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Lightning Never Strikes Twice? Maybe Blitzortung knows!

by DaveAuld

Building for and consuming the Blitzortung Lightning Detection Network

PiRex – remote controlled Raspberry Pi based robot

by Andrew Kirillov

The article describes the PiRex robot controllable from either a web browser or a dedicate client application by using REST API.

An autonomous roving vehicle Part 2 of n

by Mike Hankey

Part 2 in an on going series of article featuring an Autonomus Rover

I've Got My Eye On You.........A Journey Into Home CCTV and a Wireless Bridge

by DaveAuld

My adventure into installing a domestic CCTV system and wireless bridge.

Latest Articles

How to Enable Bitlocker Hardware Encryption on SEDs

by Federico Di Marco

How to enable Bitlocker hardware encryption on self encrypting drives

Measuring Temperature using the dsPIC Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU)

by Tough Developer

How to measure temperature using the dsPIC CTMU

Emulating EEPROM using Flash Memory on dsPIC33EP512MC502

by Tough Developer

How to emulate EEPROM using Flash Memory on dsPIC33EP512MC502

Software Real Time Clock (RTC) for the dsPIC33EP512MC502

by ToughDev

Software RTC for dsPIC33EP512MC502

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How to Enable Bitlocker Hardware Encryption on SEDs

22 Dec 2023 by Federico Di Marco

How to enable Bitlocker hardware encryption on self encrypting drives

Windows

PowerShell

hardware

bitlocker

encryption

Measuring Temperature using the dsPIC Charge Time Measurement Unit (CTMU)

6 Apr 2023 by Tough Developer

How to measure temperature using the dsPIC CTMU

C++

hardware

Emulating EEPROM using Flash Memory on dsPIC33EP512MC502

4 Apr 2023 by Tough Developer

How to emulate EEPROM using Flash Memory on dsPIC33EP512MC502

C++

hardware

Software Real Time Clock (RTC) for the dsPIC33EP512MC502

4 Apr 2023 by ToughDev

Software RTC for dsPIC33EP512MC502

C++

hardware

RTC

16-bit Stereo Audio DAC on dsPIC33FJ128GP802

4 Apr 2023 by ToughDev

16-bit Stereo Audio DAC on dsPIC33FJ128GP802

C++

hardware

PIC

Hardware Review: Logitech ERGO M575 Trackball and TESmart 4K 60Hz 4:4:4 KVM Switch

1 Mar 2023 by OriginalGriff

A new mouse and a new switch: this should be fun

hardware

TESmart

Logitech

FPGA Hardware Simulation Framework (FPGA_HW_SIM_FWK)

11 Jan 2023 by Clark Fieseln

Simulate hardware containing an FPGA programmed in VHDL interactively

Multiple Precision Arithmetic: Subtraction Algorithm

11 Jun 2022 by Andrea Simonassi

A simple subtraction algorithm for multiple precision arithmetic

Multiple Precision Arithmetic: Division Algorithm

11 Jun 2022 by Andrea Simonassi

The Normalized Division algorithm

hardware

Multiple Precision Arithmetic: A Multiplication Algorithm

11 Jun 2022 by Andrea Simonassi

The first and simplest of the multiplication algorithms, fast enough to multiply not too large numbers

Multiple Precision Arithmetic: Sum Algorithm

11 Jun 2022 by Andrea Simonassi

The simplest multiple precision sum algorithm

Recommended Transponder software

4 Dec 2021 by S'phush

Hi, I am a third year software developer student, I am planning to write a system that incorporates RFID technology and Transponders. My preference in language is C#. I would like to know, what software is recommended to write my code in and whether or not C# caters for all functionalities ?

hardware

RFID

programming

Recommended Transponder software

4 Dec 2021 by OriginalGriff

To be honest, it's going to depend too much on the individual software that the manufacturer of your RFID hardware provides and exactly what connections it makes to your system. Chance are it is just serial data, probably packaged with a start /...

hardware

RFID

programming

Is optimizing an SSD drive harmful to it?

2 Jul 2021 by Slow Eddie

I read somewhere that optimizing an SSD drive was harmful to it. Do you know if this is correct? It is a 10TB Raid5 NAS. Please let mo know if you do. What I have tried: Nothing yet. I am in the process of searching the web, as I feel you...

Is optimizing an SSD drive harmful to it?

2 Jul 2021 by Patrice T

Quote: I read somewhere that optimizing an SSD drive was harmful to it. Do you know if this is correct? In fact, first question is "what is optimization with SSD ?". Optimization is initially related to HD. With HD, what downgrade performance is...

