The line of significant import in the code of the previous port: init_and_set_protocol( handle, 19200, 8, 0, 1); By and large, USB devices aren’t just a piece of wire you can claim then shove stuff out. There tends to be a processor of some kind and it needs configuration. Many management types will utter something like, Let’s use USB to communicate. USB 3.0 is way faster than serial ports. Well, that’s true. It’s also true … Qt and USB – Pt. 8Read more
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Qt and USB – Pt. 7
It took quite a bit of poking around to get as far as I am. Doing a whole bunch of training at a new client site and coming home with a brain of mush doesn’t help either. Adding insult to injury it seems that 90% of the “working code” posted on Stack Exchange is non-functioning feces which won’t even compile. When you need grown up answers, don’t go to Stack Exchange. It’s a place for … Qt and USB – Pt. 7Read more
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Qt and USB – Pt. 6
Been a long time since I last touched this. I did quite a bit of work before packing up and heading out to a shiny new client out of state. Sadly I only brought the latest piece of code with me which has nothing to do with Qt. The Qt based stuff migrated to QML since I needed to get more familiar with that for my upcoming project. I also crawled towards being able to … Qt and USB – Pt. 6Read more
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How Much Liability Insurance?
This question has been rattling around in the back of my mind given the qt-interest on and off-list conversations I’ve been having about QML and “lone wolf” development of idiot phone apps. How much liability insurance are you carrying? The courts are letting plaintiffs gather in bulk now and companies have started pointing the finger at software providers. You might remember Equifax tried to finger Struts only to later admit they had the patch for … How Much Liability Insurance?Read more
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SeaTools
Some months ago I was working at a client in Chicago and needed an external hard drive to transfer some files. There was a Staples I could walk to over my lunch hour and they didn’t have a bad price on a USB 3.0 6TB Seagate drive. When I first got the thing it was fantastic! Hooked to the back of an IBM ThinkCentre, it seemed faster than the internal hard drive. For a while … SeaToolsRead more