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Gizmo2 - Flash BIOS to Autostart on power up

2015-07-30T13:14:27Z

Hi, Looking for a user friendly way to automatically start the Gizmo2 on power up. Understand its possible to change the BIOS to do this. Anyone had any success with this? Read various threads on adding external buttons and 3D printing a ...(read more)

Hadron Vortex G2 - disk activity monitor update

2015-05-30T10:23:38Z

In a previous post, a small bar graph display was used to provide a visual animation of disk activity on Gizmo2. This is the updated version with the actual lightbar that is going to be used. The video below has a quick look at how the light ba...(read more)

Hadron Vortex G2 - Progress Update # 2

2015-05-28T00:37:47Z

Wow! what a busy couple of weeks, I've had a few extra days away from home that I wasn't expecting so updates have been a bit short on the ground, I decided to get straight on with things rather than blog intermittently. The project is ...(read more)

Build a self-driving RC car with the Gizmo 2

2015-05-16T06:56:28Z

I used the Gizmo 2Gizmo 2 single-board computer for this project. This project was originally inspired by a few of the image processing projects that I have gotten involved in as well as my strong interest in robotics. After hearing about ...(read more)

Hadron Vortex G2 - First images from case build

2015-05-15T02:03:26Z

Deciding to choose a new and unfamiliar material was maybe a bad idea at first, I was a out of my comfort zone and was putting off getting started with using it. Well that was until I made my very first cut... from then on, I knew aluminium co...(read more)

Hadron Vortex G2 - Light chaser mod

2015-05-12T10:34:39Z

In it's initial build, the console is going to have a nightrider style light chaser on the top to act as a disk activity monitor. There are plenty of other animation styles that can be used but for the proof of concept, I stuck to just the light chas...(read more)

Hadron Vortex G2 - NEWS FLASH GPIO BREAKOUT!!!!!!

2015-04-30T10:03:08Z

Waiting for some bits and bobs to be delivered for the case build, I've been trying to find out how to access and use the gpio ports on Gizmo2. The ubuntu install has a /sys/class/gpio folder and the export/unexport files where gpio pins can be ...(read more)

Hadron Vortex G2 - Installing Mame

2015-04-28T06:28:16Z

Mame is a Multiple arcade machine emulator allowing computers to play games from arcade machines by providing it with rom files. Installation is straight forward but can have some pitfalls if you don't know the procedure. Installing Mame i...(read more)

Hadron Vortex G2 - Launching GUI apps without Desktop

2015-04-27T16:56:30Z

The Gizmo's main limitation is it's ram which means that the less resources the system needs, the more we can devote towards applications that we want to use. There are lots of lightweight Desktop environments that can help reduce these...(read more)

Hadron Vortex G2 - Amiga emulator

2015-04-27T16:42:20Z

To be able to play Amiga games, an emulator is needed; specifically SF-UAE. The emulator needs to have roms that act as a kind of BIOS called kickstart in order to boot games. A company bought the rights to own kickstart so to use them legally...(read more)

Hadron Vortex G2 - Core software finalised

2015-04-26T15:29:16Z

It's been longer than anticipated finishing off installing the core software; and it's all Gizmo's fault.. There I was, quietly sat going through some terminal commands thinking I was nearly done when the the output of the last command listed ...(read more)

Gizmo vs Warsow. Flawless victory!

2015-04-18T17:47:21Z

Here's a video demonstrating launching application outside of the desktop environment on Ubuntu, A screen recorder launches the in turn launches Warsow and records it in high+ graphics mode while capturing the screen at 30 fps. If you got the t...(read more)

Gizmo on Fire!!

2015-04-17T18:41:46Z

I came across the Catalyst Fire graphics chipset drivers for Gizmo2's G series system on chip and found the performance increase well worth the effort of installing them. The AMD download site has tons of options but if you perservere, you...(read more)

Gizmo 2 - Out of the box

2015-04-16T08:43:21Z

I have received my Gizmo 2 just before the Easter weekend. Its arrival was perfect timing for me to see try out its capabilities out of the box and share that experience in this post. There are already a few great reviews in this communit...(read more)

Cyberpunk style teaser video for Gizmo 2 retro games console project and roadtest review

2015-04-15T00:48:55Z

www.youtube.com/watch Index of progress reports, technical information and project details:http://www.element14.com/community/people/violet/blog/2015/04/15/hadron-vortex-g2--content-index Check back regularly for new content! Lucie(read more)