Common Ground Electronics
@cgnd.dev
Hi 👋, we make nifty electronics!
@cdwilson.dev (+ friends)
@cdwilson.dev (+ friends)
I'll be speaking at @crowdsupply.bsky.social #Teardown2025 in just over a week!
I'll walk through how to automatically generate a #KiCad database library based on part data stored in Aligni #PLM software.
Slide deck PDF in the link below if you want to take a sneak peek:
cgnd.dev/posts/teardo...
I'll walk through how to automatically generate a #KiCad database library based on part data stored in Aligni #PLM software.
Slide deck PDF in the link below if you want to take a sneak peek:
cgnd.dev/posts/teardo...
Teardown 2025 Talk: Are we PLM yet?
Teardown 2025 Talk: Are we PLM yet? A beginners introduction to product lifecycle management for KiCad.
cgnd.dev
June 10, 2025 at 5:17 AM
I'll be speaking at @crowdsupply.bsky.social #Teardown2025 in just over a week!
I'll walk through how to automatically generate a #KiCad database library based on part data stored in Aligni #PLM software.
Slide deck PDF in the link below if you want to take a sneak peek:
cgnd.dev/posts/teardo...
I'll walk through how to automatically generate a #KiCad database library based on part data stored in Aligni #PLM software.
Slide deck PDF in the link below if you want to take a sneak peek:
cgnd.dev/posts/teardo...
Reposted by Common Ground Electronics
I'll be giving a talk at #KiCon next week about setting up a basic PLM integration with KiCad. If you're attending the conference, come say hi!
KiCon North America 2025 is happening May 28-30
Come and join the conference on all things KiCad. Talk submissions currently being accepted.
For full details see the blog post on the KiCad website. www.kicad.org/blog/2025/02...
Come and join the conference on all things KiCad. Talk submissions currently being accepted.
For full details see the blog post on the KiCad website. www.kicad.org/blog/2025/02...
May 22, 2025 at 3:23 PM
I'll be giving a talk at #KiCon next week about setting up a basic PLM integration with KiCad. If you're attending the conference, come say hi!
New @raspberrypi.com Pico #SAO Host boards just came in!
I made this breakout board so I could quickly play around with SAOs using the Pico, Pico W, Pico 2, Pico 2 W, etc.
If I made these available to buy, would anybody want one?
github.com/cgnd/rpi-pic...
I made this breakout board so I could quickly play around with SAOs using the Pico, Pico W, Pico 2, Pico 2 W, etc.
If I made these available to buy, would anybody want one?
github.com/cgnd/rpi-pic...
May 17, 2025 at 3:00 AM
New @raspberrypi.com Pico #SAO Host boards just came in!
I made this breakout board so I could quickly play around with SAOs using the Pico, Pico W, Pico 2, Pico 2 W, etc.
If I made these available to buy, would anybody want one?
github.com/cgnd/rpi-pic...
I made this breakout board so I could quickly play around with SAOs using the Pico, Pico W, Pico 2, Pico 2 W, etc.
If I made these available to buy, would anybody want one?
github.com/cgnd/rpi-pic...
Joined the tariff club today...
May 9, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Joined the tariff club today...
If you've wanted to try #ZephyrRTOS but weren't sure where to start, I wrote up a quick start tutorial that can help you get started on the $5 @raspberrypi.com Pico 2 board--no other hardware or debuggers required!
March 31, 2025 at 5:56 PM
If you've wanted to try #ZephyrRTOS but weren't sure where to start, I wrote up a quick start tutorial that can help you get started on the $5 @raspberrypi.com Pico 2 board--no other hardware or debuggers required!
Reposted by Common Ground Electronics
A hands-on first look at the Thingy:91 X cellular IoT prototyping platform from Nordic Semiconductor.
First Steps with the Nordic Thingy:91 X
A hands-on first look at the Thingy:91 X cellular IoT prototyping platform from Nordic Semiconductor.
www.hackster.io
January 24, 2025 at 3:13 PM
A hands-on first look at the Thingy:91 X cellular IoT prototyping platform from Nordic Semiconductor.
