• Dust sensor data representation

    Dust sensor data representation

    The idea of using a HM3301 Laser dust sensor was to make a data representation that instead of boring numbers show a more visual appealing image representing particles and their size.For that we though about making a read each 2 minutes and use a bi-stable display with 4 grays.Components used: The build work!First you should…

  • Compiling an ARM Linux kernel with EBC eink interface

    Compiling an ARM Linux kernel with EBC eink interface

    First of all the essentials which are clearly explained here: Build your first Linux kernel and make sure you have at least 8 GB free disk space .Please be aware that building your own Linux kernel needs to be done with care and it’s a risky operation where you might need to wipe everything if…

  • Making our own ESP32S3 BLE receive JPEG image Firmware

    Making our own ESP32S3 BLE receive JPEG image Firmware

    Since long I’ve been interested in using another means to receive binary data that are more low-consumption oriented than WiFi.And there is a protocol for that, which should be the standard, when sending and receiving BLE files. It’s called L2CAP: Logical Link Control and Adaptation Protocol: L2CAP permits higher-level protocols (such as GATT and SM)…

  • Testing Pine64 Quartz model A board

    The Quartz64 Model A is powered by a Rockchip RK3566 quad-core ARM Cortex A55 64-Bit Processor with a Mali G-52 GPU. It comes equipped with 2GB, 4GB or 8GB LPDDR4 system memory, and a 128Mb SPI boot flash. There is also an optional eMMC module (up to 128GB) and a microSD slot for booting. So…

  • Moved to Barcelona

    Well it was hard, frustrating and a very tiring experience to say the least. But after finally signing a one year Contract for the apartment, and many “Nos” for other’s we’d liked, but we didn’t qualify since we do not have any spanish work…we are settling down nicely and already got high speed internet installed.Now…

  • LVGL to design UX interfaces on epaper

    LVGL to design UX interfaces on epaper

    lv_port_esp32-epaper is the latest successful attempt to design UX in C using Espressif ESP32.If you like the idea please hit the ★ in my repository fork.What is LVGL? LVGL stands for “Light and Versatile Graphics Library” and allows you to design an object oriented user interface in supported devices. So far it supports mostly TFT…

  • CALE.es hits first 100 users

    CALE.es hits first 100 users

    After almost one year on the run, my service to deliver images for epapers and TFT displays finally is starting to get some adoption. The idea was starting at the beginning of 2020 when the epapers and many great projects like EPDiy in hackaday started to be early adopted. Our ESP32 Firmware does 3 things…

  • Analysis of the YouHodler user interface and their default risk assessment

    Since about 4 months I’ve been using this site to keep my Crypto assets and I really like the User experience (UX) and also the design, both of the website and their Android / Iphone application. YouHodler is a DeFi platform where you can store your Crypto assets and get a yearly percentage interest, just…

  • Repurposing the MIDI protocol to control Led Matrixes

    Meet Remora-matrix a project that started with the idea to sniff MIDI messages and make simple visuals on a LED-Matrix. Our previous Firmware Remora was intended to receive short commands from ORCΛ and make very simple Neopixels animations on addressable LEDs stripes (WS2812B like)With this one I decided to go a step further and make…

  • Understanding how to make good decisions when betting on Crypo Multi HODL bets

    Multi HODL is an innovative tool to bet on price changes on Crypto assets invented by YouHodler.com . YouHodler is a Swiss based company that is innovating in the field of Crypto financials.I enjoyed a lot using Multi HODL but I was not well informed when I started with it and I make a lot…