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This was the first time that he thoroughly felt and believed himself to be a knight-errant in reality and not merely in fancy, now that he saw himself treated in the same way as he had read of such knights being treated in days o...
When I came across this version of Kali for the Raspberry Pi it seemed to be a great opportunity to tie in bluetooth tools and handy menu format that would be ideal for portability. From the website: Latest Kali Linux on Raspberry Pi with T...
It seemed pretty straight forward to connect my PSoC4 keyboard to a micro:bit since the PSoC4 could already scan the keyboard and display the characters and the micro:bit program could already control its LCD. However I ran into no end of grief tryin...
Hello Everyone,As always, I make plans to do one thing and end up doing another. The Carbon Monoxide and Natural Gas sensors I had were not breadboard friendly. Therefore, I decided to order the newer breadboard friendly versions of the sensors. Whil...
For the last couple of days I have been working on designing and laser cutting some MDF, which will for the base to hold the servos and Beaglebone wireless, and the top of the maze. Here are a few pictures of laser cuts and a brief description of the...
Hi guys, After successfully testing the Bluetooth part, everything was falling in line, which actually raised a suspicion on my head, how come nothing go wrong? 02, July5.30 PM :Before starting with soldering everything wanted to double che...
For all the parts to this project, click here! Smart Doorbell System IntroductionThe Smart Doorbell System is an idea for a wireless and portable bell-push/chime system with hopefully better range and features than expected from existing systems...
Previously I shared that I would do a small blog update just on KaliPi Config. To give a brief recap, I had went on vacation and brought the Loki Project with me. With an 18 hour road trip to get there and another 18 hour road trip to get ...
Okay a couple of quick updates from when I was on Vacation but still carrying the Project Loki pieces with me. Here you see the parts I brought with me to work on Project Loki. Complete with a small cardboard box to act as my desk. :-)&nbs...
IntroductionHi! This update will be focused on the theme of this whole competition, bluetooth. The first idea was connecting 2 Raspberries via bluetooth, but I had a lot of trouble with doing that the way I wanted to, and in the end ended up needing ...
Hello and welcome to my sixth update on the Universal LED Animator. This time I'm going to describe the basic structure of the Animator's web interface. As a quick refresher, my Hero boards (Redbear Blends) are connecting via BLE to the Beagle Bone B...
Good day! Last week, I ended up creating a monstrous stand simulating the work of a bike computer that only worked on my desk. Until the end of the contest there were exactly two weeks. I understood that working on the technical part of the proj...
Over the weekend I have been designing, testing and 3D printing parts for the Servo mechanism that will sit under the Bluetooth maze, which will move the board on the pitch and roll axis. The servos will be connected to the GPIO pins of the Bea...
For all the parts to this project, click here! Smart Doorbell System IntroductionThe Smart Doorbell System is an idea for a wireless and portable bell-push/chime system with hopefully better range and features than expected from existing systems...
Here is a quick blog post which is a followup to my previous blog post on - setting up BlueZ on the Beaglebone Wireless , as part of the blog post I have the BBC MicroBit talking to the Beaglebone Wireless via Bluetooth.Here are the steps, and the Ar...
In order to enhance the fire element of Felo'melorn, I wanted to add smoke in addition to the lights. Searching the vast world wide web, I came across a mod(ification) for electronic cigarettes for cosplay purposes. Just what I needed for this pr...
Hello Everyone, It did not take long to get the High-power Power Relay working. I can now control a light or appliance via the HSS website. I only ran into one problem. Not all of the GPIO pins that I wanted to use were available. I spent...
Hello and welcome to my fifth blog post. Today's update is a very short one, only here to present some LED strip effects and explain a change of approach in the BLE communications. In the last few days I found myself struggling with OpenCV and de...
Good day! I barely reconciled myself to the idea that I will not get a development board very soon it suddenly arrived Today we finally get to know the hero of my project the FRDM-KW41ZFRDM-KW41Z board Items received Let's start...
Hello guys,This week on Bluetooth Unleashed... We are done with the control unit! A few small things are pending for now and GUI is complete now. One big thing we've been waiting for... Unleashing the power of Bluetooth....Although...
I have been hijacked by travel and other priorities recently, but it is important to keep progressing.This update demonstrates the PSoC4 Bluetooth terminal. The software handles both keyboard transmit and Bluetooth reception.www.youtube.com/watchNow ...