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My BeagleBone Black talk at Chicago Linux User Group

fustini

my BeagleBone Black talk for Chicago Linux User Group's Jan 2014 meeting at Pumping Station: One https://github.com/pdp7/talks/blob/master/chilug-bbone-20140118.pdf
- 20 Jan 2014
Streaming from the RDA5807SP receiver to Icecast2, via a Raspberry Pi

packetgeek

Yesterday, I wrote about Controlling the RDA5807SP FM Radio Receiver with the Raspberry Pi. Today, I've managed to add a SoundBlaster USB sound card (model SB1290) to the mix and get the whole thing to generate a MP3 stream (via Darkice) to an ...
- 19 Jan 2014
Controlling the RDA5807SP FM Radio Receiver with the Raspberry Pi

packetgeek

I received a handful of gift certificates for Christmas. I used one to purchase a few breakout boards, one of them an RDS5807SP-based FM radio receiver (see Amazon.com: FM Radio Receiver Module -- Arduino Compatible: Everything Else). Alt...
- 19 Jan 2014
Raspberry Pi XBMC Media Center - Quick & Easy to Set Up

patkelly

There I was at home alone, the family had gone out for a few hours and seen as I had the time to myself I thought I'd give the XBMC SolutionXBMC Solution a whirl. The media centre kits for Raspberry Pi comes with everything you need to get up a...
- 17 Jan 2014
Introduction

wymand

I was asked to introduce myself.Name Doug Wyman.. I am 71 years old and played with my first computer in 1962.I couldn't handle the priesthood of mainframes so went into telecommunications.in 1976 the Washington State Patrol where I was employe...
- 16 Jan 2014
element14's The Ben Heck Show T-shirt Giveaway

wpolk

This competition is run by Newark element14 (Newark element14 or we, our, us) on the following terms and conditions (the T&Cs).During the period from 9:00 – 17:00 24th January 2014 CST, any Twitter user can participate in the competition.Posts mu...
- 15 Jan 2014
Smater life challenge: The Intelligent wheelchair-Final

vu2iti

BLDC motor driver speed controlMy wheelchair use two numbers of BLDC motors working on 24 V DC. The speed of these motors can be varied by a DC voltage in the range 0 to 5 Volts applied to the speed control input of BLDC driver circuit. Since P...
- 15 Jan 2014
New ERZ-E10 Series - Radial Leaded Disc ZNR®︎ Transient / Surge Absorber (MOV) from PANASONIC

e14 Contributor

Performance of a 14mm Device in an 10mm Size for Drop-In Replacement!Watch out for the the NEW ERZ-E10 Series Radial Leaded Disc ZNR Transient/Surge Absorbers to our already outstanding ZNR product line. ZNR stands for Zinc-oxide Non-linear Resist...
- 14 Jan 2014
Need some good projects on Rpi

e14 Contributor

I am doing my final year engg studies .I need some good Rpi projects based on emdedded systems .Plz suggest me some projects
- 14 Jan 2014
Texas Instruments HapTouch BoosterPack Twitter Giveaway

JenCooke

This competition is run by Premier Farnell plc (Premier Farnell or we, our, us) on the following terms and conditions (the T&Cs).During the period from 15:00 – 16:00 14th January 2014 GMT, any Twitter user can participate in the competition.Posts...
- 13 Jan 2014
Raspberry Pi and Arduino Projects

e14 Contributor

Hello everyone I'm new at this but I've done some projects with Arduino and Raspberry Pi. I leave my contacts Alejandro Moreno https://www.facebook.com/alejomorenor alejandro moreno - YouTube
- 10 Jan 2014
Chris Pinter's 10 steps to researching your patentable idea.

Chris_Pinter

Doing market research for a new innovation has a number of inherent risks related to intellectual property exposure. You need to talk about your idea but once you do so you expose your idea to the public, competition and as a result you risk not gett...
- 10 Jan 2014
Infinite RGB LED Cube Table Part 2

benmatrix

Since my last blog Christmas and New Year have been and gone. Wishing a happy and prosperous 2014 to everyone. I got lucky and my LEDs arrived a few days before the holidays started which allowed me to crack on with the building of the cube shown bel...
- 10 Jan 2014
Sealed Monitor

e14 Contributor

Ok, so new to this Been busy with reengineering of a LED-LCD monitor - largest Ive tried (28 in) for a gas-tight requirement. Still more art than engineering on thermal given taking OPD ( other peoples design ) and reengineering packaging ...
- 10 Jan 2014
Confused Caffeinated Canine: What's the deal with BoneScript, JavaScript & Java?

fustini

Howdy - a novice looking at BoneScript for BeagleBone today asked me how JavaScript and Java were related. Here's my response (please let me know in the comments if I'm missing any points ): VS Java vs. JavaScriptJava and JavaScript are d...
- 10 Jan 2014
Raspberry pi Photo frame

e14 Contributor

This project is an attempt to rid myself of the traditional paper calender. I used some scrap wood to build a frame for the LCD screen I took out of an older LCD computer monitor. I wanted this to be somewhat portable s...
- 7 Jan 2014
Design and Engineering: Keys to Selecting Your Product Development Partner

ipsdesigners

More projects have just landed in your lap — and your design and engineering teams were already swamped. Where will you find the resources to execute these programs? There’s not enough time to search and hire new tech staff (not if you are going to f...
- 6 Jan 2014
I love my family...

packetgeek

My family (3 parents, 6 siblings, 2 sons & 1 daughter-in-law) supported my hobby (addiction?) this year by giving me Amazon or eBay gift certificates. I turned those into the following, which I hope to report on in the coming months: D...
- 5 Jan 2014
Homemade Raspberry Pi Status Board

packetgeek

From the Just-Showing-Off Department: I'm just about as blind as a bat without my glasses. I had a thought that I could use an old LCD monitor to act as clock in the bedroom and could also show various statuses. In thinking more ...
- 4 Jan 2014
interfacing adc with arduino uno

e14 Contributor

how to connect adc1205 pins with arduino uno pins?
- 3 Jan 2014
CNC Mill / 3D Printer for small objects

e14 Contributor

I am Building a small device that will work as both a CNC mill and a 3D printer.I have decided to construct it out of some aluminium and steel pieces I already have, to keep the expense at a minimum.I am still mainly in the design phase, but I have t...
- 3 Jan 2014
Question: A wireless printer that's compatible with an iPad, AC/lithium batteries preferably both. Thank you very much!

e14 Contributor

Question: tech_content A wireless printer that's compatible with an iPad, AC/lithium batteries preferably both. Thank you very much!
- 3 Jan 2014
Keithley 2450 Road Test Review Part 2

robrenz

Part 2 of my review is appended to the original review here http://www.element14.com/community/roadTestReviews/1603 You need to scroll down till you see the part 2 header. Setting your zoom to 200 -250% will allow better viewing of the ch...
- 2 Jan 2014
raspberry pi remote control car

e14 Contributor

Hi everyone my dad and I was just wondering how would one make this car below me move left and right because currently it can only move forward and backwards Also what kind of ideas do you have on the car like what would you do to make it better &nbs...
- 31 Dec 2013
Kingston 64 GB SDXC working just fine

e14 Contributor

I wanted to avoid a long debugging session, so I verified the Kingston SDXC 64GB (model SDX10V/64GB) card was known to work as the Pi SD before I bought it from Amazon. Although I did not exhaustively try every formatting option, I could not ge...
- 31 Dec 2013