Author: ctheroux
Preventing warping when printing 3D ABS objects
The biggest issue when printing 3D ABS objects is warping. As an example, this 8 cm x 8 cm bit holder is badly warped. In this example, 5 mm. Adding
Read MoreVirtualBox does not run or runs slowly under Windows 8
Windows 8 comes with Hyper-V pre-installed. If you want to run Virtual Box, you must completely uninstall Hyper-V through the “Add and Remove Programs” option from the Control Panel. Failing
Read MoreCannot reach 110 Celsius with a Prusa PCB Heated Bed Mk 1
I was not able to reach 110 Celsius with a Prusa PCB Header Bed MK1. My initial installation was with the PCB traces down with a borosilicate glass on top
Read MoreG-Code commands supported by Marlin
The G-Code commands supported by Marlin 3D printing firmware are: Implemented Codes G0 Rapid Motion G1 Coordinated Movement X Y Z E G2 CW ARC G3 CCW ARC G4 Dwell
Read MoreEnable the TRIM command on Mountain Lion for SSD drives
To know if TRIM is enabled for a particular drive, open “System Profiler” and search for the “TRIM enable” information in the “Serial ATA sub-tree”. If TRIM is not enabled,
Read MoreBuilding a Prusa Mendel Iteration 2 3D Printer
It is not obvious to choose and get a 3D printer. There is quite a lot a choices on the market which can be divided in two categories: pre-assembled and
Read MoreRalink RT5572 based WiFi Usb Dongle setup on Ubuntu 12.04
The WiFi USB dongles based on the newest RT5572 chip set do not work out of the box on Ubuntu. Unex DNUR-V72, D-Link DWA-160 Rev B and TP-Link TL-WDN3200 dongles are
Read More2.4 GHz WiFi channels
Channel Center Frequency (GHz) 1 2.412 2 2.417 3 2.422 4 2.427 5 2.432 6 2.437 7 2.442 8 2.447 9 2.452 10 2.457 11 2.462 12 2.467 13 2.472
Read MoreRecording a terminal session under Linux
It is possible to record a terminal session under Linux with ttyrec. It also records vi, emacs, etc. sessions. Fisrt, install ttyrec sudo apt-get install ttyrec To start recording a
Read MoreA step by step guide to setup a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse on the Raspberry PI
A lot of people is having problem setting up a Bluetooth keyboard and mouse on the Raspberry PI. Things get more complicated when your wired keyboard or mouse does not
Read MoreInitializing A Wireless Connection At Boot Time
You can initialize your Raspberry PI wireless connection automatically at boot time if the instructions given in a previous post entitled How To Setup A Protected Wireless Connection Via The
Read MoreHow To Setup A Protected Wireless Connection Via the Command-Line
Setting up a wireless connection via the command line may vary depending on the USB Wireless Interface you are using. These instructions also work for the Raspberry PI running Wheezy.
Read MoreMasquerading or replacing outgoing SMTP email address with Postfix
Postfix can replace an outgoing email address by another one. To do so, you must perform these steps: Add in /etc/postfix/main.cf the following line smtp_generic_maps = hash:/etc/postfix/generic_maps Add in hash:/etc/postfix/generic_maps a
Read MoreCreate an ext3 or an ext4 partition without a journal
Most of the time, having a journal for ext3 and ext4 partitions is pretty useful. Nevertheless, you can prevent creating a journal by adding the option ^has_journal. For example: mkfs
Read MoreInitializing a brand new disk with “parted”
“parted” is a replacement for “fdisk” of Linux. It can handle disks larger than 2 TB. Issue this command to launch “parted” where /dev/sdL is the disk you want to
Read MoreHow to download Android source code
Source code of Android can be downloaded by following these steps: $ mkdir ~/bin $ PATH=~/bin:$PATH $ curl https://dl-ssl.google.com/dl/googlesource/git-repo/repo > ~/bin/repo $ chmod a+x ~/bin/repo $ mkdir WORKING_DIRECTORY $ cd
Read MoreInstalling the Android Development Environment for Windows 7
This post lists the main steps in order to install an Android development environment for Windows 7. The developement environment relies on Eclipse. Download a JDK (7u3) from the following
Read MoreHow to unmount an encrypted partition?
Unmount the partition umount /mnt Unmap the partition cryptsetup luksClose securebackup
Read MoreHow to mount an encrypted partition?
Map the partition cryptsetup luksOpen /dev/sdXN securebackup Mount the partition mount /dev/mapper/securebackup /mnt
Read MoreHow to setup partition encryption?
To setup partition encryption on Ubuntu, perform the following steps: Install the required software apt-get install cryptsetup For more security, erase the partition you want to encrypt with one of
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