Is optimizing an SSD drive harmful to it?

2 Jul 2021 by Dave Kreskowiak

Uhhh... only if you want to deplete the spare block pool. SSDs have spares because the blocks that make up the capacity of an SSD can only be written so many times before they fail. So, if you're going to "optimize" an SSD, you're going to be...

Is optimizing an SSD drive harmful to it?

2 Jul 2021 by OriginalGriff

If you mean defragging it, then long-term yes it does. SSD "wears out" as you write to, it and defragging moves data around to make it simpler for rotating disks to access without extra seek operations. SSD's don't have seeks - no heads to move...

Ready-to-Use Serial Port Enumeration List Box

26 Mar 2021 by Jochen Arndt

Using the Setup API to enumerate serial ports for selection with list boxes and drop-down combo boxes

C++

hardware

serial

ESP32 Deep Dive: What Time Is It?

8 Mar 2021 by honey the codewitch

Traipsing through the ESP-IDF to add some sweet sweet real-time clock functionality

Creating a Smart Hydrophone Processing System- Hardware

22 Feb 2021 by grilialex

In scientific projects, it is often needed to sample sounds from remote locations, for classification or other purposes. As data link rates may be low or unreliable, transmitting raw samples to inland processing centers may not be an option. An alternative is to do off-line processing in batches.

Interface with Raspberry Pi I2C Sensors, Using .NET/Blazor

5 Jan 2021 by theoldfool

Using a Blazor Server, running on a Raspberry Pi, to display output from an MCP9808 I2C sensor

RaspberryPi4

Linux

hardware

Introducing BBC micro:bit and MakeCode blocks .. with a Toy Robot Car and PC

9 Nov 2020 by wim4you

Introduction micro:bit and hobby example. Several Remote Controls (Infrared, Bluetooth Android App, serial port PC)

Does deviceeject.exe has parameters

25 Oct 2020 by Dave Kreskowiak

DeviceEject isn't documented at all so I'm going to say it's not meant for users to use. On top of that, it has the "admin shield" on it, so if you do get it to do something, it'll require admin priv's to do it.

Windows

hardware

Does deviceeject.exe has parameters

25 Oct 2020 by Moglane

I don’t know how to simply ask for a safe drive removal through code/automation. Use DeviceEject.exe to ask for a safe hardware removal using a simple program call with its parameters. What I have tried: Run the program help: EjectDevice.exe /?

Windows

hardware

How do I connect hardware and software?

11 Oct 2020 by Filip Mrsovic

How do I connect my program to something physical(hardware).I'm pretty good at programming, but I don't know anything about connecting software to hardware..... What I have tried: ...

hardware

How do I connect hardware and software?

11 Oct 2020 by RickZeeland

A lot of hardware manufacturers have SDK's that you sometimes can download for free from their websites, so go to the website of the manufacturer and search for "SDK".

hardware

How do I connect hardware and software?

11 Oct 2020 by OriginalGriff

As Richard says, there are far to many variables: just think about how many different ways there are to "connect" hardware to hardware: RS232, RsS485, LAN, WiFi, Bluetooth, USB, NFC, ... the list goes on. And each device which its connected needs...

hardware

How do I connect hardware and software?

11 Oct 2020 by Richard MacCutchan

It depends on what you are doing, what hardware you are trying to connect, what operating system you are trying to use, what programming language, what framework etc. Try posting some actual details of your problem. I would expect that if you are...

hardware

Arduino - Exercise Reps Counter with Analog Voltage Divider Button Controller

25 Sep 2020 by Christ Kennedy

An Arduino project that keeps track of your best Workout times and rep-counts

Arduino

hardware

DevOps

4K (2160p) resolution for PS1, PS2, PSP games

2 Aug 2020 by Evgeny Pereguda

Clone of PCSX/PCSX2/PPSSPP emulator for Windows 10 on WPF/C# with "touch" control

Understanding Bytecode and Java Virtual Machines

4 Jul 2020 by CodingKnight

While you don’t need to know about the details of Bytecode and JVMs to qualify as a Java programmer, such knowledge is still very beneficial.

Getting data from a pulse oximeter?

29 May 2020 by MadMyche

Device: Pulse Oximeter Protocol: Bluetooth Want: API A quick trip to Google[^] came up with the number 1 result having a brand, model, and a GIT repo of an Android app. Perhaps you may want to go through the code to see how it's done

hardware

Getting data from a pulse oximeter?

