As a former user of RISC OS many years ago, it’s been interesting to see that RISC OS still has some kind of active community around it. In the last year or so, it appears to have gone open-source, so having a bit of a play with it seemed only sensible… Building RISC OS So […]
Raspberry Pi
On the Blinkt
Early on in bare metal development it is advantageous to secure a channel for output. An environment that can communicate it is working (or at least still working) – be it via audio (a simple “beep” sound) or visual (a lit-up LED) – is not only highly desirable, but also rewarding. Systems are, after all, nothing without […]
The Raspberry Pi’s VideoCore IV
When beginning to grapple with the Raspberry Pi at a lower level, it may be helpful to establish early on the truer nature of the device: that the Raspberry Pi is by no means some ARM device with a GPU attached to it. Rather, it is somewhat the reverse. It seems this potential for bias […]