I wrote about Visual Programming for Arduino last year, and now I found a new tool that I did not know about that time. Mind+ is a flow-based visual programming software for Arduino. It is designed for easy learning electronics and computers. Mind+ sells DIY kits based on electronics blocks and Mind+ software. The Mind+ software →
Advanced research needs nowadays advanced ICT. It means typically fast signal capturing, fast networks and big data handling capabilities. CERN’s openlab has published a document explaining stuff it wants someone to invent so it can get the most out of the large hadron collider (LHC) and its other instruments. CERN openlab Whitepaper on Future IT →
Here are some resources to find latest news on Internet of Things (IoT): Business Insider magazine has quite interesting Internet of Things news section. VentureBeat has also Internet of Things news section. IoT News Network IoT News Alltop Internet of Things →
When testing with Arduino circuits, it is often useful to see digital signal states on different pins. It is easy to measure single signal pin state with multimeter, but when you want to monitor several pins visually you need something else. One useful option is to use LEDs connected to pins to show their state. →
Rubic’s Cube had it’s 40th Anniversary this week. Although the Rubik’s Cube reached its height of mainstream popularity in the 1980s (from where I remember it most), it is still widely known and used. Since then it’s sold over 350 million units, making it the best-selling toy ever. Rubik’s Cube is a hard task to →
The Arduino Ethernet Shield allows you to connects Arduino to your local LAN or Internet with Ethernet connection.. Just plug Arduino Ethernet Shield module onto your Arduino board, connect it to your network with an RJ45 cable. The original Arduino Ethernet Shield is based on the Wiznet W5100 Ethernet chip. Arduino IDE comes with example →
Here is a simple way to do post-mortem debugging for a program that crashes. First enable the saving of core files when program crashes by running the following command in shell before starting the program you want to test: ulimit -c unlimited When program crashes Linux creates core file named core to program running directory You →
It seems that the the 25 years old free web is under a constant attack. The most current threads to really open web at the moment are DRM, network neutrality issues and mobile app wallet garden silos. Some time ago DRM HTML5 were approved. I did not like the idea to add DRM to HTML5, →
Multimeter design has been somewhat of a stagnant craft, the basic look and layout being maintained for a several decades. The shape has been pretty much the same, and they are typically stand-alone instruments that don’t usually connect to any other device (although some meters have had PC connectivity typically through RS-232 or USB). Now →
I have written on car electronics trends on my Car Electronics 2012 posting, and followed on the later news on the topic on the comments. It is well known that cars have become and are becoming as big moving intelligent always connected mobile devices. There are also plans to make the roads intelligent. Intelligent Roadways →