Embedded systems Memes

Fruit Scale Still Runs Windows CE

8 days ago 58.2M views 0 shares

Nothing says "mission-critical infrastructure" quite like weighing bananas with an operating system from 1996. Windows CE (Compact Edition) was Microsoft's answer to embedded systems, and apparently some grocery store scales took that relationship way too seriously. The real comedy here is that someone's probably getting paid enterprise-level support fees to keep this ancient embedded OS running just so Karen can verify her produce is exactly 0.47 pounds. Meanwhile, the scale's probably got a 32MB processor struggling harder than a junior dev on their first production deployment. Fun fact: Windows CE was discontinued in 2013, but embedded systems are basically digital cockroaches—they never die. They just keep chugging along in ATMs, point-of-sale terminals, and apparently fruit scales, running code that's older than some of the developers maintaining it. The "FTPUpdate" folder visible on the desktop is the cherry on top—nothing screams security like FTP in 2024.

Embedded Python

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20 days ago 3.7M views 1 shares

Someone took the term "embedded Python" way too literally and decided to knit a Python snake into existence. Because why write Python code for microcontrollers when you can just... embed an actual python in fabric? The craftsmanship is honestly impressive though. While most of us are struggling to embed Python interpreters into resource-constrained devices, someone out here is embedding pythons into sweaters. Different kind of memory constraints, I suppose – one uses RAM, the other uses yarn. Props to whoever made this. It's the most wholesome interpretation of embedded systems I've ever seen, and it probably has fewer dependency issues than actual Python projects.

When You Switch From Desktop To Embedded

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1 month ago 61.9M views 0 shares

When You Switch From Desktop To Embedded

Going from desktop development to embedded systems is like moving from a mansion to a studio apartment where you have to choose between a bed and a toilet. Your RTX4090-powered beast casually throws around 4GB textures like it's pocket change, meanwhile your ESP32 is having an existential crisis trying to display a 16-color bitmap. The ESP32-S3 typically has around 512KB of SRAM and maybe 8MB of external PSRAM if you're lucky. That's not a typo—kilobytes and megabytes, not gigabytes. Suddenly you're counting bytes like a depression-era accountant, optimizing every malloc, and questioning whether you really need that string or if a single char will do. Welcome to embedded, where "running out of memory" isn't a meme, it's your daily standup update.

Doom Votes

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2 months ago 81.0M views 0 shares

When Trump claims voting machines are being hacked, but the real hack is someone getting Doom to run on a pollbook at Defcon. Because if it exists, someone has already ported Doom to it. Toasters? Check. Pregnancy tests? Check. Voting infrastructure? Obviously. The beautiful irony here is that while politicians panic about election security, hackers are just vibing and playing a 30-year-old game on government hardware. Security researchers at Defcon aren't stealing votes—they're getting frags. Priorities. Fun fact: The "Can it run Doom?" challenge has become a legendary benchmark in the hacking community. If your device has a screen and any form of processing power, someone will make Doom run on it. It's basically the programming equivalent of "because we can."

There I Said It

Hardware Programming

4 months ago 6.7M views 1 shares

Someone just walked into the auditorium of hardware engineers and dropped the most SCANDALOUS truth bomb of the century! Firmware devs have been living this double life, pretending they're somehow different from the rest of us code-slinging peasants, but NEWSFLASH: you're still writing if statements and for loops like everyone else! Sure, you're closer to the metal and can brick a device with one wrong bit flip, but at the end of the day, it's still code that needs debugging at 3 AM. The hardware folks act like firmware is this mystical bridge between worlds, but really it's just software with commitment issues that got permanently tattooed onto a chip. The AUDACITY to speak this forbidden truth out loud!

Need An AI Update

Iot Hardware Programming

4 months ago 1.3M views 0 shares

Someone's kitchen knife has a USB port and is getting a firmware update. Yeah, you read that right. We've reached peak IoT absurdity where even your cutlery needs software patches. The knife is literally plugged into a laptop running what appears to be a firmware update interface with progress bars and everything. The joke here is the ridiculous over-engineering of everyday objects. Your knife doesn't need Bluetooth connectivity, cloud sync, or AI-powered cutting algorithms. But in 2024, manufacturers are slapping microchips into everything that doesn't move fast enough to escape. Next thing you know, your fork will require a subscription service and your spoon will need a security update to patch a zero-day vulnerability. The "just updating firmware" caption is chef's kiss because it treats this dystopian nightmare as completely normal. Like yeah, obviously you need to update your knife before dinner. Wouldn't want to chop vegetables on version 1.2.3 when 1.2.4 fixes critical slicing bugs.