28 May 2020 by Dave Kreskowiak

You're probably going to have to start contacting manufacturers for something like this. For such a narrow vertical market, it is VERY unlikely you're going to get any other answer.

hardware

Down the Rabbit Hole: Template Interface around a C Library (libibverbs) in C++

27 May 2020 by Mohammad Nasirifar

Interface around libibverbs

An Education in Streaming

15 May 2020 by Rion Williams

Some recommended readings about streaming systems

What linux utility enables seeing devise is running or shut?

28 Apr 2020 by Richard MacCutchan

See linux device monitor - Google Search[^]

Linux

hardware

terminal

What's a source of information about device-related drivers and interrupt handlers in linux file system?

18 Apr 2020 by Richard MacCutchan

Use Google to find specific samples of linux commands and libraries related to the subject.

Ubuntu

hardware

USB

What's a source of information about device-related drivers and interrupt handlers in linux file system?

18 Apr 2020 by Member 14631177

I need to make an assignment program in C that identifies usb devices in Linux distro (my choice is Ubuntu 18.04 LTS). Additively, this code is intended to select device-related drivers and interrupt handlers as well. What I have tried: To...

Ubuntu

hardware

USB

NVMe SSDs versus Traditional SATA SSDs

5 Dec 2019 by Cp-Coder

Comparing Storage Technologies

hardware

SSD

hardware-review

How to find unique ID/code (can not be changed) for each device ?

28 Oct 2019 by RickZeeland

See this CodeProject article: A Ready To Use Software Licensing Solution in C#[^]

How to find unique ID/code (can not be changed) for each device ?

28 Oct 2019 by Golden Basim

hi, For issuing licenses for a certain computer, what would be a good way to determine a unique, globally distinct computer (windows) based on their hardware. What I have tried: 1- CPU ID but it is unique to each processor type not to each processor part 2- Motherboard Serial Number is unique...

How to find unique ID/code (can not be changed) for each device ?

27 Oct 2019 by Kornfeld Eliyahu Peter

If you really want to uniquely identify a computer you have to collect info on all hardware and somehow combine that into a single code... However this method is extremely problematic from the point of view of the end user... For instance the upgrade of a HDD will break the license (see...

Microservices: Myth, Madness, or Magic?

15 Jul 2019 by Marc Clifton

A highly opinionated look at microservices

cloud

hardware

microservice

Effective Shell Interlude: Understanding the Shell

22 May 2019 by Dave Kerr

You may be familar with the shell, but it can be useful to understand some of the surrounding concepts in detail. How does a shell differ from a terminal? What is a tty? How do shells really work? Hopefully as you read this article you'll discovery something that you didn't know about shells.

Rodney - A Long Time Coming Autonomous Robot (Part 8)

3 May 2019 by Phil Hopley

Eighth part in a series on a ROS (Robot Operating System) House Bot

Adding Object Detection with TensorFlow to a Robotics Project

28 Apr 2019 by Phil Hopley

In this article, we will add AI to an existing ROS (Robot Operating System) House Bot.

Rodney - A Long Time Coming Autonomous Robot (Part 5)

7 Apr 2019 by Phil Hopley

Fifth part in a series on a ROS (Robot Operating System) House Bot

Exercising Misty's Extensibility

3 Apr 2019 by Johnathan Ortiz-Sonnen

Deconstructing Misty's "Follow Ball" Skill

Javascript

Arduino

artificial-intelligence

Why Study Information Technology?

26 Mar 2019 by James A. Brannan

What is the need for studying information technology

L1 Cache Lines

16 Mar 2019 by Martin Vorbrodt

L1 cache lines

hardware

threads

What is Serverless, and Why Should You Care?

4 Mar 2019 by Ryan Peden

A brief overview of what Serverless is, and why giving it a try is worth your time.

WiFi thermometer using NodeMCU, DHT22 and Flask

13 Feb 2019 by Philipp_Engelmann

With IoT (Internet of Things) on the rise and hardware getting cheaper and cheaper, it's a great time to explore the possibilities this new technology provides.

Control NAO Using Kinect

28 Jan 2019 by Tareq_Gamal

How to Control NAOqi-Based Robots like NAO, Pepper using Kinect

Creating Multiple Identical VMs in Microsoft Azure

27 Jan 2019 by Gaston Verelst

In this post, I show how to create an image from a VM in Microsoft Azure, and use this to create identical VMs.

Kinect is Dead! Now What?

