Archive for February 2016

Software Piracy Hurts Linux Adoption, Research Finds – TorrentFreak

New research suggests that software piracy has a detrimental effect on the adoption of Linux desktop operating systems. Piracy is one of the reasons why Windows has been able to maintain its dominant market position, making open source alternatives “forgotten victims” of copyright infringement. https://torrentfreak.com/software-piracy-hurts-linux-adoption-research-finds-160221/ Posted from WordPress for Android

What the OECD has really said about Finland’s economy – Finland Politics

We have all heard about or seen on TV Alexander Stubb welcoming the last OECD report about Finland, and congratulating himself and the government on the support for OECDs to the Finnish government’s program. That is just a communication trick. because this optimistic is simply wrong http://finlandpolitics.org/2016/02/17/what-the-oecd-has-really-said-about-finlands-economy/ Posted from WordPress for Android

Impedance and impedance matching

What is impedance? Impedance is very technical measurement that is hard to explain without equations and some scientific jargon. When you want to understand impedance, first think about electrical resistance (represented by R), measured in Ohms. In basic battery circuit battery generates a voltage which tries to force a current around the circuit connected between

Arduino sensors interfacing

There is a wide variety of sensor0s. A sensor can be used to measure all manner of different things including temperature, light, vibrations… heck even air quality and your heartbeat! By connecting a sensor to Arduino board you can easily read sensor values and have your own code to process them. If you connect your