Category Archives: Embedded

BLE-CC41-A (HM10 clone) iBeacon

Posted on April 19, 2017 by stylesuxx

For an upcoming project I needed some iBeacon capable Bluetooth boards, the smaller and cheaper the better. I found the BLE-CC41-A which is a clone of the HM10 with a slightly different (and more or less undocumented) command set, but … Continue reading →

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tl-wn725n WiFi stick on Beaglebone Black

Posted on January 16, 2014 by stylesuxx

This is a short tutorial of how to get the tl-wn725n v2 WiFi stick (ID 0bda:8179) running on the Beaglebone Black with Angstrom Linux, kernel version 3.8.13.

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Beagle Bone Black, Bus Pirate Serial Console

Posted on January 10, 2014 by stylesuxx

To connect to the Beagle Bone Black’s serial console via a Bus Pirate you first have to fire up your Bus Pirate: Plugin Bus Pirate via USB and connect via screen: Type ? which should yield the help and thereby verify … Continue reading →

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BeagleBone Black Review

Posted on January 8, 2014 by stylesuxx

Today I decided to get myself a beaglebone black after hearing a lot of great things. And I have to admit, I am quite impressed. 1GHz ARM Cortex-A8 processor, 512MB of RAM, 2GB built in storage, 100Mbit Ethernet, USB, mini HDMI and … Continue reading →

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cgMiner on raspberry Pi with USB Erupter Asicminer

Posted on September 5, 2013 by stylesuxx

In this post I will go through the process of setting up a Bitcoin miner with the raspberry pi, cgminer and an Block Erupter Asicminer. Prequisits Raspberry Pi with Raspbian one or more Eruptor Asic miner powered USB hub bitcoin … Continue reading →

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