{"id":100,"date":"2016-04-16T09:44:36","date_gmt":"2016-04-16T15:44:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/jacobncalvert.com\/?p=100"},"modified":"2018-02-10T14:23:55","modified_gmt":"2018-02-10T20:23:55","slug":"its-been-a-while-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/jacobncalvert.com\/blog-archive\/2016\/04\/16\/its-been-a-while-again\/","title":{"rendered":"It&#8217;s been a while again!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>I have been very busy with Capstone Design again this semester so I&#8217;ve not had any time to myself. However, I have quite a lot to write about!<\/p>\n<h3>School<\/h3>\n<p>I am wrapping up my final few classes and getting ready for graduation! This semester I have taken several rather applicable classes to my upcoming work situation. My favorite class has absolutely been\u00a0Embedded Systems. This class goes from the question\u00a0<i>What is an embedded system?<\/i>\u00a0through\u00a0<i>What are the considerations when designing an embedded system?<\/i>\u00a0all the way to considering individual pieces of embedded systems: peripherals, memory architectures, processor types, and more. This class has piqued my interest in RTOS&#8217;s and I will definitely be researching that more as I find time.<br \/>\nI also have been taking a PLCs class, as well a class title\u00a0Numerical Linear Algebra. That class is all about the algorithms that popular Algebraic systems (like MATLAB) use to solve or approximate the answer to all kinds of problems.\u00a0<b><br \/>\n<\/b><\/p>\n<h3>Other Stuff<\/h3>\n<p>All my recent work has been wrapped up in Capstone Design recently. I do however have a post to write (I will post immediately after this one) about how I trained color sensors to recognize discrete colors based on RGB and Clear value feedback.<br \/>\nThanks for reading!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I have been very busy with Capstone Design again this semester so I&#8217;ve not had any time to myself. However, I have quite a lot to write about! School I am wrapping up my final few classes and getting ready for graduation! This semester I have taken several rather applicable classes to my upcoming work situation. My favorite class has absolutely been\u00a0Embedded Systems. 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