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1) When I use a soldering iron I tend to look like Partick from Spongebob (reference picture https://i.kym-cdn.com/photos/images/original/001/809/295/3d5.jpg[^]).
2) UART and RS-232 may look similar but they are not.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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Also me. I make my man solder everything I need soldered. Speaking of which I need to nag him about a gadget.
Real programmers use butterflies
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1) Giggle. Get yourself a breadboard. 
2) Too add to the confusion: What if your UART turns out to be your CPU?
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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CodeWraith wrote: 1) Giggle. Get yourself a breadboard.
If only  I have to work on an existing PCB and usually I have to build my own connectors.
CodeWraith wrote: 2) Too add to the confusion: What if your UART turns out to be your CPU?
It is a GPIO of the CPU so... almost?
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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No UART of any kind on the board. Bit banged RS232 in software at 19200 baud. 38400 are possible, but I might get in some trouble with file transfer protocols at that rate.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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That was the rev0 of the design, banging bits on the GPIO. Could even be more efficient.
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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And today I'm doing the opposite.
Someone came up with a bit banged PS/2 keyboard port. Good idea, but of little use to me. My processor has better things to do than constantly poll for keystrokes and I also want a s PS/2 mouse. So I have drawn a little schematic. Serial to parallel conversion using latching shift registers that can be read as two separate input ports and a separate interrupt for each PS/2 port when another byte has been received.
I have lived with several Zen masters - all of them were cats.
His last invention was an evil Lasagna. It didn't kill anyone, and it actually tasted pretty good.
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I learned (?) to solder when I restored Grandpa's 1936 Pilot Radio. The first few times I had more scars on my fingers and hands than I did successful connections. Ouch! Even my best work was messy.
And as a follow up - do you pronounce the "l" in solder? Here is is silent.
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craig robbins MN wrote: The first few times I had more scars on my fingers and hands than I did successful connections
You aren't supposed hold it like that![^]
"I have no idea what I did, but I'm taking full credit for it." - ThisOldTony
"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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craig robbins MN wrote: And as a follow up - do you pronounce the "l" in solder? Here is is silent.
I'd pronounce it with the L, but from now on I will start pronouncing it without 
GCS d--(d-) s-/++ a C++++ U+++ P- L+@ E-- W++ N+ o+ K- w+++ O? M-- V? PS+ PE- Y+ PGP t+ 5? X R+++ tv-- b+(+++) DI+++ D++ G e++ h--- r+++ y+++* Weapons extension: ma- k++ F+2 X
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I obtained a piece of code from Internet, but can not tell which computer language is used. so I try to post here to get some hints.
it is likely C grammar, but has some unfamiliar special functions invoked:
extern bool Angle_13_1=false;
extern color Col_13_1=Sienna;
extern int Style_13_1=0;
extern int Width_13_1=1;
double EndPrice_13_1;
extern bool Draw.as.Background=true;
int init(){return(0);}
int deinit(){
ObjectDelete(AngleNum +"Angle_1_1");
ObjectDelete(AngleNum +"Angle_1_2")
return(0);}
diligent hands rule....
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The only language I know of that accepts '.' in variable names is R - and that doesn't look like it at all ...
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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is it possible to be Delphi?
diligent hands rule....
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Slim chance: Delphi is a modified/enhanced Pascal and they type begin and end instead of braces. I think braces are for comments if not mistaken.
Mircea
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Don't think so, it doesn't have an extern keyword.
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"Common sense is so rare these days, it should be classified as a super power" - Random T-shirt
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easily could be a structure reference.... perfectly legit
Charlie Gilley
“They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety.” BF, 1759
Has never been more appropriate.
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English. No, kidding, I'm betting on C.
C always looks foreign.
--edit
To me it does, aight?
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
"If you just follow the bacon Eddy, wherever it leads you, then you won't have to think about politics." -- Some Bell.
modified 21-Feb-22 16:56pm.
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I agree with you. it makes sense if that one is a struct.
diligent hands rule....
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It looks like MQL, or MetaQuotes Language. It's usually used for automated trading scripts.
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it can be MQL too.
from this link, it seems like a C++ type of language.
never played around with this MQL...
diligent hands rule....
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It's HTML. Browser is rendering it this way but under the hood it is HTML.
"It is easy to decipher extraterrestrial signals after deciphering Javascript and VB6 themselves.", ISanti[ ^]
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I taught myself metaprogramming. That's kind of an issue because I have this code I wrote that I understand but can't explain to others, and when I try it tends to confuse people.
I don't think it's their fault.
Sure, maybe some of it is that metaprogramming isn't done so much day to day with C++.
But also it's because I lack the lexicon and foundation.
I'm not really sure what to do about that. Most of the material I've seen on metaprogramming leverages the STL in ways that are unavailable to me on some IoT platforms. Ergo, I wasn't going to be served functionally by learning the STL'ized version of this. I had to go to the metal, but I've never seen good material on it, except for stuff that explains the STL.
Meh. I feel like I've kind of painted myself into a corner. On one hand I can code all day like this, and I love the flexibility. On the other hand, I think my code might be something of a black box when you dig into it. 
Real programmers use butterflies
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You should try some Rust. I'm serious. I cut teeth on C++ (and a dummies book) in 1993 or so & I used C++ (a lot via MFC) for many years until C# really took over.
I think C# really did help to make nicer/gentler/prettier code for the most part. But of course that is because it had the privilege of being further from the metal in most cases.
Anyways, I recently wanted to see what all the fuss about Rust was so I picked up the fantastic book, The Rust Programming Language (Covers Rust 2018)[^] (No Starch Press) and started into it.
I built a little app (GitHub - raddevus/watcher: File System Watcher implemented in Rust - can watch events on directories & tail files (continuously watches files or directories)[^])which allows you to watch any part of your file system & runs natively on any OS. That's a very cool part.
Sidebar - You can learn a lot by watching what files are accessed by the system.
My Real Point -- And I Do Have One
Ok, but my point is that the things the Rust language developers have done to "fix C++" are amazing (though at times feel annoying & confusing when you are first learning) and they give you a new view of what Programming Languages are really trying to do and how many things were actually done improperly in other languages.
Being a C++ developer makes the experience of learning Rust far richer. I think you'd really like it.
Check Rust out and let me know what you think. Also, let me know what you think of my little file watcher app.
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Will do. I've been meaning to but I've been doing so much IoT stuff these days I haven't had the chance. Rust doesn't target the hardware I target.
Real programmers use butterflies
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