Author Archives: George

How to use V-USB on an attiny85

V-USB is a project from the company Objective Development Software GmbH to bring basic USB support to any micro controller. This is what they say about it: V-USB is a software-only implementation of a low-speed USB device for Atmel’s AVR® … Continue reading

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Graphical LCD controlled by only 2 wires

Graphical display controlled with only 2 wires Programming a micro controller is much easier if you can do debugging. How ever this is often not available or only very limited. I usually debug my applications with a display. This way … Continue reading

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Linux, the Sandy-Bridge CPU and the HD3000 GPU

For all those who are wondering how great the Linux support with the new Sandy-Bridge CPUs are, I can let you know, It works great! As the guys from Phoronix already showed in www.phoronix.com/scan.php?page=article&item=intel_sandy_speed&num=1 Linux runs quite well, as long … Continue reading

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How to sync egroupware with a tablet N900 with syncevolution.

Until now, I was using googles address book and calendar service to sync my phones address book and calendar with my PC. As I don’t like to share my personal data with google, I always was looking for an alternative. … Continue reading

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New SleepAnalyser

Recording options Once again I could move a new version of my SleepAnalyser into the stable tree of the Maemo repositories. Beside small changes and bugfixes it also has many new features: Lucid dream music option Wake up music option … Continue reading

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Förderverein Generation+

Soeben habe ich die Webseite www.gplus-ilef.ch des Fördervereins Generation+ aufgeschalten. Der Verein hat die Funktion, finanzielle Mittel zu sammeln, um die Jugendarbeit der reformierten Kirchgemeinde Illnau-Effretikon (www.ref-ilef.ch) auszubauen.

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SleepAnalyser in new stable version

SleepAnalyser with new features I am pleased to announce a new stable version (1.8-105) of SleepAnalyser. Compared to the last stable version a lot has changed. Beside a cleanup of the graphical user interface also a big part of the … Continue reading

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Convert RGB to HSV and back with a micro controller

It took me a while to find code examples how to convert an RGB color value into the equivalent HSV color space and back. Also it took me quite a while to adapt the code for my micro controller. For … Continue reading

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New MAEMO application: Leo

Hi all As an occasional user of the translation service on  dict.leo.org I got frustrated how time consuming it is, to use it on an embedded device; first you have to start a browser, then type in the url, wait … Continue reading

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SleepAnalyser updated

I just released a new stable version of my SleepAnalyser. SleepAnalyser is a Software for the MAEMO 5 based phone N900. It is able do record and visualise your sleep pattern. For more informations see here. SleepAnalyser

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