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Vance Farren

Vance is a Firmware Developer at Golioth. He has 4 years experience writing firmware for a variety of embedded operating systems. He enjoys working with sensors and learning new hardware platforms.
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Adding an Out-of-Tree sensor driver to Zephyr

Sensor drivers sometimes need to live outside of the Zephyr tree, for privacy or maintenance reasons. This post shows how to operate a sensor driver "Out-Of-Tree", and in the process, showcases how sensor drivers work.
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Use RTT with Zephyr when console output via UART just isn’t convenient

Sometimes you don't have extra pins for TX/RX, the UART is already in use, or you don't want to upset critical timing by printing out messages. Real Time Transfer (RTT) is perfect in these situations. It uses the J-Link programmer to transfer console debugging output, without getting a UART involved at all. Good news, it's easy to use with Zephyr!
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We tried to debug a microcontroller from our browser

Embedded software developers regularly have to maintain a development environment and toolchain for their target product or chipset. Traditional methods are stuck in the past. Golioth is trying new experiments to improve overall developer experience.
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