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ddpt - dd to / from block devices

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Tuesday, February 17 2015 @ 21:26 CET
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FreeBSDFrom the web page: "The ddpt utility is a variant of the standard Unix command dd which copies files. The ddpt utility specializes in files that are block devices."
 
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Home Assistant

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Monday, February 02 2015 @ 21:12 CET
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NewsHome Assistant is an open-source home automation platform, running on Python 3.
 
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Raspberry Pi 2

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Monday, February 02 2015 @ 18:21 CET
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HardwareFrom the announcement:
Let’s get the good stuff out of the way above the fold. Raspberry Pi 2 is now on sale for $35 (the same price as the existing Model B+), featuring:
  • A 900MHz quad-core ARM Cortex-A7 CPU (~6x performance)
  • 1GB LPDDR2 SDRAM (2x memory)
  • Complete compatibility with Raspberry Pi 1
Because it has an ARMv7 processor, it can run the full range of ARM GNU/Linux distributions, including Snappy Ubuntu Core, as well as Microsoft Windows 10.
 
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Portable-VirtualBox

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Thursday, January 29 2015 @ 09:44 CET
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From the web site: "Portable-VirtualBox is a free and open source software tool that lets you run any operating system from a usb stick without separate installation".
 
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Coherent has been open sourced

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Tuesday, January 13 2015 @ 22:02 CET
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NewsCoherent, along with other source code from Mark Williams Company has been released under an open source license. MWC Sources.
 
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WunderBar - IoT starter kit

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Wednesday, January 07 2015 @ 13:41 CET
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HardwareWunderBar is a starter kit for IoT. The price is USD 200.- but you get everything you need to start developing IoT enabled applications and quite a few sensors.
 
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IOduino

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Sunday, December 28 2014 @ 15:01 CET
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NewsIOduino is a firmware for the Arduino which enables it's pins to be controlled remotely (over serial RS232). Analog/digital reads and writes are all possible. It comes bundled with a C++ library (IOduino.h) and a Python library (ioduino.py) which allows easy control from a computer running Linux. Interesting.
 
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Arduino - optiboot

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Sunday, December 28 2014 @ 13:10 CET
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NewsIf you work with Arduino, optiboot might be of interest. It is compatible with 168 and 328 Arduinos including Lilypad, Pro, Nano. OptiLoader looks like a nice way to put optiboot on a bunch of Arduino's quickly. Or Nick Gammon's Atmega bootloader programmer,
 
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Firmata and microcontroller communication

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Sunday, December 28 2014 @ 12:52 CET
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NewsFirmata (wiki - unmaintained) is a protocol for communicating with microcontrollers from software on a computer (or smartphone/tablet, etc). The protocol can be implemented in firmware on any microcontroller architecture as well as software on any computer software package (see list of client libraries below). Implementations for Arduino and Spark exists.
 
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Home automation - MySensors

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Monday, December 15 2014 @ 21:43 CET
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NewsFrom the MySensors web site: "We've combined the Arduino platform with a small radio transceiver into a fun, flexible world of low cost wireless sensors.". That sounds really cool for home automation.
 
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