Any Tech Wizards Available Know How To Boot A F-35 Into Safe Mode? Speedy Replies Appreciated

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5 months ago 621.6K views 3 shares

Any Tech Wizards Available Know How To Boot A F-35 Into Safe Mode? Speedy Replies Appreciated

Nothing says "mission critical" quite like a Windows BSOD at 30,000 feet in a $80 million fighter jet. Someone really thought it was a good idea to run mission-critical avionics on an OS that can't even handle a printer driver update without throwing a tantrum. The F-35's display showing that iconic blue screen of death is the ultimate reminder that no matter how advanced your hardware is, if you're running Windows, you're one bad pointer away from catastrophe. Try Ctrl+Alt+Delete while pulling 9Gs, I'm sure that'll work great. Fun fact: The F-35 actually runs millions of lines of C++ code and uses a modified version of real-time operating systems, but the joke writes itself when you see that familiar blue screen in a cockpit. Have you tried turning it off and back on again? Oh wait, you're in active airspace. My bad.

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Horror From Chinese Medical Devices Showing On TV

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6 months ago 489.8K views 1 shares

Horror From Chinese Medical Devices Showing On TV

When your medical device firmware crashes on national television and suddenly everyone can see your nested if-else hell. Look at those beautiful pyramids of doom - somebody clearly never heard of early returns or, you know, basic refactoring. The real horror isn't the medical emergency - it's watching production code with variable names like "LineEdit_A.setText()" broadcast to millions of viewers. Somewhere, a junior dev is having the worst day of their career while their tech lead is frantically updating their resume. Nothing says "quality medical equipment" quite like Python code with indentation levels deeper than the Mariana Trench. At least we know it's not running on a potato - it takes serious hardware to render that many nested conditions without catching fire.

What Did You Put In First

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6 months ago 446.7K views 0 shares

The eternal debate that splits the programming community harder than tabs vs spaces. You've got your cereal (milk) bowl and your power plug (serial cable), asking the age-old question: do you pour the milk first or the serial first? For the uninitiated: serial communication is how devices talk to each other using protocols like RS-232, USB, or UART. It's called "serial" because data bits are sent one after another in a sequence, unlike parallel communication where multiple bits go simultaneously. The pun here is chef's kiss level terrible, which makes it absolutely perfect. Obviously the correct answer is serial first, then milk. Anyone who does it the other way is a psychopath who probably writes code without version control and pushes directly to main.

Torvalds Is Going In Yours Too

Linux Iot Hardware Android Programming

7 months ago 856.0K views 1 shares

Someone tried to dunk on Linux saying it "never succeeded" and got absolutely ratio'd with one of the most devastating comebacks in tech history. Linux runs everything from servers to smartphones to Mars rovers... and apparently the embedded systems in adult toys. The beauty here is that Linux's success is so overwhelming that you can't escape it even in your most private moments. Linus Torvalds really did take over the world, one microcontroller at a time. The person who made that original tweet probably sent it from an Android phone running Linux, connected to servers running Linux, through routers running Linux. The irony is thicker than kernel documentation.

Linux Kernel Vulnerabilities

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8 months ago 578.2K views 0 shares

Someone tries to dunk on Linux by saying it "never succeeded," and the comeback is absolutely nuclear. Linux literally runs on everything —from supercomputers and servers to Android phones, smart fridges, and yes, apparently the microcontroller in your mom's personal massager. The irony? Linux is probably the most successful OS kernel in human history by deployment count. It's running the internet, your router, your TV, and now... well, intimate devices. The "never succeeded" take aged like milk in the Sahara. Turns out when you're embedded in billions of devices worldwide, you've succeeded pretty hard.

Burn Is Real

Linux Iot Hardware Android

8 months ago 589.5K views 0 shares

Someone tried to dunk on Linux by saying it "never succeeded" and got absolutely obliterated with a comeback about embedded systems. Because yeah, Linux totally failed... except it's running on literally billions of devices including the servers hosting that tweet, Android phones, routers, smart fridges, and apparently adult toys. The "sry bro" makes it even funnier because dude walked right into that one. Nothing says success like being so ubiquitous that people forget you're everywhere.

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