Linux

When you have been accumulating electronic components for as long as I have, labeling and organizing them becomes a project in its own right. This is the story of how my labeling system evolved from …

We have all heard the mantra: backups are important, test your backups, follow the 3-2-1 rule. But actually implementing a backup strategy that works reliably, alerts you when something goes wrong, …

This post describes how I set up my development environment for OpenHAB on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. I followed the tutorial How to set up a development environment for openHAB . Ensure the system is …

I’ve always wanted a door bell that could e-mail me a picture whenever someone came to my door. This should be fairly easy using a Raspberry Pi, so I built one. Here’s the build log and code if you …

Here’s an overview of how to install vscp_software on a Raspberry Pi. It is based on the tutorial on setting up the VSCP daemon on Unix . I’m not only giving the commands but also the verbose output …

This post documents how I have set up my Raspberry Pi (model B+) for double duty as a VSCP daemon server and a pimped doorbell. This page is mostly for my own reference. Static IP # Find the DHCP …

This article describes how to use the USB2CAN interface with VSCP on Linux. While I am installing the interface on Ubuntu Linux, there is no reasons why it shouldn’t work on other distributions as …