About

1 My resume

2 YouTube videos

3 Computer-science research

4 Embedded systems

4.1 FreeRTOS, a real-time operating system (RTOS)

4.2 LVGL is a library for creating GUIs for embedded-systems

5 Software

5.1 Website development

5.2 Workstation tools

 

Jim Yuill's Website,

for Sharing Technical Projects and Info

 

Last updated: 12/2025

 

 

This website is for sharing my technical work. It includes open-source software that I've written, published papers, a book, and hobby projects (e.g., chainsaws and tree removal).

 

1  My resume

      I’m semi-retired, working on several projects, and always interested in additional work. (December 2025)

o      Resume (May 2024)

 

2  YouTube videos

      My YouTube channel has videos from my hobby projects, e.g., chainsaws, tree removal and climbing.

 

3  Computer-science research

      Computer-security publications

o      Selected publications from my computer-security research at NCSU

 

4  Embedded systems

4.1  FreeRTOS, a real-time operating system (RTOS)

      I'm the lead author of the book, Hands-On RTOS with Microcontrollers, Second Edition

o      The book focuses on FreeRTOS.

o      It was published in October, 2025 (550 pages)

 

      I also wrote a study-guide for the first edition of that book  (1/2022, 70 pages)

o      Hands-On RTOS with Microcontrollers, First Edition, is good overall, but it has a number of errors, code bugs and unclear points. This study-guide provides corrections and clarifications.

 

4.2  LVGL is a library for creating GUIs for embedded-systems

      Tutorial for Adding a New Symbol, in LVGL  (12/2025, 10 pages)

 

5  Software

5.1  Website development

      WordWebNav—create usable MS Word webpages

o      WordWebNav (WWN) is an app that I wrote, and it converts a Microsoft Word document into a usable webpage.

o      WWN was used to create the present webpage, and the rest of this website.

 

5.2  Workstation tools

      MS Word tools and how-to info

o      Programs I wrote for using Word more effectively, and a tutorial on using Word templates

 

 

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