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STM32 RS-485 Modbus RTU on the Blue Pill with HAL
Build a Modbus RTU client on the STM32 Blue Pill with RS-485 and HAL. Wire the transceiver, time…
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STM32 I²S Microphone with DMA on the Black Pill
Capture an INMP441 on the STM32F411 Black Pill with I2S and circular DMA. Set 16 kHz clocks, size…
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STM32 Hardware CRC32 on the Blue Pill with HAL
Calculate STM32F103 hardware CRC32 with HAL. Match MPEG-2 and zlib profiles, handle byte order and tails, and verify…
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STM32 TIM1 Complementary PWM with Dead Time on the Blue Pill
Set up TIM1 complementary PWM on an STM32 Blue Pill. Calculate dead time, measure the non-overlap and test…
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STM32 Quadrature Encoder with TIM3 on the Blue Pill
Read a quadrature encoder with STM32 Blue Pill TIM3. Wire A and B, set the input filter, handle…
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STM32 FreeRTOS Tutorial with Static Tasks and Queues on the Blue Pill
Run FreeRTOS on an STM32 Blue Pill with static tasks and queues. Set up SysTick and TIM2, test…
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ESP32 Bluetooth Proxy for Home Assistant
Turn a simple ESP32 into a practical Bluetooth bridge for your smart home.
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