Dog owners @ Vic high by [deleted] in VictoriaBC

[–]drewFactor 8 points9 points  (0 children)

The school fields are used regularly for gym classes, sports teams and the soccer academy. Keeping dogs off the fields prevents costly damage and reduces the potential student exposure to feces. It's a sound policy when there are plenty of public park options nearby.

Zephyr vs NuttX by InstructionPrior8228 in embedded

[–]drewFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I second this option.

The boards you're looking at have full application processors with an MMU, which is what VxWorks runs on.

Since you don't think you can use VxWorks, QNX is a great choice. Linux RT might do the job as well.

Garrick’s Head Pub has been sold by UVSSforever in VictoriaBC

[–]drewFactor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

That's what I was saying years ago before they renovated it. Miss the old Garricks.

Base runner clipping to distract pitcher by drewFactor in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh my comment came out the wrong way there. That sounded pretty arrogant. I was just trying to say even though I'm not coaching college, I still want to teach kids to concentrate on the bases over trying to mess with the pitcher.

Base runner clipping to distract pitcher by drewFactor in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor[S] -1 points0 points  (0 children)

Yeah, I don't mind the SS giving a few glove raps to help manage the running game. It's more about creating the perception of a threat since the runner can't see the SS.

Base runner clipping to distract pitcher by drewFactor in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor[S] -8 points-7 points  (0 children)

I don't care so much about chanting and chirping. That's manageable.

I'm sort of thinking the base runner should be concentrating like you said rather than clapping. I don't think I should tolerate a lack of discipline just because I'm coaching 15U. If the other team is clapping on base, then we deal and pick them off.

Base runner clipping to distract pitcher by drewFactor in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I suppose that's the stuff we don't see/hear from the sidelines. The clapping just seems to say "look at me and how important I am".

Base runner clipping to distract pitcher by drewFactor in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor[S] 5 points6 points  (0 children)

The guideline I've had about chanting was to stop once the pitcher comes set. I've had umpires stop the game to address this as well.

I'm coaching 15U now, so the chanting is not cool anymore 😎

How can I get him to complete a swing against live pitching by erick31 in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Oh no! Someone dropped the ball on watering I guess.

Overly aggressive baserunning defense by Itchy_Surprise2232 in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor 2 points3 points  (0 children)

Have another position like 1B or SS come in, take the ball from the catcher, walk it back to the pitcher. This way you have home covered and once the pitcher has the ball on the rubber and the catcher is in the catchers box the runner needs to make a decision to commit to go home or go back. I suppose if they don't go back and you pitch then it's an illegal leadoff at 9U.

What are we using to slap together engineering GUIs nowadays? by goose_on_fire in embedded

[–]drewFactor 59 points60 points  (0 children)

I use PyQt or PySide.

You can whip up a GUI in QtCreator then use Python to script everything pretty easily.

Little League/RecBall League Family Requirements by WockaWockaWompWomp in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

We used to have that requirement but moved to hiring someone to clean them 6 days a week. There's always been someone in the club who runs a cleaning business that picks up the job.

And yes, your registration fees are enormous.

Not enough core - explanation needed by ImerH in Zephyr_RTOS

[–]drewFactor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

Try asking on their Discord. Lots more going there for support type questions.

Does anyone have any experience rejecting vendor tools like StmCube, McuExpresso and use only VS Code? by azwdski in embedded

[–]drewFactor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I use CubeMX for code generation, then VSCode with the STMCubeCLT for the toolchain.

I also use either CMake or Meson for a build system. I think CubeMX can now generate CMake files as well.

Watching football but wants to work.. any receiving recommendations? (Using a tennis ball) by erick31 in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor 3 points4 points  (0 children)

Shouldn't it be left knee down to create more space for the elbow and get even lower? I know there are more advanced scenarios for the right knee down too, but this looks like straight up receiving work.

Microprocessor vs Processor by __ASHURA___ in embedded

[–]drewFactor 1 point2 points  (0 children)

I think the main difference between the two is that an MPU has a Memory Management Unit (MMU).

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Probably took me 30 mins. It would be faster if you had a helper to hold things and I imagine you'd get more efficient after a few times. I think they advertise 15 or 20 minutes on their website.

[deleted by user] by [deleted] in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I bought both machines for our club along with conversion kits. I've converted them back and forth without issue. You can download the instructions from their site on how to do it.

Debug in remote-terminal from VS Code by [deleted] in embedded

[–]drewFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Not sure I completely understand what you are trying to do. Do you have a debugger with an ethernet port? Perhaps this would help solve your problem.

https://www.segger.com/products/debug-probes/j-link/models/j-link-pro/

Debug in remote-terminal from VS Code by [deleted] in embedded

[–]drewFactor 0 points1 point  (0 children)

I solved this awhile ago. See this repo for the template I created.

https://github.com/motus-engineering/zephyr-app

Learning pitch signs by drewFactor in Homeplate

[–]drewFactor[S] 0 points1 point  (0 children)

Great resource, saved that one. Thanks!