just want you guys to know that I am not entirely new to programming. For more years than I care to admit, I wrote code for the F-18 mission computer entirely in Assembly (high-level languages were taboo). The slightest hardware/firmware change/mod took days/weeks because of all the associated analysis, simulation, design, paperwork, reviews, and testing. I've also programmed FPGA's along the way. But never in C/C++. So, I do have some idea about styles, languages, etc. I've been using a Raspberry Pi for a while and have become pretty proficient in Python. I purchased an Arduino Uno and wrote some sketches, but now I want to do a FFT project and I purchased a Nucleo board to leverage the DSP and math co-processor in the F4.
Playing around with other people's code is difficult to say the least - many people don't seem to understand the concept of commenting lines of code. Some people just put the code on GitHub without even bothering to remove the superfluous CubeMX comments and then seem to get annoyed when others pose questions or don't even answer the questions. It gets pretty frustrating to try to understand the author's thinking process.
In my day, we did not have CMSIS or HAL or SPL's. EVERY line of code had to have a comment explaining the design, who designed it, the why, and for some functions, Alternates. I'll say it again. I very much appreciate the feedback and am happy that such a community exists with so many people willing to help.
