … Read more

AS5030 magnetic encoder: capturing a PWM signal with an ATSAMD21

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It seems that I can’t avoid periodically ostracizing this page. Welp, let’s try to make it up. Context: the AS5030 magnetic encoder IC In a project I’m currently working on (more about it in later posts, perhaps), I needed a halfway decent way of measuring the angular displacement of a small, manually-turnt wheel. I had … Read more