Category Archives: Software.

Software related things.

BORG Backup — Deduplicating Archiver

Posted on May 5, 2016 by robert

The documentation is very usable, easy to understand. Getting the basic things going is very easy. The code is on github. It’s worth taking a look and having a go at it! You do know that you NEED a backup, … Continue reading →

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KiCad BZR5025 full windows installer

Posted on July 28, 2014 by robert

Someone on the KiCad mailing list has created a windows installer of the BZR5025 code base, including libraries, demo projects, docs… I’ve mirrored it on my server for your convenience. KiCad downloads Please note that this version uses library-tables and … Continue reading →

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Got a new Kindle and no WLAN support on your router?

Posted on August 21, 2012 by robert

What’s the motivation? You CAN transfer e-books to the Kindle via USB cable, BUT that leaves a lot to be desired. Browsing the Amazon Kindle store is a very nice feature that I wouldn’t want to miss anymore. There are … Continue reading →

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What does it take to call something ‘open’ ?

Posted on October 24, 2011 by robert

I recently stumbled across this blog post. The writer talks fervently (a small play of words if you translate his avatar from German to English) about the open-ness of KiCAD, especially about the open-ness of the design files. In this … Continue reading →

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Mental illness in microcontrollers — or in the programmer ?

Posted on July 11, 2011 by robert

A while ago I thought it was time to re-implement my clumsy attempt to have some sort of communication between 3 microcontroller boards. It is half-duplex only, so that can’t be hard, can it? As the ATtiny24s don’t have a … Continue reading →

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Openbench Logic Sniffer — A short review

Posted on July 7, 2011 by robert

Sadly this thing is not available as a DIY kit, but that is just a personal thing. I like to solder. And of course this will not have any negative effect on what comes further down. BTW. I contacted Ian … Continue reading →

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openSUSE avr-gcc packages — please test

Posted on June 13, 2011 by robert

A lot of people are making an effort to provide up-to-date avr-gcc packages for openSUSE to support new devices and fix known errors. Please test these packages and report your findings / errors. Either directly to bugzilla or to this … Continue reading →

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ATtiny4313 on linux

Posted on March 7, 2011 by robert

Some time ago I had acquired an ATtiny2313 breakout board and was running into memory limitations. I ordered 2 ATtiny4313 on ebay, but could compile any code for them. As it turns out after a longer odyssey, it seems that … Continue reading →

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Getting Mathematica fonts to work with pdfLaTeX

Posted on February 7, 2011 by robert

I’m busy with writing some stuff and sometimes using Mathematica is simpler and quicker than using GnuPlot + Inkscape. But getting the fonts to work with LaTex / pdfLaTeX … !!! WTF !!! Now after several hours, it’s dark now, … Continue reading →

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PulseAudio annoyance — headphones killing my ears

Posted on October 4, 2010 by robert

“Based on code originally contributed by Marc-André Lureau we now support Flat Volumes. The idea behind flat volumes has been inspired by how Windows Vista handles volume control: instead of maintaining one volume control per application stream plus one device … Continue reading →

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Gnuplot: SVG export and Inkscape — annoyances and workarounds

Posted on July 1, 2009 by robert

I’m making some data plots with gnuplot right now that will be fed to pdfLaTeX later. So I could just have gnuplot create .ps or .eps files, but for some reason it always gets the font completely wrong. When reverse … Continue reading →

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