How to correct unwritable error of USB hard disk drive on pcDuino3B
We came across situation that when users plug in USB hard disk drive to pcDuino3B. It is only readable and cannot write. After extensive test, we found that this is due to file system error, which can...
View ArticleUsing the pcDuino with the Joey Hurdy 3x3x3 LED Cube – Experiment
The original post can be found at: http://kurtroesener.blogspot.com/2015/09/using-pcduino-with-joey-hurdy-3x3x3-led.html About 6 months ago I bought the Joey Hurdy LED 3x3x3 led Cube for the Arduino...
View ArticleFace Detection in Python Using pcDuino8 Uno and Webcam
Introduction OpenCV is the most popular library for computer vision. It has C++, C, Python and Java interfaces and supports Windows, Linux, Mac OS, iOS and Android. OpenCV uses machine learning...
View ArticleMotion Detection using Python and OpenCV
Introduction Adrian Rosebrock posted a blog , named ” Home surveillance and motion detection with the Raspberry Pi, Python, OpenCV, and Dropbox“. This project is very cool, it can take a picture if...
View ArticleHow to Use Face++ API on pcDuino8 Uno
Face++ provides the free API and SDK of face detection, recognition and analysis, along with custom cloud services, for companies that want to use its facial recognition. The service can detect 83...
View ArticleBuildup Linux 4.x & Ubuntu System on pcDuino3 Nano
Well, it’s my first try on both Kernel 4.x and pcDuino3 Nano. The early idea was from “Linux on ARM” of eewiki, which used scripts on Robert Nelson’s GitHub to compile kernel for A20-OLinuXino-LIME...
View ArticleHow to install openCV2.4.11 on pcDuino8 Uno
How to install openCV2.4.11 on pcDuino8 Uno OpenCV (Open Source Computer Vision) is a library of programming functions mainly aimed at real-time computer vision. The library is cross-platform and free...
View ArticleHow to use pcDuino8 Uno to implement Network Video Monitoring
If you have pcDuino8 Uno which is connected to Internet, and also, you have a webcam. Then you can build a network video monitoring system, just several minutes. Let’s start. PrerequisitesStepsTest 1....
View ArticleLow power ARM based file server using up to 5 desktop harddisks. by Hack42Cooper
There are other instructables here that detail various options of creating a file server of your own, but they typically involve either a power guzzling Intel or AMD based board (effectively a PC with...
View ArticleHow to backup and restore OS for pcDuino8 Uno
Sometimes you want to backup your system for pcDuino8 Uno. The simplest way is using dd on Linux or Win32Disk on Windows to backup the whole TF card. If I use 8G TF card, the backup image file will be...
View ArticleArduino Programming Quick Start
pcDuino8 Uno is pin to pin compatible with Arduino so that existing Arduino shields can be installed on pcDuino and many Arduino libraries can run in pcDuino programming environment. pcDuino8 Uno...
View ArticleCamera DIY
As mentioned before, we can use guvcview to capture the stream video as a image. So is it possible to DIY a simple camera? Sure, and it is very easy! Pre-requisites:StepsSource code Hardware pcDuino8...
View ArticleJohnny-Five on pcDuino platform
Johnny-Five is the original JavaScript Robotics programming framework. Released by Bocoup in 2012, Johnny-Five is maintained by a community of passionate software developers and hardware engineers....
View ArticleBuildup Linux 4.x & Ubuntu System on pcDuino3 Nano
By Xiaohai Li (haixiaoli@163.com) Well, it’s my first try on both Kernel 4.x and pcDuino3 Nano. The early idea was from “Linux on ARM” of eewiki, which used scripts on Robert Nelson’s GitHub to...
View ArticleEnable 6-Channel ADC on pcDuino8 UNO with AD7997 Module
Why do I need that? Here is a picture shows the GPIO definition of pcDuino8 UNO. As you can see there should be 6 ADC channels on Arduino header J7. But the truth is the Allwinner H8 processor on UNO...
View ArticleHow to use UART on pcDuino8 Uno
There are many serial devices, like Camera, LCD, WiFi module or Bluetooth, using UART communication protocols. It is easy to let pcDuin8 Uno talk with other serial device and this tutorial will tell...
View ArticleScratch Quick Start on pcDuino8 Uno
Scratch is a free graphic programming language and you can create your own interactive stories, games, and animations. This tutorial will tell you how to use Scratch to program GPIOs on pcDuino8 Uno....
View ArticleHow to install ESP8266 Arduino addon
There are a variety of development environments that can be equipped to program the ESP8266. You can go with a simple Notepad/gcc setup, or fine-tune an Eclipse environment, use a virtual machine...
View ArticleHow to get toolchain for pcDuino
If you want to compile source code for pcDuino(ARM) on other architecture PC like X86, you should get a cross-toolchain. You can easily install arm cross-compiler on Ubuntu 14.04 as follows: sudo...
View ArticleUse MQTT protocol to control GPIO on the pcDuino8 Uno
This post will introduce how to install Mosquitto MQTT server on the pcDuino8 Uno, and how to use MQTT protocol to control GPIO. Be carefull, don’t install Mosquitto directly from the standard Wheezy...
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