Learn how to use the shell utility "direnv" to automatically activate #ZephyrRTOS build environments when working in West workspaces.
www.hackster.io/cdwilson/aut...
www.hackster.io/cdwilson/aut...
Automatically activate Zephyr build environments with direnv
Learn how to use the shell utility "direnv" to automatically activate Zephyr build environments when working in West workspaces. By Chris Wilson.
www.hackster.io
March 12, 2025 at 9:07 PM
Learn how to use the shell utility "direnv" to automatically activate #ZephyrRTOS build environments when working in West workspaces.
www.hackster.io/cdwilson/aut...
www.hackster.io/cdwilson/aut...
I recently got a Terasic DE0-CV #fpga dev board super cheap on eBay, but how to run the Quartus tools on my Mac... 🤔
Remote Desktop to the rescue! 🛟
Remote Desktop to the rescue! 🛟
How to run Intel Quartus® Prime Lite Edition via Remote Desktop
Learn how to run Intel Quartus® Prime Lite Edition via Remote Desktop
cgnd.dev
January 24, 2025 at 8:02 PM
I recently got a Terasic DE0-CV #fpga dev board super cheap on eBay, but how to run the Quartus tools on my Mac... 🤔
Remote Desktop to the rescue! 🛟
Remote Desktop to the rescue! 🛟
Saw this today about a FPGA peripheral module standard being developed by SGET. Looks interesting. They are looking for feedback.
"There may also be interest in using sCRUVI technology with MCU and SoC based products without FPGA."
sget.org/call-for-par...
"There may also be interest in using sCRUVI technology with MCU and SoC based products without FPGA."
sget.org/call-for-par...
Call for Participation: FPGA Peripheral Module (sCRUVI) - SGET
Munich, December 2024 – Today, the Standardization Group for Embedded Technologies e.V. (SGET) launches its Call for Participation to establish a new Standard Development Team (SDT) for the FPGA Perip...
sget.org
December 17, 2024 at 5:45 AM
Saw this today about a FPGA peripheral module standard being developed by SGET. Looks interesting. They are looking for feedback.
"There may also be interest in using sCRUVI technology with MCU and SoC based products without FPGA."
sget.org/call-for-par...
"There may also be interest in using sCRUVI technology with MCU and SoC based products without FPGA."
sget.org/call-for-par...
Riding on the coat tails of this great article on USB/IP support in Docker Desktop, I spent a little time last night experimenting with VirtualHere as an alternative solution (to work around some of the current USB/IP limitations on macOS).
2 min overview of how it went:
cgnd.dev/posts/usb-ov...
2 min overview of how it went:
cgnd.dev/posts/usb-ov...
December 6, 2024 at 11:12 PM
Riding on the coat tails of this great article on USB/IP support in Docker Desktop, I spent a little time last night experimenting with VirtualHere as an alternative solution (to work around some of the current USB/IP limitations on macOS).
2 min overview of how it went:
cgnd.dev/posts/usb-ov...
2 min overview of how it went:
cgnd.dev/posts/usb-ov...
Reposted by Common Ground Electronics
The 2024 Hackaday Supercon SAO Badge Reveal
The 2024 Hackaday Supercon SAO Badge Reveal
We’ve been hinting at it for a few months now, running a series of articles on SAOs, then a Supercon Add-On Challenge. We even let on that the badge would …read more
hackaday.com
October 22, 2024 at 6:00 PM
The 2024 Hackaday Supercon SAO Badge Reveal
Got the PCBs in for the 🧼 #SAO last night lol
This one started out with me trying to stick a SAO connector into an actual block of soap…turns out it's REAL hard to get things to stick to soap. So it became a PCB instead.
hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along.
#hackaday #supercon
This one started out with me trying to stick a SAO connector into an actual block of soap…turns out it's REAL hard to get things to stick to soap. So it became a PCB instead.
hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along.
#hackaday #supercon
October 22, 2024 at 9:38 PM
Got the PCBs in for the 🧼 #SAO last night lol
This one started out with me trying to stick a SAO connector into an actual block of soap…turns out it's REAL hard to get things to stick to soap. So it became a PCB instead.
hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along.
#hackaday #supercon
This one started out with me trying to stick a SAO connector into an actual block of soap…turns out it's REAL hard to get things to stick to soap. So it became a PCB instead.
hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along.
