Hardac

This is the start of a series of projects that i have been noodling over for some time.  The purpose of these projects is to explore a range of technologies and techniques that I have worked with peripherally but not together.


The project will explore aspects of Software Engineering Philosophy described in the Pragmatic Programmer including:

• Test Driven Development
• Automated Unit Testing
• Meta programming languages
• Automated build process

In addition to some of these high level items, I'll be investigating low level technologies including the following:

• Microsoft DirectShow
• Texas Instruments MSP430 low power micro-controller
• GPIO Driver
• RS232 Driver
• Light weight communication protocol.
• Flash Driver
• Rolling Event Log in non-volatile memory
• Application to communicate via RS232 with micro-controller

My fifth grade teacher was a very influential educator in my life.  In his class every student was required to keep a journal.  I have been out of the fifth grade for a long time and my teacher has long since retired.  This is my journal of the events as I work on this project.  I intend to document some of the interesting aspects of working with these items as I go so I may learn from them as I work through it, and chronicle it for others to learn as well.