Programmer career roadmap [closed]
this is my first post on this SE, and I have noticed the large numbers of closed/downvoted career-related questions, so I will try to ask in a fashion most gingerly. What would the career roadmap for a...
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i want to communicate between uno, mega and netduino, which protocol should i use i want the uno and mega to send information to the netduino which mean that i don’t need duplex connection which mean i...
View ArticleProgramming MSP430 based chips (sans Launchpad)
I’m wanting to move into working with the full range of MSP430 chips, especially their Ultra Low Power versions. As I understand it, I’ll need the chip I want to program, a JTAG programmer, and the...
View ArticlePassing a parameter to a dstat plugin
I wrote a simple plugin (dstat_externalBackup.py) for dstat to monitor the filesystem free space and placed it in /usr/share/dstat and it works as intended. € dstat --externalBackup 3600 extern free...
View ArticleHow can I avoid buffer overflows when programming an Android app? [closed]
I’m just starting out in Android and I’ve gotten my head around general programming within Android, but I’ve recently started trying to research security within Android. What coding practices would you...
View ArticleHow does one write a wrapper for a game server? [closed]
From what I gathered, wrappers mimic the game server in question, receiving packets from client and sending them to the server (and vice versa). It acts like a bridge between the client and server,...
View ArticleUsage: no longer are / are no longer
I’m writing some code and as I wrote a comment I realized I don’t know which of the following forms is the correct way to phrase it: The moment there no longer are any valid blocks, the loop terminates...
View ArticleInbuilt flash memory size not enough
I am using TM4C1230C3PMI controller from Texas instrument in one of my project. It has 32KB of internal flash, which is not sufficient for my application. Higher flash sized micro-controller are...
View ArticleIs there a tool that automatically inserts and updates a script header block...
I found scripts by a former admin who scripted quite nice things with Bash or Python. All his scripts are well formatted and equipped with a always similar looking “script header” or “code header”, I...
View ArticleWhy use decode stage on pipeline to forward control signals?
In a pipelined processor we use decode stage to decode an instruction and forward the control signals that were found until they are used. Why we don’t pipeline the whole instruction and let each stage...
View ArticleUsing italics in IT-related diploma thesis [closed]
I’m currently working on a diploma thesis describing a computer program, and I’d like to unify my usage of italics. The problem is, I do not know whether there is an academic standard for using italics...
View ArticleAbout reading registers of STC3100
I am writing my code for stc31oo registers in C language and i am facing while reading the current registers that how to read these. i wrote this program for REG_CURRENT_LOW AND REG_CURRENT_HIGH...
View ArticleHow can I get started with electronic engineering [on hold]
How can I get started with electronic engineering i have no experience what so ever but i do know programming languages like java and c sharp. so how can I get started i have budget like $100
View ArticleIs there a formal grammar for *Equations* in TeX/LaTeX?
I’ve looked at this and this and understand there is no grammar of TeX as a whole. I am wondering if there is a grammar just for equations. They are relatively easy to identify in an amsmath file that...
View ArticleHow can I get started with electronic engineering [closed]
How can I get started with electronic engineering i have no experience what so ever but i do know programming languages like java and c sharp. so how can I get started i have budget like $100
View ArticleLearning Curve of GameMaker and its limits [on hold]
I am a Data Scientist and the last couple of years, I work also as a Game Designer (not Game Development). I have not thought to create a game by myself, up to now. As a DS, I know programming, but I...
View Article“DB” data directive explaination [closed]
What exactly is initialization of code memory IN 8051? Does the db directive command DB “SAM” burn data into ROM location? WHAT DOES INITIALIZING WITH A BYTE VALUE MEAN ? I am all confused? I am...
View ArticleGenerating array with arrayjob and store values for further analysis
In a two-dimensional array I want to store some calculated values. However, for example for a 2 on 2 matrix I get identical values for [1,2] and [2,1]. What am I am doing wrong?...
View ArticleFunction to return correlation of two data frames based on a condition [on hold]
Im going through this problem and tried to write this code, but not able to get results apart from ‘NA’. Question– Write a function that takes a directory of data files and a threshold for complete...
View ArticleWhat algorithm can I use to simulate bokeh?
I am attempting to write a script that loops through each pixel in a photograph and applies a bokeh to the image as a whole. I built a script based off this link, however that seems to be a hack. I...
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