Retrieve unread sms in Android

    In order to get unread sms messages in an Android application you need to setup a filter "read = 0" as shown below. 

Retrieve sms messages on a particular date in Android

    In order to get sms messages received on a particular date in an Android application you need to setup a filter which selects messages on the basis of date comparison as shown below.

Running embedded linux on mpc8572ds using NFS and TFTP servers

    In this post I will mention the steps that should be performed to run embedded linux on powerpc board mpc8572ds using NFS and TFTP servers. I have used mentor embedded linux for this purpose. In order to boot the target with linux we need to perform following steps.

• Setting up NFS Server
• Setting up TFTP Server
• Running embedded linux on target

Embedded Enginner interview questions

    In this post I will give details of how I evaluate a candidate for embedded engineer post. I will mention the question that I ask, reason for asking a particular question and my selection criteria to short list an individual.

    I partition my interview in four topics; programming, operating systems, computer architecture and concepts regarding debugging an embedded target.

Setting up ULink2 for CSMIS DAP Serial Wire Debug mode configuration.

The Keil ULINK2 USB-JTAG Adapter connects your PC's USB port to your target hardware (via JTAG, OCDS or Serial Wire) and allows you to download and debug your programs on targets and program on-chip and external FLASH memory.

Android activities hierarchy

In this post I will mention couple of ways to make sure that parent / child relationship is maintained between activities. This is essential to make sure that the system knows which activity to start when Up is pressed on phone or action bar.