27 Jan 2019 by Vangos

Kinect is dead! Now what?

Rodney - A Long Time Coming Autonomous Robot (Part 4)

17 Jan 2019 by Phil Hopley

Fourth part in a series on a ROS (Robot Operating System) House Bot

Rodney - A Long Time Coming Autonomous Robot (Part 3)

17 Jan 2019 by Phil Hopley

Third part in a series on a ROS (Robot Operating System) House Bot

Rodney - A Long Time Coming Autonomous Robot (Part 1)

15 Jan 2019 by Phil Hopley

First part in a series on a ROS (Robot Operating System) House Bot

Deep Inside CPU: Raw Multicore Programming

26 Dec 2018 by Michael Chourdakis

Trigger all your cores from DOS

How to Build OpenCV for Windows with CUDA

2 Nov 2018 by Vangos

This post will show you how to build OpenCV for Windows with CUDA.

Is there a connector for ide to serial ata hdd

8 Oct 2018 by four systems

Salut is there a connector for ide to serial ata hdd what does it looks like and where is it available from cause have a machine with pre historic mb Thancs What I have tried: Searched the internet and online sites for connectors

hardware

Is there a connector for ide to serial ata hdd

8 Oct 2018 by Patrice T

Quote: is there a connector for ide to serial ata hdd what does it looks like and where is it available from cause have a machine with pre historic mb Short answer: No, mostly because IDE/PATA is not in use anymore. Back in time, some MB have had both connectors, IDE and SATA, but now they...

hardware

Is there a connector for ide to serial ata hdd

8 Oct 2018 by MadMyche

What is your definition of a Prehistoric MB? 1. Are there any available slots, such as PCI or Express? 2. Do you known MB manufacturer and model? Is this StarTech adapter viable for you? If not, please give a better description of what exactly you need. Amazon.com: 40 Pin Female IDE to SATA...

hardware

Is there a connector for ide to serial ata hdd

8 Oct 2018 by OriginalGriff

Not as far as I know - SATA requires a different chipset and fast access to the memory system to be of any use. PATA had a max throughput of 133 MB/s, while SATA starts at 150MB/s and goes up from there. You can buy SATA cards which plug into PCI / PCIe slots, and it may be possible to find an...

hardware

Improving Backup Performance

1 Oct 2018 by Satnam Singh CapGemini

Improving backup performance

Using beaglebone black as a keyboard device.

1 Oct 2018 by Member 14002991

I don't know if you still need this, but I found the solution to your problem. I'm just starting a project where I need to do the same. The BBB sets up the USB clients in /opt/scripts/boot/am335x_evm.sh And it seems that after this, you can no longer disable the UDC in order to install your...

Installing mac software on a PC

26 Sep 2018 by Richard MacCutchan

Try Xamarin App Development with Visual Studio | Visual Studio[^].

Installing mac software on a PC

26 Sep 2018 by Grigorii Mordkovich

Hello everyone, Yesterday I decided I want to start developing IOS apps. I don't have a mac, so I started looking for other possible ways to do that. My research came down to leveraging a virtual machine. I found out that my PC computer (I have Windows 10 by the way) has to have some certain...

What is IoT Edge?

24 Sep 2018 by DataBytzAI

With edge computing, you can avoid transferring raw data by carrying out data cleaning, aggregation and analysis on the device itself, and then send the insights gained to the cloud.

Serenity - New Build Time - Part 2 - The Benchmarks

28 Aug 2018 by DaveAuld

The pursuit of Serenity, it's new build time!

hardware

nvidia

OpenCL

Serenity - New Build Time - Part 1 - The Build

27 Aug 2018 by DaveAuld

The pursuit of Serenity, it's new build time!

hardware

nvidia

Introducing the Process of Mining in Blockchain

24 Aug 2018 by Packt Publishing

Bitcoin mining process

hardware

blockchain

GPU

Allocating Memory on Linux and Windows

10 Aug 2018 by RCL_SPD

How to allocate memory on Linux and Windows

3D Printing - 101

5 Aug 2018 by Mike Hankey

The time is right to purchase that 3D Printer you've been looking at and I'll help you get started!

hardware

printing

SIM900 - connection issue

1 Aug 2018 by MateoGlowinski

Hi:) I've problem with SIM900 module. Seems to me that it's not able to maintain a connection. What i know this firmware is supporting europe (i come from Poland). SIM has no PIN code and it's properly working on smartphone. Firmware version: SIMCOM_Ltd SIMCOM_SIM900B...

