Re: Online groups and resources for sharing embedded programming source code

From	Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid>
Newsgroups	comp.arch.embedded
Subject	Re: Online groups and resources for sharing embedded programming source code
Date	2017-10-06 17:01 +0000
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On 2017-10-06, John Speth <johnspeth@yahoo.com> wrote:

> Manufacturers almost always sell eval boards which usually 
> features loads of demonstration type small projects in source code form. 
> You get that from their product web pages.

> Sample source code is my favorite way of learning.  Grab it when you can 
> find it.  Play with it.  You'll be challenged to learn because you'll 
> find some sample source code really doesn't work.  You'll be smarter if 
> you can plow your way through the bad code to eventually make it work.

I wouldn't recommend silicon-vendor-supplied demo projects in general.
In my experience, the code quality is usually pretty bad, and the bug
content pretty high.  I'd start with open-source projects where
somebody who cares (and knows what they're doing) is curating the
code.

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  Re: Online groups and resources for sharing embedded programming source code "" <1@EmbeddedRelated> - 2017-10-06 08:55 -0500
  Re: Online groups and resources for sharing embedded programming source code John Speth <johnspeth@yahoo.com> - 2017-10-06 09:56 -0700
    Re: Online groups and resources for sharing embedded programming source code Grant Edwards <invalid@invalid.invalid> - 2017-10-06 17:01 +0000

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