For years I have been using whatever DMM was laying around the lab at work. At home I have had a little analog, hobbyist meter with failing leads, limited range, but thankfully a mirror behind the needle to reduce parallax errors. With the extended work from home I decided it’s time to get a real … More How much DMM do I need?

Everyone who is putting themselves out there on-line just want to look their best. I’ve be contributing to wikis at work since 2011, and have watched Confluence evolve over that time. I’m comfortable in that space, knowing what data to present, and how to present it. I know when to break a larger page into … More If Only This Were a Wiki.

I recently picked up a copy of “If I Only Changed the Software, Why Is the Phone on Fire?” by Lisa Simone. What a fun title! I was looking for books on debugging methodologies for us embedded engineers. I know, 30 years into my career and I finally get a book on how to do … More Why Is the Phone on Fire?

I received a Binho (Portuguese name, deminutive of Reuben) USB Host adapter the other day.  It’s a compact, USB to I2C, SPI, SWI, 1 wire or GPIO adapter.  It looks like a candidate to replace my old Total Phase Aardvark, which I have used to drive GPIO, but mostly use with I2C and SPI devices when … More Binho – first impressions

Never tell them what to do and how to do it, give them a script. … More Never tell them what to do!

A welcome to my view of embedded engineering. … More The Journey Begins

I know there’s nothing exciting here yet, but I am pleased to unleash the first pages of my new website on the world. I have been tracking tools and tips on company wikis for the last 10 years, and everytime I move job I leave all that information behind. It’s time I documented it for … More Up and running