Open Hardware and Linux Devices
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Chris's 12 Years at SparkFun
SparkFun is 20 years old this year! We're lucky enough to have a bunch of employees that have been around for over 10 of those years, and we wanted to share their reflections on their time here with you. Today you'll be hearing from Chris McCarty (you may know him as One Chris Two Chris Red Chris Blue Chris).
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What will we do with an additional $22M?
We are happy to announce that Arduino raised an additional $22 million round, taking our Series B funding to $54 million, thanks to an expansion co-led by CDP Venture Capital and Anzu Partners.
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A beautiful minimalist rainbow LED lamp
The frame is entirely 3D-printable. The only required components are an Arduino Nano board, a strip of 36 WS2812B LEDs (the 60 LEDs per meter density), and a power supply. The tutorial provides a sketch with lighting effects and also explains how to work with the FastLED Arduino library. That library is fantastic for easily controlling dozens or even hundreds of LEDs, so you can create whatever effects you can imagine.
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Controlling home appliances with Arduino Cloud and TP-Link smart plugs
In today’s modern world, smart technology is revolutionizing the way we interact with our surroundings. From managing our home’s energy consumption to controlling appliances remotely — such as washing machines, fans, coffee makers, and even air conditioners. Smart devices offer us a level of convenience and control that was once unimaginable. However, dealing with multiple apps for various systems can be cumbersome and inefficient. This is where an integrated platform like the Arduino Cloud comes into play, offering a unified dashboard to control all your smart devices. Moreover, if you’re an Arduino enthusiast, you’ll be excited to learn how Node-RED can bridge the gap between commercial products and the Arduino Cloud. Last, but not least, you can integrate this project with the rest of your Arduino Cloud projects automating your appliance control using other devices’ data.
In this blog post, we’ll delve into a fascinating project that demonstrates how you can harness the power of the Arduino Cloud and Node-RED to control TP-Link smart plugs, giving you the ability to manage and monitor your appliances from a centralized hub.
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Raspberry Pi ISS Model Mimics Real ISS
The ISS MIMIC project uses a Raspberry Pi to power a 1:100 scale International Space Station (ISS) model that moves and articulates to imitate the real ISS.
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Libre Computer Announces 'Sweet Potato' Raspberry Pi Alternative
Following a theme of potato-based codenames, Libre Computer's latest board is more of a companion to its long term supported 'Le Potato'
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Development MCU Platform Supports Swift
Today, Crowdsupply featured the SwiftIO Micro, a compact development board designed for programming in the Swift language. This board provides up to 44 IO pins with support for various interfaces. Additionally, it offers detailed guides and demo projects to help newcomers get started with ease.
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OpenEmbedded version 4.0.12 release-r4 compiled
There has been a complete recompile of the Quirky fork of OE/Yocto, based on the Kirkstone 4.0.12 release of OE/Yocto. this is build "r4"; the previous is "r3" which was based on OE/Yocto Kirkstone 4.0.10.
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OE-related posts April 25 2023 to September 7 2023
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DASUNG introduces the world’s first color E-ink monitor (Crowdfunding)
Just a couple of years ago, we would have laughed at the idea of getting an E-ink monitor, because most displays were still in black and white only, larger displays were prohibitively expensive, and nobody wanted to wait for several seconds to get a full display refresh. But there’s been some good progress in recent years with color displays, faster refresh rate, and prices coming down somewhat which has led to the launch of devices such as the Onyx BOOX Tab Ultra C 10.3-inch color E-Ink Android tablet and a range of color eReaders such as the PocketBook Color. But DASUNG is going further with the launch of the world’s first color E-ink monitor.