Hardware

In my previous post about Claude Code, I talked about using VS Code devcontainers to safely run Claude in “dangerous mode.” That was great for a typical software project. But what about something harder? What about porting a complex hardware-interfacing library from Python to Go, where you need to deeply understand USB protocols, radio registers, and firmware internals?

That’s exactly what I did with gocat – a Go library for controlling the YardStick One sub-GHz RF transceiver. And Claude Code was instrumental in making it happen.

UPDATED: On Ubuntu 24.10 just installing using apt “just works.” This workaround no longer needed.

Getting Started with the Beaglebone Black (Again)

I’m building a board for robotics, but it’s also useful for IoT and home automation. What’s it do? What problem does it solve? It’s basically a WiFi interface to a variety of I2C-driven devices (motors or sensors). The I2C side is Engineered to be highly robust and reliable.

I2C Tools I am Using for the RBOT Project

I2C Port Expander for Robotics Use - Getting Started with the NXP PCAL6416A