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DITAA Color Codes For Diagrams: Using Color To Help Separate Items In DITAA Diagrams

By: Steve Branam DITAA is a simple text format that allows the creation of free-form custom diagrams.

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Documenting System Architecture With AsciiDoctor

By: Steve Branam As the adage says, a picture is worth a thousand words. Diagrams provide a high level of information abstraction. Somewhere between zero and too much is the sweet spot for the right amount of documentation for a system, balancing the needs of development, quality, cost, and effort.

New Engineer

I’ve been using Markdown all this time??

Sometimes you need something lightweight for text files that doesn’t require all the fancy tools and formatting that is offered by other languages, such as HTML – but […]

New Engineer

Choosing an embedded development board

Choosing a first development board can be daunting with so many choices. Here are some examples to give you an idea of what you could consider for your […]

New Engineer

I want to write my first embedded program. Where do I start?

The boom in the Internet of Things (IoT) commercial devices and hobbyist platforms like the Raspberry Pi and Arduino have created a lot of options, offering inexpensive platforms […]

New Engineer

3 Lessons for Engineers Communicating With Customers

Before working with Dojo Five, I had worked with teammates from different backgrounds, but never met or talked with customers. There’s more to it than status updates. Your […]

New Engineer

Three Tips For New Engineers

With a bachelor in Electrical Engineering and a few coding experiences, I started my job at Dojo Five. What’s waiting for me were demos and releases that surprised […]

Development Processes

How to Modify a File Using SED

I started with a Microchip example and found out that one of the Makefiles generated by using the Makefile generator command, prjMakefilesGenerator has invalid paths. Therefore, I decided […]

Development Processes

How to Prevent Your Python Script From Getting Culture Shock in Different OS’s

After hours of focusing, you finally finish writing a Python script for your project. It works perfectly on your computer and you pushed the changes to your favorite […]