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What's the simplest Linux capable board I could make at home?

I'd like to make a single board computer capable of booting Linux, with my low-tech garage tools (2 sided PCBs, reflow skillet, no plating through holes). What's the simplest hardware design I could choose? Are there any microcontrollers with enough…
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Comparison Between SPICE Simulators

I've recently realized that I can't do everything easily in ngspice, mainly because analysis has to be performed through the interpreter. I'm considering switching to a new SPICE simulator. I'd like a list the advantages and disadvantages of the…
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How do I develop for STM32 discovery on Linux?

I have an STM32 discovery board and would like to be able to program it on Linux. What is the easiest way to do this?
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Linux on ARM Cortex-M3 series

I'm new to ARM and a bit confused with all the diferent series. I need to build a low power gateway (ethernet, wifi...), so I guess a cortex-M or cortex-R will be the good starting point. But it didn't find any dev board with say a cortex-m3 (wich…
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AVR - How to program an AVR chip in Linux

I recently got an AVRISmkII AVR programmer, and I have an ATtiny85 and ATmega328. I was wondering how I could program these chips (with the programmer) but when I try getting Atmel Studio 6 it is only for Windows. Is there a way I could use in Linux…
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Cheapest ARM with an MMU

What is the cheapest ARM processor with an MMU so I don't have to use uCLinux? Bonus for non-bga and integrated RAM/Flash
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Cortex-m3 toolchain

I am looking for a free (as in freedom) tool chain for Linux (Ubuntu) that allows me to develop for an ARM cortex-m3 (lpc1343) microcontroller. Where do I find such a toolchain? Are there any tutorials?
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Smallest embedded linux distro?

I like to ask to the experts out there.. What is the best embedded linux distro for: Flash memory ~ 700Kb Ram ~ 256Kb Processor: High end arm cortex M3 (something from STM32 family for eg) Required modules: - Kernel core - Basic driver set:…
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SPICE Simulator at Linux

What is the better choice to get opensource SPICE simulator on Linux? I am fan of Proteus (Windows) is there any alternative like it?
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How to plot current in ngspice?

I wish to plot out the current and power in ngspice. In the case of voltage, for example, if I wanted to plot the voltage at node 1 I would use: plot v(1) Problem is, when I try i(1), the vector isn't recognized. Could someone provide a few…
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Program for simulating circuits on linux

Do you know any program that works on linux and can simulate complex circuits?
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SPI transaction timeout linux device driver

I am stuck for last 3 days at a point. I am working on eink device driver with msm8960 qualcomm chipset. Scenario: In file: kernel/arch/arm/mach-msm/devices-8960.c I cannot verify the use of spidm_channels" and "spidm_crci" and the corresponding…
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How do I debug a Arduino Uno with gdb on a Linux pc?

How do I debug (source code single step) a Arduino Uno with gdb on a Linux pc? Please note that I do not like to use AVR Studio in wine or VirtualBox. Question 1: Physical connection How and what do I connect to the Uno board? My guess is that…
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Linux / Mac AVR Programming Suite?

I have been coding and using Arduinos for quite some time now. However I am ready to move up to using straight AVR chips without the arduino bootloader. My question is what are resources to do this? I want to use linux / mac so winavr is out of…
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Command line interface for KiCAD

Is there a way to produce Gerber files from command line in KiCAD (Linux/Unix) or a tool which can do it for me? The same question for SPICE netlist and BOM xml? I need it to automate this process within a CI-pipelie. GUI is not useable here.
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