IoT is the current buzz word and I will be doing some more tinkering with current solutions this year. I have done projects with Arduino , Raspberry Pi and looking into relayr / Wunderbar right now.
relayr provides a tech stack with Wunderbar, that easily connects included sensors with the cloud. They provide a wide range of API endpoints to collect data and even integrate hardware solutions like Arduino orRaspberry Pi.
“The WunderBar is built for software developers. It is a powerful rapid prototyping and product development tool that enables developers to immediately start creating products and solutions that utilise the Internet of Things, without any prior hardware knowledge. No soldering or electronic engineering experience is needed. Just choose what sensors you need for your project and start coding.”
Starterkit should arrive next week …
“The Pi-hole can block ads for all devices on your network. All you need is a Raspberry Pi connected to your router. It was inspired as a low-cost, open source alternative to the AdTrap. The Pi-hole works on the the B, B+ and Pi 2.”
Will be a nice reuse for one of my older Rasberry Pis …
A couple of interesting links for the PCTV Broadway HD S2
The PCTV Broadway HD-S2 is currently my favorite network sat receiver. It is tightly integrated into many of our network clients.
As the PCTV Broadway HD-S2 provides a nice and clean REST Api, I decided to start writing a small desktop client to access the streams and recordings (My main focus is Mac OSX / Linux for now). Sure, you can use VLC for that or just use the web interface, but I wanted something more customizable .
The Broadway PHP Api is working nicely and I am tempted to integrate the same functionality into the desktop client :)
Basic functionality working so far:
Cheers
Alex
“A widget for running scripts in the Today View in OS X Yosemite’s Notification Center”
Here a nice list of sample uses
Wiki
Reddit 1
Reddit 2
Example of colorized memory display
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ps xmo rss=,pmem=,comm= | while read rss pmem comm; ((n++<5)); do size="$[rss/1024]"; short=$[4-${#size}]; size="(${size}M)"; i=0; while ((i++ < short)); do size=" $size"; done; pmem="${pmem%%.*}" if (($pmem >= 20)); then color=$'\e[31m'; elif (($pmem >= 10)); then color=$'\e[33m'; else color=$'\e[32m '; fi; echo "$color$pmem% $size $(basename "$comm")"$'\e[0m'""; done |
“Open source single board computer from GizmoSphere offers flexibility and performance for embedded, DIY and advanced hobbyist markets”