Arduino

embedded

hardware

Private Cloud is an Evolution of Dedicated Servers, not Cloud

16 Jul 2018 by David Dunlap

Where as public cloud is amorphous with nigh-limitless resource pools, private cloud is more like slapping a perfectly formed organizer on your resources.

cloud

hardware

product-showcase

Arduino: Just Say No To Shields

6 Jul 2018 by raddevus

Arduino: just say no to shields

Arduino Uno: Using Your ATMega328p-u As Stand-alone

3 Jul 2018 by raddevus

Arduino Uno: Using your ATMega328p-u as stand-alone

Arduino

Amazon

hardware

10 Security Concepts Developers Need to Master

2 Jul 2018 by mbarsott

It is common wisdom that in order to understand complicated things, we need to break them down into smaller parts. If you want to understand complex security systems, you first need to have a good grasp on the basic security concepts, so let's begin from the start...

Javascript

hardware

Ajax

Descriptive Statistics and Data Normalization with CNTK and C#

1 Jul 2018 by Bahrudin Hrnjica

How to calculate some of the basic statistics operations on data set

Motorcycle Signal Lights

30 Jun 2018 by Matt McGuire

Using an Arduino Nano to control all the working lights on an old 1978 Suzuki GS500

Introducing the TANK AIoT Developer Kit

29 Jun 2018 by Intel

We are excited to announce the availability of the TANK AIoT Dev Kit by iEi, with support for the OpenVINO™ toolkit and Intel® Media SDK.

How can I crawling rss feed without hard disk problems?

12 Jun 2018 by Chopin2001

My web program is an RSS reader. This program fetches new updates from multiple RSS feed sites and stores them on the mariadb disk. The address is about 20,000. And The index content is the feed content URL. Once content has been updated via this index, it will not be saved when saved. The...

Build a Custom Hardware System

23 May 2018 by Intel

This tutorial shows you how to use the Qsys system integration tool to create a custom Field Programmable Gate Array (FPGA) hardware design using IP available in the Intel® FPGA IP library.

Windows

hardware

product-showcase

DIY electronic RFID Door Lock with Battery Backup

7 May 2018 by Elmue

An electronic door lock that replaces a mechanic key by an RFID card or RFID token.

Start Amazon Web Services Greengrass Core on the UP Squared Development Board

26 Apr 2018 by Intel

This guide shows the steps to start Amazon Web Services (AWS) Greengrass core on Ubuntu using the UP Squared development board.

Hardware helper library for C# windows 8.1

5 Apr 2018 by Patrice T

Read this in article forum : Github-rehosted-with-bug-fixes[^] Unfortunately, the author have not connected for 5 years.

hardware

Hardware helper library for C# windows 8.1

5 Apr 2018 by alirezasob

not support windows 8.1 ??? Frown | :( plz help Hardware Helper Library for C#[^] What I have tried: not support windows 8.1 ??? Frown | :( plz help Hardware Helper Library for C#

hardware

Hardware helper library for C# windows 8.1

5 Apr 2018 by OriginalGriff

Don't post this under Quick Answers - if you got the code from an article, then there is a "Add a Comment or Question" button at the bottom of that article, which causes an email to be sent to the author. They are then alerted that you wish to speak to them. Posting this here relies on them...

hardware

Developing Visual Retail Solutions Using Intel® Hardware and Software

3 Apr 2018 by Intel

The Retail Workshop: Hands on Learning with Intel®-based Retail Solutions

PiRex – remote controlled Raspberry Pi based robot

29 Mar 2018 by Andrew Kirillov

The article describes the PiRex robot controllable from either a web browser or a dedicate client application by using REST API.

Storage Unit Flood Detector

22 Mar 2018 by Intel

This storage unit flood detector application is part of a series of how-to Internet of Things (IoT) code sample exercises using the Intel® IoT Developer Kit and a compatible Intel-based platform, cloud platforms, APIs, and other technologies.

Using Intel® Math Kernel Library with Arduino Create

22 Mar 2018 by Intel

This article presents use cases and provides examples which make use of the Intel® Math Kernel Library (Intel® MKL)

Hardware acceleration not preventing stuttering with CSS grid

16 Mar 2018 by User 13204940

Hi, I have several elements within a div which are grids and contains between 0 and 32 subitems on the right section of the page. The left section is a navigation section so I have this setup: |-nav-|---content---| Above the nav, I have a button to collapse it, which sets its width to 32px...

CSS

hardware

grid