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ORANGE PI and BME280 SENSOR

Posted on 18/02/201701/04/2018 by enricoc

The BME280 is an integrated environmental sensor for pressure, humidity and temperature, combining high linearity, high accuracy and low power consumption. The humidity sensor features an extremely fast response time which... Read More

ORANGE PI PLUS H3 with GPS/PPS

Posted on 29/01/201701/04/2018 by enricoc

Installing Armbian Follow the installation instruction on the ARMBIAN Website, it is pretty straight forward and works very well. If you have eMMC on Board you can run... Read More

REVIVE AN OLD SMARTPHONE AS AN IOT SENSOR

Posted on 09/01/201701/04/2018 by enricoc

USING an MQTT Broker The idea of using a relatively old smartphone, such as a Samsung Galaxy Nexus for example, is not new, however not many information are... Read More

HTML CHARACTER ENTITIES & URL ENCODED

Posted on 07/01/201709/01/2017 by enricoc

CHARACTER ENTITIES   – – − − ° ° Δ Δ α α À À à à Ç Ç € € — — ± ± º º Λ... Read More

SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS LIST

Posted on 07/01/201707/01/2017 by enricoc

The following table list 90 SINGLE BOARD COMPUTERS, sorted (lowest to highest) by indicative price and updated as of January 2017. The original data comes from an article... Read More

TAMING the FREEBOARD IoT DASHBOARD

Posted on 30/12/201601/04/2018 by enricoc

Among the several IoT dashboard solutions available, FREEBOARD is the best compromise in terms of ease of use, rapid set up and look. The proof of this are the... Read More

Raspberry PI 3, Ubuntu & LXC Howto

Posted on 18/12/201601/04/2018 by enricoc

To install Ubuntu on Raspberry PI 2 or 3 follow these steps: Have a micro SD card, of at least 16 GB, handy (Minimum is 8 GB but... Read More

Black Magic Boxes is Online

Posted on 27/11/201627/11/2016 by enricoc

The Black Magic Boxes web site is now online. More information will be added as time goes by. Read More