Open Hardware: Raspberry Pi, SparkFun, NanoPi, and More
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Raspberry Pi ☛ Gugusse Roller transfers analogue film to digital with Raspberry Pi
Denis-Carl brought decades of Linux coding (“since the era when you had to write your own device drivers to make your accessories to work with it”), and a career making drivers for jukeboxes and high-level automation scripts, to the digitisation conundrum. Raspberry Pi clearly offered potential: “Actually, there was no other way to get a picture of this quality at this price level for this DIY project.” However, the Raspberry Pi Camera Module v2 Denis-Carl originally used wasn’t ideal for the macro photography approach and alternative lenses involved in transferring film. The module design was geared up for a lens in close proximity to the camera sensor, and Bayer mosaics aligned for extremities of incoming light were at odds with his needs. “But then came Raspberry Pi HQ camera, which didn’t have the Bayer mosaic alignment issue and was a good 12Mp, enough to perform 4K scans.”
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SparkFun Electronics ☛ 2024-09-27 [Older] Hot Plates, Coming Through!
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Bunnie Huang ☛ 2024-09-30 [Older] Name that Ware, September 2024
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Linux Gizmos ☛ NanoPi Zero2 with Gigabit Ethernet and Optional Wi-Fi Connectivity via M.2 Slot
The NanoPi Zero2 is a compact single-board computer designed around the Rockchip RK3528A processor. This device is available with an optional metal case and provides a Gigabit Ethernet port, as well as optional Wi-Fi connectivity via an M.2 slot.
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Future PLC ☛ Inside Iron Mountain: It’s Time to Talk About Hard Drives
Many asset owners—labels, artists, artists’ estates—sleep soundly at night believing that their recordings are safe in a climate-controlled vault, Koszela notes. But just like tape, hard drives are susceptible to any number of issues that may only be discovered when, for example, the project is pulled off the shelf to create an immersive mix.
“It’s so sad to see a project come into the studio, a hard drive in a brand-new case with the wrapper and the tags from wherever they bought it still in there,” Koszela says. “Next to it is a case with the safety drive in it. Everything’s in order. And both of them are bricks.”
Let’s say a drive containing a 1995 session does spin up. “You’ve got to update the Pro Tools session and you’re probably going to have to fix some plug-ins,” Koszela warns. “You’re off to the races, and you can create an immersive mix—but not if you wait too long and let that stuff die.”