Tag Archives: GPIO

Scratch Remote Sensor API

Pynetsense is a Python library that provides a simple to use API for implementing Scratch networking sensor clients. For communicating with Scratch, the remote sensor protocol is used. Beside providing a simple API to manage messages and variables, a wrapper framework is provided. The wrapper framework helps with implementing sensor clients that run in the [...]

ROCKETuC Introduction

I just made two short videos introducing the main features of the ROCKETuC project I work on with Alexander Reben. The first one gives a basic introduction to ROCKETuC and what you can do with it, the second one shows how external interrupts could be used with ROCKETuC and Processing. Basically I made them to [...]

Carambola on Wheels

I lately took my Carambola an put it on a DFRobot 4WD mobile platform. Then, I connected a Logitech C270 HD web-cam which connects to the Carambolas USB port. By configuring “mjpeg_streamer” like described in the Carambola Wiki, streaming live video over the Carambolas WiFi then is just a peace of cake . For operating [...]

Hallo Carambola

Today I got my Carambola boards (thank you Matze). The Carambola is a MIPS based SoC from 8devices. It uses the Ralink RT3050 which includes a high performance 320MHz MIPS24KEc CPU core, 8 MB Flash and 32 MB RAM. The device also provides two Ethernet ports and w a 802.11bgn radio. And best of it all: it is [...]