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Ordered the Raspberry Pi

Posted on May 20, 2012 by

A few month ago, the Raspberry Pi was announced. On the 29th of februari, a huge amount of geeks, enthusiast, computer programmers were able to bring down 3 websites. RS-Components, Farnell and Raspberry Pi‘s website were not able to process the registrations … Continue reading →

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SCADA software has gotten out of control

Posted on May 29, 2011 by

SCADA software has gotten out of control, Ignition runs on Windows, Mac and Linux. 100% Cross Platform!

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We would love to get a glimps of the software used in Honda’s robot ASIMO!

Posted on March 3, 2011 by

We would love to get a glimps of the software used in Honda’s robot Asimo!
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Openbricks, an industrial grade Embedded Linux Framework

Posted on November 15, 2010 by

You really might want to take a look at http://www.openbricks.org If you are in the process of cooking your own linux distro for an ARM platform like the IGEPv2. I am using it to get Geexbox up and running on … Continue reading →

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Gauge widget available at Google Code

Posted on October 5, 2010 by

A few months ago, I wrote an Android gauge widget based on the vintage thermometer written by MindTheRobot. I also updated the Vintage Thermometer in the process. I received a lot of positive feedback on the gauge and a number of … Continue reading →

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Make things goodder

Posted on September 23, 2010 by

Last friday, I attended the ATS Inspect workshop at the ATS university day 2010.  We were asked to describe ATS Inspect and one of my co-workers from the UK came up with ‘make things goodder’. To be honest, it does tell … Continue reading →

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Advantech’s APAX-5000, A PC with PLC capabilities

Posted on July 30, 2010 by

A few days ago, I received an email from Advantech mentioning the APAX-5000. The APAX-5000 is a PC based controller with PLC capabilities. These systems are also known as PAC (Programmable Automation Controller). Rockwell, NI, General Electric, OPTO22 and others … Continue reading →

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IGEPv2 black screen issue solved when writing to SD card

Posted on July 15, 2010 by

A while ago, when working with Claudio on the IGEPv2 WIFI issue, we noticed that the screen went black when writing something to the SD card. This happened when we created a new file via the command line or sending … Continue reading →

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Receiving process information on your Android device is not difficult

Posted on June 22, 2010 by

2010-06-22 Freddy Martens A few weeks ago, I bought myself an HTC Desire which is an Android based phone. The phone can be used to read email, browse the web and make a phone call. It can also run a homebrewn … Continue reading →

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Experimental QNX board support package for the IGEPv2 board

Posted on June 13, 2010 by

Just a reminder, this has been published earlier but there is an experimental QNX board support package available for the IGEPv2. A while ago, Freddy Martens(ATS) and Claudio L. both worked together to get QNX Neutrino up and running on … Continue reading →

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