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  • Gizmo2 led mod

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    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZzCw7xqTu88
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  • gizmo2 vs warsow

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    Demonstration of starting graphical apps outside of the desktop environment for a gaming console project based around the Gizmosphere Gizmo2.Find out more at http://www.element14.com/community/people/violet/blog/2015/04/15/hadron-vortex-g2--co
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  • Hadron Vortex G2 - Amiga emulator

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    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, you either…

  • Hadron Vortex G2 - Core software finalised

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    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 out into…

  • Hadron Vortex G2 - disk activity monitor update

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    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 bar was constructed…

  • Hadron Vortex G2 - Progress Update # 2

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    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 close to complete…

  • Hadron Vortex G2 - First images from case build

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    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 composite…

  • Hadron Vortex G2 - Light chaser mod

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    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 chaser…

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

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    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 controlled…

  • Hadron Vortex G2 - Installing Mame

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    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 is as easy as…

  • Hadron Vortex G2 - Launching GUI apps without Desktop

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    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 resources but…

  • Gizmo vs Warsow. Flawless victory!

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    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 time, watch…

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

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    This video is unavailable. You don't have permission to edit metadata of this video. Index of progress reports, technical information and project details: http://www.element14.com/community/people/violet/blog/2015/04/15/hadron-vortex…

  • Hadron Vortex G2

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    Watch out for more info on the Hadron Vortex G2 retro gaming console. Brought to life by Gizmo2. Have you got gremlins in your system?

  • Fun with Tektronix TBS1202B-EDU

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    Using the courseware feature as a photoframe

  • Analysing Signals from SHT1X Software Module

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    Analysing Signals from SHT1X Software Module Recently I wrote a software module to allow the Espruino development board send commands and receive data from the Sensirion SHT11 temperature and relative humidity sensor. The SHT11 sensor uses a 2 wire bus…

  • Switching on a Tektronix TBS1202B - EDU

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    Early last week I received a Tektronix TBS1202B-EDU oscilloscope through the post from Element14. Since my old analogue oscilloscope died about 2 months ago, I was in my element when the Tektronix unit arrived! Here's an account of my first experiences…