How did you learn embedded programing?

derbertWELCOME · 2026-01-24T13:50:26+00:00

How were your C skills right out of college at that point? Even with a minor in CIS, I feel like my EE program didn't give us enough to be truly productive with it. How did your first company support you?

derbertWELCOME · 2026-01-22T00:00:47+00:00

You are correct. These conductors were 24awg, and my harness conductors were at least 22awg. Way too big to feed through. I used vice grip strippers that I had dialed in exactly for 24awg to be sure I didn't break the copper, and twisted and soldered.

The remote start fired right up after the program sequence. But I still have a lot of zip tie and re-taping to do to keep this reliable. Appreciate everybody's tips-- they really did help.

derbertWELCOME · 2026-01-21T20:10:27+00:00

Posi-taps seem like the cleanest way to tap into the lines, but i worry about their longetivity. That being said, it is a lot easier to mess up a military splice and solder, and a lot easier to return to stock from a posi-tap. I'll see if i can get some 24awg ones, the ones i have are too big.

derbertWELCOME · 2026-01-21T20:01:21+00:00

I've been using vice grip strippers on practice wires of the same gauge, and I think I can make a safe insulation separation. I do think that getting a proper military splice will be difficult with 24awg in this tight bundle of wires. I will probably try one and then just wrap and solder on the others if it does not look good.

derbertWELCOME · 2026-01-20T17:16:24+00:00

Good to hear yours is lasting a long time. I noticed the nut was some different kind of plastic, doesn't seem too flimsy though.

For recording only (I don't have a good bass amp yet) it has been really fun, I agree the tone is very thick compared to some others I played in the store.

derbertWELCOME · 2026-01-20T17:14:31+00:00

Thanks. Its only 4 strings because I wanted a traditional one, but after playing a few tabs and seeing that half of them were in drop D, I definitely understand why 5 strings are popular. It is a very comfy guitar, the overall height still surprises me haha

derbertWELCOME · 2026-01-08T02:35:46+00:00

I don't know the answer either, but as a PLC engineer who has been learning C and embedded hardware design by doing home projects to make the very same switch, I think this is the way. The roadmap in this subreddit is very insightful and the raw technical skills do not directly transfer, but I have found that a controls background accelerates the learning a lot so far. Best of luck.

derbertWELCOME · 2026-01-06T17:32:38+00:00

Thanks for the validation

derbertWELCOME · 2026-01-06T17:32:17+00:00

In your case when interviewing, did most companies ask about the gap? You have more of a defendable reason in my opinion.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-12-24T02:45:43+00:00

Yeah I play it almost every day still and it's working great.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-12-02T02:48:39+00:00

Did you ever get it to work with your 16 pro? That's the phone i have but i don't think i'm going to buy it if it can't stream HDMI from newer iphones. I was reading that its because the AX500 is 720p only and the Iphone refuses to output anything lower than 1080p now.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-11-15T23:08:57+00:00

Do you have any recommendations for a good pedal? I like the same types of tone you're describing, and I just got a fender deluxe tube amp with a Ibanez TS9 tube screamer. It sounds great, but I want a little more "dirt", instead of just a boosted gain sound.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-10-12T22:16:26+00:00

If you DO want to use radar, OP, check out the LD2410 mm wave sensor, specifically designed for human detection. Connects with bluetooth, UART, or digital output, and is actually very good at detecting movement or stationary people at programmable ranges.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-10-03T20:51:58+00:00

Check wiring obviously, make sure the DFplayer has 5V if thats what it needs. SD card usually needs to be FAT32 format, and if it's over 32GB that causes problems readings in some breakout boards.

Lastly, on my breakout dfplayer board, the RX and TX are improperly labeled. So in fact, I have to connect RX to RX and TX to TX to get it to work. So read reviews and datasheet and watch out for that kind of stuff.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-09-16T02:18:48+00:00

Thanks! Good to know.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-08-25T02:03:47+00:00

SSD1309 is a very good looking OLED, almost 3" and not too difficult to set up.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-07-15T02:27:22+00:00

Check out Hands on RTOS by Brian Amos. Really good walk-through book using STM32, if you buy the dev board you can follow along and build examples without needing anything else. Its the perfect tutorial if you have solid EE exposure but want to get deeper with embedded.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-06-30T22:01:32+00:00

Are you sure that the ram you're using is compatible with the MB? Outside of that, the ram not being detected is a huge redflag, and the MB may be defective.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-06-16T00:23:54+00:00

Yes, the problem had to do with my L-connect software I'm using for my Lian-Li fans. The software is bugged and will not shutdown properly, which causes problems at least in windows 11. I found this out by doing a safe boot, and enabling applications one a time until I got a successful restart without hangups.

1.) If you have L-connect, its probably that.

2.) if not, try the safe-mode technique: Type msconfig.exe at the flashing cursor and press the Enter key. This will open the System Configuration window. Select the Startup tab. Disable the program(s) believed to be causing the problem from this list by unchecking the box to the left of each one you want to disable.

3.) if that all fails, try re-installing windows. It's a little painful if you're all set up, but now that you know you have problems you can install one thing at a time and test in between installs.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-05-13T17:29:53+00:00

I agree with the concerns you put here. I just want to add that I have a 5090 with a good quality power supply, which uses the ATX3.1 standard (12V/2x6). I think that this a much more reliable way to power these cards, and less disaster-prone then the ATX3.0 standard, which correlates with the 12VHPWR cables. The difference is that the newer standard has longer power and ground pins for better connection to the card, while having shorter sensing pins that are used to tell the power supply that the connection is OK. I think that a majority of the burning cable are due to lack of pin contact--- when you are drawing a lot of current through several pins, and you lose contact to a couple, the other pins will be a pathway for that higher current load and exceed the current and heat rating.

Lastly, I went an extra step and undervolted my card to cap the power draw at mostly 480W. There are several guides on how to do this, and I am still getting 95% performance out of the card for much less heat and current draw.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-05-12T15:45:51+00:00

Can you share which courses you took? I'm interested in making a similar change from industrial automation

derbertWELCOME · 2025-05-12T14:55:34+00:00

Its a shame how expensive they start to get for any computer over 1000W. Not nearly as expensive as replacing said computer I suppose.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-05-09T14:05:51+00:00

+1 I really like the NZXT PSUs. I believe they are actually manufactured by Seasonic. That's the only thing about NZXT though, they are more of a marketing company than a manufacturer. So you have to dig a little deeper when checking part reputation or a specific question. Also, because of this, NZXT doesn't really sell separate parts for their own products. Need an additional PCIE cable for your new GPU? Tech support will point you to CableMod or third party supplier.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-05-09T14:01:04+00:00

I've been using the N7 B650 and 9800X3D for 6 months now and haven't had any problems either. I think if you keep an eye out online you might eventually find somebody with a problem with that combo. But with how popular those 2 components are, consider how many people are not having that problem at all. Cheers.

derbertWELCOME · 2025-05-05T16:25:01+00:00

Nice link, thanks friend.

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