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Michael Parks, P.E. is the co-founder of Green Shoe Garage, a custom electronics design studio and embedded security research firm located in Western Maryland. He produces the Gears of Resistance Podcast to help raise public awareness of technical and scientific matters. Michael is also a licensed Professional Engineer in the state of Maryland and holds a Master’s degree in systems engineering from Johns Hopkins University.

Coding for Automation: Programming a PLC

On January 3, 2025 in All, Automation, General, Industrial, IoT by Mike Parks

PLCs bridge the industrial and information revolutions, evolving from manual rewiring to programmable automation and advanced networking, enabling IIoT integration and real-time data exchange. Early PLCs required assembly or Fortran knowledge, but ladder logic emerged as the dominant programming method.

Tagged With: automation, digital, factory, iec 61131-3, industrial, industrial revolution 4.0, information, ladder logic, manufacturing, plc, programming

Optimizing Software for Multicore Arm Microcontrollers

On December 27, 2024 in All, Computing, General, Low Power by Mike Parks

Multicore Arm® MCUs revolutionize embedded systems with enhanced performance, efficiency, and power savings. Explore Cortex-A, Cortex-R, and Cortex-M configurations for diverse applications and learn programming models, parallel processing, and optimization techniques to maximize their capabilities.

Tagged With: arm, compiler, concurrency, embedded systems, message handling, microcontrollers, multicore, parallel processing, programming, real-time, software development

Rust Programming Language for Microcontrollers

On June 21, 2024 in All, Computing, General by Mike Parks

Rust is an increasingly popular language for embedded systems. It addresses limitations of C, like memory management and lack of package management, while offering features for safer concurrency and eliminating common bugs.

Tagged With: c language, embedded rust working group, mcu, microcontrollers, programming, rust

Edge Impulse Fundamentals Part Eight

On January 15, 2024 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, General, Open Source by Mike Parks

Edge Impulse offers features that make model versioning and deployment not just feasible but also efficient. Part 8 of the Edge Impulse Fundamentals series delves into how these functionalities are managed and why they are crucial for developers and organizations.

Tagged With: deployment, edge computing, edge impulse, effective model versioning, model deployment, model versioning, ota deployment

Edge Impulse Fundamentals Part Seven

On October 31, 2023 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, General, Open Source by Mike Parks

Part 7 of the Edge Impulse Fundamentals series explores how the Live Classification tool validates the machine learning model in the browser with data captured directly from any device or supported development board without the need to deploy the model with every iteration.

Tagged With: edge computing, edge impulse, embedded machine learning, embedded ml, live classification, live classification tool

How Desktop Manufacturing Machines Are Democratizing PCB Production

On October 20, 2023 in All, Dev Tools, General, Maker by Mike Parks

The demand for digital engineering, rapid prototyping, short-run production, and the DIY electronics movement has driven significant innovations in desktop circuit board manufacturing machines. Explore some of the differences between desktop and traditional manufacturing techniques.

Tagged With: complete desktop pcb production systems, desktop circuit board manufacturing, laser cutters, laser etchers, pcb milling machines, pcb printers, printed circuit boards, traditional circuit board manufacturing

Edge Impulse Fundamentals Part Six

On September 29, 2023 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, General, Open Source by Mike Parks

Part 6 of the Edge Impulse Fundamentals series finishes exploring the tools Edge Impulse provides to analyze ML model performance and investigates ways to mitigate the effects of overfitting and underfitting.

Tagged With: edge impulse, machine learning, ml models, overfitting, underfitting

Edge Impulse Fundamentals Part Five

On August 30, 2023 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, General, Open Source by Mike Parks

Part 5 of the Edge Impulse Fundamentals series looks at the processes and tools Edge Impulse provides to analyze ML model performance.

Tagged With: bias-variance trade-off, confusion matrix, edge device, edge impulse, edge impulse studio, f1 score, machine learning model, neural network, overfitting, underfitting

Edge Impulse Fundamentals Part Four

On July 25, 2023 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, General, Open Source by Mike Parks

Part 4 of the Edge Impulse Fundamentals series looks at the learning and output blocks that create the impulse workflow.

Tagged With: decision trees, edge device, edge impulse, edge impulse studio, learning blocks, machine learning model, neural network, processing blocks, real-time edge inferencing, vector machines

Edge Impulse Fundamentals Part Three

On June 16, 2023 in All, Computing, Dev Tools, General, Open Source by Mike Parks

Part 3 of the Edge Impulse Fundamentals series focuses on the pre-processing pipeline in impulse design, which includes a series of processing blocks that transform the raw input data into a format the machine-learning model can use.

Tagged With: edge impulse, edge impulse studio workflow, impulse design, machine learning models, processing blocks

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