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Hi!

My name is Rostyslav Kurylo and I am passionate about software, and technology behind it. During my work days I am mostly busy with system programming for Linux and embedded platforms, and that is also what I like to do in my spare time, though with more experiment and joy :)

I do not pretend to be a generalist, but I like to consider the whole hardware and software stack when working on a project and make interesting obsevations about it.

This blog was initially meant to be a summary of what I’ve learned so far in the world of software engineering, but tends to be updated with new contant very rarely, so don’t judge it too strictly.

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Articles

PCI overview

PCI is a widespread bus for peripheral interconnection usually found on x86 platforms (although originally designed with cross-platformness in mind). It is also used as a transport layer for VirtIO devices - paravirtualization standard used in modern hypervisors.

Utilizing I2C multibyte transfers

I2C is a common hardware protocol to communicate with multiple low-speed peripherals located tightly on the board. I2C is used mostly in the embedded devices. That is why performance considerations are common when talking about I2C-enabled peripherals, especially about those that consume or produce lots of data (like different kinds of sensors).