Parametric Screw to Zip Tie Adapter
A “Parametric Screw to Zip Tie Adapter” is now available. More details at Parametric Screw to Zip Tie Adapter .
Read MoreCustomizable Small Linear Carriage
A “Customizable Small Linear Carriage Generator” is now available. More details at Customizable Small Linear Carriage .
Read MoreVirtualBox fails on startup
Result Code: NS_ERROR_FAILURE (0x80004005) / Kernel driver not installed (rc=-1908) are the errors displayed when the kernel driver needs to be recompiled. It usually happens when updates to Ubuntu are
Read MorePort forwarding using SSH
SSH port forwarding let you connect to a server using another server a relay. For example, if you host a web server in a DMZ behind your office router, you
Read MoreReset Unity Top Menu Bar Widget Panel
Sometimes, widget disappears from the Top Menu Bar Widget Panel of Unity. The Widget Panel can be reset using the following command: killall unity-panel-service
Read MoreMake Linux use the hardware clock set to local time
Ubuntu sometimes assumes that the hardware clock of the computer is set to GMT. If the hardware clock is set to local time, set UTC=no in /etc/default/rcS.
Read MoreMove and secure the MySQL data directory
By default, the data directory of MySQL is /var/lib/mysql. This can be a security issue, especially on a laptop. If your home directory is encrypted, you can easily secure you
Read Morehwclock: ioctl(RTC_RD_TIME) to /dev/rtc to read the time failed: Invalid argument
This error occurred on Raspbian Jessie using an ARPI600. I was trying to set up the real-time clock. I could resolve the issue by running the following command: hwclock –systohc
Read MoreExtrusion Rail Customizable Fastener
A “Extrusion Rail Customizable Fastener” is now available. More details at Extrusion Rail Customizable Fastener .
Read MoreCustomizable Linear Carriage Generator
A “Customizable Linear Carriage Generator” is now available. More details at Customizable Linear Carriage Generator .
Read MoreFix “The Update Information Is Outdated”
Sometimes, the message “The Update Information Is Outdated” is displayed when you click on a red warning red icon in the status bar. It happened to me last week. This
Read MoreParametric utility box
A “Parametric Utility Box” is now available. More details at Parametric utility box .
Read MoreMaximum Frequency of a ESP8266 – Revisited
The ESP8266 can yield a 163 kHZ wave using the Arduino IDE and writing the code in C. The code used is: int pin = 5; void setup() { pinMode(pin, OUTPUT);
Read MoreMaximum Frequency an ESP8266 can yield
An ESP8266 running NodeMCU can yield maximum frequency of 1.44 kHz with a duty cycle of 61%. The wave form is given below. The code used to perform this test is: pin =
Read MoreInterrupt NodeMCU init.lua
It can be sometimes challenging to regain control of the NodeMCU running on a ESP8266 when init.lua has a tight loop in it. To do so, first, download esptool.py from GitHub.
Read MoreESP8266 Resources Page
I have written a page that contains many useful links about the ESP8266 platform. You can display this page either using the top menu option “ESP8266 Resources” or by cliking
Read MoreESP8266 – Remarkable free book
A remarkable book about the ESP8266 is freely available. It can be downloaded from Kolban’s book on the ESP8266. It contains more than 300 pages of information. This book is a
Read MoreEGit does not shows project decorations
Decorations are not displayed when some commits are not pushed EGit within the Eclipse IDE. These are the UP and DOWN arrows shown to the right of the project name
Read MoreHard reset a Cree Connected light bulb
I acquired a few days ago a Wink Hub along with a few Cree Connected light bulbs. I couldn’t pair them. Out of 5 bulbs, I was able to pair
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