Regarding Charles Gantt's "Design Challenge Summary, Week Ending July 18th" article and the Picorder project progress: I apologize for the lack of recent pictures of the Picorder to all of element14, challengers, readers and followers. However, ...
As mentioned in a previous post I will be using python Twisted architecture for the asynchronous communications that are required I chose to use twisted partly because I was interested in learning more about it but also because it supports all the fu...
The frame is almost completedI encountered more difficulties than I expected in assembly a structure using steel wires... It's not very clear in these pictures, but there are three "parallels" corresponding to three "lev...
IntroductionMeditech internal architecture is built by a network of Raspberry PI devices specialised to manage some acquisition probes producing several kind of data. The information of the running system should be shared with the devices and collect...
IntroductionOne of the core elements of the Meditech software is the controller, managing the user interaction for the entire system. We can consider the controller module as an application - running as a process that never stops - as a simple task-m...
I've been a little sick this week and I haven't been able to work too intensely on PizzaPi. I did get the parts I ordered. I haven't tested the temp probe, but I'll post more about that soon. The pizza delivery bag was totally disgusting. It did say ...
IntroductionMeditech device has been though to be as simple as possible for the user. It is oriented to users that does not need having some kind of IT knowledge and its interface should be extremely simple to use. Usability is one of the most ...
Again I apologize for being late on blogging. Unfortunately my accident included some damage to my eye. My sight is almost back to normal. I had double vision for some time : C Main Components have come together: My goal is to aut...
Hi, again. As promised, here is a video showing the sort of responses that you can expect to get from running the code on GitHub at https://github.com/TaoDude/Shared_I_Ching.git Please read the Readme note about disabling the IR receiver c...
IntroductionOne of the main characteristics of the control panel features - controlled by the ChipKit PI board - is that it supervise all the Meditech status changes, manages the alarms and does not need a control menu. Despite what is shown on the L...
I thought this week I would share my adventure into USB enumeration. As I have mentioned in a previous post I am using the following USB/Serial convertersUSB to RS232 Cable (Product LinkProduct Link)USB to RS422 cable (Product LinkProduct Link)When t...
Welcome to crunch time! Since my last posting until day eighty has been, to say the least, challenging. After partially constructing the Picorder in its case, all sorts of unknowns have came to light. I have practically had to throw out all previousl...
IntroductionIn the previous post it was explained how the control panel communication between the ChipKit PI and RPI master (Raspberry PI 2) works, based on a rigid syntax sequential command language. The hardware layer of the communication between t...
I had a funny glitch on one of my Raspberry Pis this weekend. Somehow the operating system corrupted and wouldn't boot anymore. Luckily it was on the one running PiFace and I have not done much with it so I didn't lose much. I should have pro...
Introduction
Introduction
Syntax
Syntax rules
Commands
E - Enable
D - Display
L - LCD Template
I - Info
T - Test
R - Receive
Subcommands
S - Enable/disable Stethoscope
G - Enable/disable E.C.G.
P - Enable/disable Pressure sph...
IntroductionThis is the first part of a blog covering Weeks 6 & 7, as i did not have time to publish last week owing to having to complete a report for work. Not much to report, except that i have managed to take on board some of Enrico's (...
Today the parcel with the components I need for bulding the training sphere arrived Now that I have the components, I can start making a detailed drawing of the frame.BTW, after long thinking which material was better (either aluminium or plywoo...
Building APMSince I expect I will have to make some changes to the code, I will now try to build APM fro source code. Working repository for Navio APM port is on GitHub.I decided to build APM directly on your Raspberry Pi since it does not require to...
I am using the PiFace CAD to display the contents of a configuration file used for the Serial Master program so the user can see and change the parameters that are being used. A snippet of a config file is shown below: [RS-232]
device = /dev/tty...
IntroductionThis update affects the ChipKit PI software for the control panel; the development lifecycle is part of the entire project but it is organised in a dedicated repository.A series of general updates has been done for better reachability of ...
Hello, everyone! Just wanted to let you all know that I won't be posting an update until next weekend. I'm on holiday for the Independence Day weekend (and a few weekdays after that). Looking forward to writing an update soon.
