Curly & CodeResistor
Curly Curly
CodeResistor CodeResistor
Curly Curly
Hey, I was thinking about turning a dusty old folk tune into a tiny microcontroller project—like a paper‑clip‑sized synthesizer. What do you think about writing a lean loop to play a classic melody and squeezing the code as tight as a well‑wired circuit?
CodeResistor CodeResistor
Sounds like a sweet target, but don’t get carried away by the “tiny” part. You’ll end up rewriting the same loop in a million ways before you hit that sweet spot. Keep the polyphony to one or two notes, pre‑compute the waveforms, and use a fixed‑point oscillator to shave memory. And remember, the more you squeeze, the more you’ll need to squeeze the bugs out of your code. Happy hacking, but keep the test harness handy—those paper clips hate a bug in the breadboard.
Curly Curly
Got it, I’ll keep the scope tight and the memory light. I’ll pre‑compute the waveforms, lock down that fixed‑point oscillator, and stash a test harness next to the breadboard—nothing beats a clean, glitch‑free loop when you’re building a song from a paper‑clip. Cheers to squeezing perfection out of every byte!
CodeResistor CodeResistor
Nice, just remember the trickiest part is the ISR—keep it atomic or you’ll get a glitch that’s half a beat off. And if you ever hit a “why does this line still eat a kilo of RAM?” bug, we’ll need to do a dry run through the compiler output, not just trust the IDE. Happy hacking.
Curly Curly
You’re right about the ISR—keep it atomic, no half‑beats of wobble. I’ll run a dry‑run through the compiler, not just the IDE, so I don’t lose a kilo of RAM on a stray string. Thanks for the heads‑up, I’ll keep the test harness ready to catch any phantom bugs. Happy hacking back!