#hackaday #supercon
NEW BOARDS! NEW BOARDS! NEW BOARDS!
(even after years of doing this, I still get a rush of excitement whenever new PCBs get delivered!)
This one is a fun weekend side project for the @hackaday-feed.bsky.social #supercon #SAO contest.
hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along.
(even after years of doing this, I still get a rush of excitement whenever new PCBs get delivered!)
This one is a fun weekend side project for the @hackaday-feed.bsky.social #supercon #SAO contest.
hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along.
October 15, 2024 at 9:09 PM
NEW BOARDS! NEW BOARDS! NEW BOARDS!
(even after years of doing this, I still get a rush of excitement whenever new PCBs get delivered!)
This one is a fun weekend side project for the @hackaday-feed.bsky.social #supercon #SAO contest.
hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along.
(even after years of doing this, I still get a rush of excitement whenever new PCBs get delivered!)
This one is a fun weekend side project for the @hackaday-feed.bsky.social #supercon #SAO contest.
hackaday.io/project/1984... if you want to follow along.
Trying out a new short-form post style for quickly sharing tidbits I learned
cgnd.dev/posts/array-...
cgnd.dev/posts/array-...
Array initialization with ranges in C
Note This post is part of a new series of short-form posts titled Today I learned. These posts are intended to be short and more informal—my goal is for you to learn one thing quickly. Today I learned...
cgnd.dev
July 2, 2024 at 3:39 PM
Trying out a new short-form post style for quickly sharing tidbits I learned
cgnd.dev/posts/array-...
cgnd.dev/posts/array-...
Quick mid-year retrospective about how I got started consulting and what I've been working on over the last year.
cgnd.dev/posts/2024-m...
cgnd.dev/posts/2024-m...
2024 mid-year retrospective
We’re half-way through 2024 and summer is affording me some additional time to pause and reflect on my first year of consulting.
I figured it might be interesting to do a short post on how this busine...
cgnd.dev
June 26, 2024 at 10:48 PM
Quick mid-year retrospective about how I got started consulting and what I've been working on over the last year.
cgnd.dev/posts/2024-m...
cgnd.dev/posts/2024-m...
I built a cloud-connected serial logger prototype in a couple hours last week using Zephyr + @golioth.io
Tools like these are shrinking the gap between developing "throw away" wireframes vs. "costly" engineering prototypes for validating new IoT ideas.
cgnd.dev/posts/goliot...
#ZephyrRTOS #IoT
Tools like these are shrinking the gap between developing "throw away" wireframes vs. "costly" engineering prototypes for validating new IoT ideas.
cgnd.dev/posts/goliot...
#ZephyrRTOS #IoT
Prototyping a WiFi serial logger with Golioth
In this post, I’ll show how I built a cloud-connected WiFi serial logger proof-of-concept in a couple hours (and for less than $10) by leveraging Zephyr and Golioth.
Requirements A couple days ago, on...
cgnd.dev
June 25, 2024 at 7:32 AM
I built a cloud-connected serial logger prototype in a couple hours last week using Zephyr + @golioth.io
Tools like these are shrinking the gap between developing "throw away" wireframes vs. "costly" engineering prototypes for validating new IoT ideas.
cgnd.dev/posts/goliot...
#ZephyrRTOS #IoT
Tools like these are shrinking the gap between developing "throw away" wireframes vs. "costly" engineering prototypes for validating new IoT ideas.
cgnd.dev/posts/goliot...
#ZephyrRTOS #IoT
Achievement unlocked! got a small PR (adding the MikroElektronika Weather Click shield) mentioned in the Zephyr Weekly Update from @kartben.bsky.social 🎉
There's tons of neat stuff in this week's update. Make sure to check it out!
blog.benjamin-cabe.com/2024/05/03/z...
#ZephyrRTOS
There's tons of neat stuff in this week's update. Make sure to check it out!
blog.benjamin-cabe.com/2024/05/03/z...
