Tag: hardware
Etcher: new image burner on the block
Etcher is a open source image burner developed by Resin.io, a product to make development and deployment easier for singe-board devices like the Pi, Beaglebone or Intel Edison. To make deployment of project images on thee boards easier, the team wrote their own image burner for SD cards and USB. Etcher is an Electron app using JS and npm modules. Continue reading Etcher: new image burner on the block
Li-Fi: data transmission via light
After Ethernet and Wi-Fi, scientists have come up with Li-Fi. The working principle is very simple: blinking LED lights can work as signals with different meanings and the signals can be fed into a bunch of LED lights by a single controller. Continue reading Li-Fi: data transmission via light
Pi Zero: the $5 computer
We saw a new model from Raspberry Pi family last February. Today the youngest (so far) member of the Pi family has been announced – Pi Zero. Pi Zero cuts the price of the board to $5 (€4.5), that’s as cheap as it gets for a powerful board like it. Continue reading Pi Zero: the $5 computer
Save battery on Intel Linux
You’ll find several threads on how Linux drains your battery on Google. While many of the issues might be hardware specific, there are some ways to enhance your battery life in addition to the standard TLP and powertop utilities. This article deals with some advanced mechanisms and utilities to go deeper into power management. Continue reading Save battery on Intel Linux
Mycroft: Linux AI
If you are a fan of Sherlock Holmes you already know who Mycroft Holmes is. The Mycroft we will discuss in this article is no less fascinating. It is a software based artificial intelligence that understands natural language. Continue reading Mycroft: Linux AI
CPU-X: know your processor
There are numerous tools to fetch hardware information on Linux (lshw, dmidecode, hwinfo, i-Nex, i7z, inxi…). CPU-X is a new tool that specializes on gathering processor and motherboard information. Continue reading CPU-X: know your processor
Nand2Tetris: build a computer from scratch
A challenging goal for a Computer Science student or a hobbyist would be to learn to build a computer on his own. However, it’s a vast paradigm and Computer Science courses or online tutorials do not often cover everything in a single go. Continue reading Nand2Tetris: build a computer from scratch
Enterprise & Mac Linux USB Loader: boot Linux on Intel Mac
If you own a Mac and want to try out Linux on it, the first resistance you’ll face will be at the bootloader. Loading Linux on a Mac is not straightforward due to Apple’s own EFI tweaks. Enterprise is a tool to create Linux bootable USB without any external tools like rEFIt or rEFInd. Continue reading Enterprise & Mac Linux USB Loader: boot Linux on Intel Mac
FinalKey: cheap hardware password manager you can build
Many of us need to maintain numerous accounts and associated passwords. It’s barely possible to memorize all of them if it’s not the same or there’s a pattern. Cloud based password managers cannot be trusted. Storing everything on a local system isn’t always possible, e.g., on an office laptop. FinalKey is a small device that tries to solve the problem. Continue reading FinalKey: cheap hardware password manager you can build
