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Sci Fi your Pi Picorder summary

saturnv — Sun, 06 Feb 2022 05:20:00 GMT

The "Sci Fi your Pi" contest from 2015 was indeed one of the best projects I worked on with the Raspberry Pi microcomputer. Thanks to Element14 for selecting me as a contestant, I was able to make the Picorder and write the Python code for it, not ev...(read more)

QtCon in Berlin 2016: Meditech, a Qt driver OSHW device

balearicdynamics — Tue, 06 Sep 2016 08:55:13 GMT

The Meditech project version 2 (on development) explained during a 1hr talk at the last QtCon in Berlin the past September, 4. The recorded eventFollow the link to see a recorded version of the QtCon Meditech event: Relive: Meditech: A Qt-drive...(read more)

Starting the project - 1/3 of electronics ready!

crimier — Fri, 06 May 2016 01:10:24 GMT

Hello everybody! So happy to write this here =) It's been a long time but the idea lives and I've finally come to the point when I'm ready and the things are in the best state possible. This year, I've been developing a lot. My main project...(read more)

Job finished... Though not in a way I'd like.

crimier — Fri, 18 Dec 2015 17:07:25 GMT

I ended up having to leave my job without getting paid and after working overtime for three weeks. How is that? As I probably mentioned, it was about creating a system for the so-called "escape rooms". This is an entertainment place where you ar...(read more)

Still busy with work but gradually moving forward

crimier — Tue, 20 Oct 2015 23:54:20 GMT

Oh well, my keyboard somehow gets stuck so I have to type slamming the keys quite hard and it still doesn't type certain keys sometimes =) I got my i5 laptop fixed - was as easy as ordering the right part off eBay. Unfortunately, it has its quirk...(read more)

TrainingSphere - 13 - Working out PWM issue

amgalbu — Sat, 17 Oct 2015 20:44:01 GMT

During these weeks I experienced lot of problems with the Emlid board and the servo controlsThe servos that move control surfaces were moving not so smoothly and they made a lot of noise and vibrations. I Initially thought that the problem was in the...(read more)

Getting delayed but going to deliver

crimier — Thu, 08 Oct 2015 01:08:03 GMT

Hi again!As you remember from my previous post, I was planning to start my work on this project at the beginning of October. Unfortunately, I cannot make it so - my current job, which requires me to build a control system for Modbus devices, has exte...(read more)

TrainingSphere - 12 - Blob detection

amgalbu — Thu, 24 Sep 2015 08:09:09 GMT

In this post we will face some image processing technique, like blob analysys.I will use the cvBlob library to detect blobs in the image capture by the raspicam Step1: cvBlob installation1. Download cvBlob lib...(read more)

Sci Fi Your Pi - Prince Dakkar's patent log taking chart compass - Direction of Travel Indicator 3

nbizzell — Tue, 22 Sep 2015 21:50:56 GMT

Previously:Sci Fi Your Pi - Prince Dakkar's patent log taking chart compass Sci Fi Your Pi - Prince Dakkar's patent log taking chart compass - Functional Design Sci Fi Your Pi - Prince Dakkar's patent log taking chart compass - Route selection and indi...(read more)

QuadCop - Updating Code

screamingtiger — Mon, 21 Sep 2015 13:51:07 GMT

Previous posts for this project:http://www.element14.com/community/community/design-challenges/sci-fi-your-pi/blog/authors/screamingtiger?ICID=BLOG-SciFiPi-challengers I have been updating my code for the QuadCop in the GitHub. I am new to...(read more)

TrainingSphere - 11 - OpenCV

amgalbu — Sat, 19 Sep 2015 11:57:48 GMT

After some busy times, I finally have a weekend for working on this projectOne of the ancillary parts of this project, is to make some blob analysis on the images captured by RaspiCam to detect laser beams. So I need install the OpenCV libraries and ...(read more)

QuadCOP: Post Challenge Update

screamingtiger — Tue, 15 Sep 2015 04:33:35 GMT

My QuadCOP is fully repaired. However there is appears to be one casualty, the Pi-Cam. I am getting the infamous pi-cam error and all the normal workarounds are failing for me. When the QuadCop "landed", the little eye/bubb...(read more)

Meditech: Starting over

balearicdynamics — Wed, 09 Sep 2015 10:33:45 GMT

IntroductionThe Meditech project is moved to the further step 1. This will produce the formerly testing version of the device; this means a version enabled for testing with volunteers. To move the project and the prototype to the end of this step a s...(read more)

Clarification of my lack of participation and apologies +current state of the project

crimier — Tue, 08 Sep 2015 00:20:25 GMT

Hello!I'm one of those people who has been selected to participate in this exchange. Unfortunately, my involvement in it was close to zero. I did have a hard time fullfilling my obligations to Element14 community and the participants of this contest....(read more)

Sci Fi Your Pi Design Challenge Wrap-Up

CharlesGantt — Tue, 01 Sep 2015 03:05:25 GMT

This past week finished up the Sci Fi Your Pi Design Challenge, and we saw a mass influx of final project updates being posted. Following the spirit of my Weekly Design Challenge Summary post, I wanted to make a post that would wrap up the Sci Fi You...(read more)