Like most projects I started long ago, mltt was written in C. It’s my goto programming language for most things but most especially anything in any way low level. But at some point I always end up asking myself wouldn’t this be easier to write in C++? (I’m just waiting for someone to say Python). …
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Writing C/C++ for the TI994/A
An interesting project I became involved in recently was the addition of a back-end to gcc for the TMS9900 CPU. A seperate blog here has more details.
EV batteries
I seem to be attracting lots of EV cynics these days for some reason. I can’t count the number of times someone has told me that I shouldn’t be driving an EV and that don’t I know that when I have to replace the battery it will cost me €10K. Or that mining Lithium is …
The great crypto ponzi scheme
I’m still dismayed at the number of people I meet or hear about asking if cryptocurrency is a good investment. How can they even think it is an investment? Of course it isn’t an investment at all. Time for a rant. I know this has all been said before elsewhere but …. It’s really very …
(Virtual) viva passed
Today I had my viva for my doctorate. It was a tough 3 hour session but thankfully I passed. I presented a demo of the work I had done on the Linked Data Adaptation Layer (LDAL). I had recorded a demo here as plan B in case there were any issues with the live demo, …
Flying with Rachel Allen
Here is a youtube clip from the TV show where I brought Rachel Allen flying in Alpha Mike. Thanks to Sean for the upload.
Solar PV Installation
Solar PV microgeneration has become a popular option for homeowners in Ireland in recent times, certainly helped by the introduction of an SEAI grant in July of 2018. Given my own personal interest in solar and IoT I checked if I was eligible for the grant and happily I was. A back of an envelope …
GPL and why you need a COO
Early on in the development of ubiworx, we created a Certificate of Origin (COO) spreadsheet and kept it in our repo along with the code. It was a simple spreadsheet with one row per file in the repo, a data created column, author column and a column to describe any 3rd party code used. It …
Power your home and commute to work with a Zero carbon footprint
This article was submitted to the energy symposium in 2017. Unfortunately I wasn’t able to attend. Introduction Today there are viable alternatives to consuming electrical energy from the national grid. Solar photovoltaic (PV) cells can generate electricity that domestic consumers can use to become more self sufficient. A key challenge has always been however matching …
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UL IoT Summer School ubiworx
The slides I presented at the summer school are here