#ZephyrRTOS
Zephyr Weekly Update – HTTP Server FTW! 🥳 - Benjamin Cabé
A new long awaited HTTP server, some very cool shell commands for power management, and more.
blog.benjamin-cabe.com
May 4, 2024 at 12:06 AM
Achievement unlocked! got a small PR (adding the MikroElektronika Weather Click shield) mentioned in the Zephyr Weekly Update from @kartben.bsky.social 🎉
There's tons of neat stuff in this week's update. Make sure to check it out!
blog.benjamin-cabe.com/2024/05/03/z...
#ZephyrRTOS
There's tons of neat stuff in this week's update. Make sure to check it out!
blog.benjamin-cabe.com/2024/05/03/z...
#ZephyrRTOS
Wrote a new article for the @golioth.io blog about how to debug nRF9160 Zephyr apps with SEGGER Ozone
Debugging nRF9160 Zephyr applications with Ozone - Golioth
Multi-thread Zephyr applications can be tricky to troubleshoot. This setup guide covers debugging nRF9160 Zephyr apps with Ozone.
blog.golioth.io
October 18, 2023 at 5:17 AM
Wrote a new article for the @golioth.io blog about how to debug nRF9160 Zephyr apps with SEGGER Ozone
"A Beginner’s Guide to Designing Embedded System Applications on Arm Cortex-M Microcontrollers"
Pretty neat this textbook from ST & ARM is available for free!
#electronics #embedded #arm
Pretty neat this textbook from ST & ARM is available for free!
#electronics #embedded #arm
arm-designing-embedded-system-application-cortex-m.pdf
drive.google.com
August 26, 2023 at 3:35 PM
"A Beginner’s Guide to Designing Embedded System Applications on Arm Cortex-M Microcontrollers"
Pretty neat this textbook from ST & ARM is available for free!
#electronics #embedded #arm
Pretty neat this textbook from ST & ARM is available for free!
#electronics #embedded #arm
I love reading stories like this about how people troubleshoot and fix EMC issues in their products.
If you know of more articles like this, send them my way!
#electronics #emc #radiatedemissions
If you know of more articles like this, send them my way!
#electronics #emc #radiatedemissions
EMC radiated emissions problems from Riverdi LCD panel - Unit 3 Compliance
EMC radiated emissions from an LCD panel digital interface are nothing new. What makes this case interesting is that the display was the source...
www.unit3compliance.co.uk
August 25, 2023 at 11:30 PM
I love reading stories like this about how people troubleshoot and fix EMC issues in their products.
If you know of more articles like this, send them my way!
#electronics #emc #radiatedemissions
If you know of more articles like this, send them my way!
#electronics #emc #radiatedemissions
I really enjoyed this episode of the Agile Embedded Podcast. It's a really interesting look into how product development firm IRNAS is able to "iterate faster in hardware than in software".
The Agile Embedded Podcast: Rapid Hardware Iteration with Luka Mustafa on Apple Podcasts
Show The Agile Embedded Podcast, Ep Rapid Hardware Iteration with Luka Mustafa - Apr 19, 2023
podcasts.apple.com
August 9, 2023 at 2:49 AM
I really enjoyed this episode of the Agile Embedded Podcast. It's a really interesting look into how product development firm IRNAS is able to "iterate faster in hardware than in software".
Ever wondered how to automatically install and run code style checks on your Zephyr app's source code?
In this article, I’ll describe how embedded firmware developers can leverage pre-commit to automate and enforce code quality checks in their Zephyr RTOS embedded firmware projects.
In this article, I’ll describe how embedded firmware developers can leverage pre-commit to automate and enforce code quality checks in their Zephyr RTOS embedded firmware projects.
Enforce Zephyr code quality with pre-commit
In this article, I’ll describe how embedded firmware developers can leverage pre-commit to automate and enforce code quality checks in their Zephyr RTOS embedded firmware projects.
Note This article...
cgnd.dev
August 8, 2023 at 4:51 PM
Ever wondered how to automatically install and run code style checks on your Zephyr app's source code?
In this article, I’ll describe how embedded firmware developers can leverage pre-commit to automate and enforce code quality checks in their Zephyr RTOS embedded firmware projects.
In this article, I’ll describe how embedded firmware developers can leverage pre-commit to automate and enforce code quality checks in their Zephyr RTOS embedded firmware projects.