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• Dell Studio 1737 Overheating

  - by Sean

  I am using a Dell Studio 1737 laptop. I have been running Linux and have ran Windows recently for a very long time. I upgraded to the 10.10 distribution and since that distro, it seems that for some reason all Linuxes want to push my laptop to extremes. I have recently upgraded to Ubuntu 12.04 since I heart that it contains kernel fixes for overheating issues. 12.04 will actually eventually cool the system, but that is after the fans run to the point it sounds like a jet aircraft taking off and the laptop makes my hands sweat. In trying to combat the heat problems I have done the following: I installed the propriatery driver for my ATI Mobility HD 3600. I have tried both the one in the Additional Drivers and also tried ATI's latest greatest version. If I don't install this my laptop will overheat and shut off in minutes. Both seem to perform similarly, but the heat problem remains. I have tried limiting the CPU by installing the CPUFreq Indicator. This does help keep the machine from shutting off, but the heat is still uncomfortable to be around the machine. I usually run in power saver mode or run the cpu at 1.6 GHZ just to error on safety. I ran sensors-detect and here are the results: sean@sean-Studio-1737:~$ sudo sensors-detect # sensors-detect revision 5984 (2011-07-10 21:22:53 +0200) # System: Dell Inc. Studio 1737 (laptop) # Board: Dell Inc. 0F237N This program will help you determine which kernel modules you need to load to use lm_sensors most effectively. It is generally safe and recommended to accept the default answers to all questions, unless you know what you're doing. Some south bridges, CPUs or memory controllers contain embedded sensors. Do you want to scan for them? This is totally safe. (YES/no): y Module cpuid loaded successfully. Silicon Integrated Systems SIS5595... No VIA VT82C686 Integrated Sensors... No VIA VT8231 Integrated Sensors... No AMD K8 thermal sensors... No AMD Family 10h thermal sensors... No AMD Family 11h thermal sensors... No AMD Family 12h and 14h thermal sensors... No AMD Family 15h thermal sensors... No AMD Family 15h power sensors... No Intel digital thermal sensor... Success! (driver `coretemp') Intel AMB FB-DIMM thermal sensor... No VIA C7 thermal sensor... No VIA Nano thermal sensor... No Some Super I/O chips contain embedded sensors. We have to write to standard I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe. Do you want to scan for Super I/O sensors? (YES/no): y Probing for Super-I/O at 0x2e/0x2f Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'... No Trying family `SMSC'... No Trying family `VIA/Winbond/Nuvoton/Fintek'... No Trying family `ITE'... No Probing for Super-I/O at 0x4e/0x4f Trying family `National Semiconductor/ITE'... Yes Found `ITE IT8512E/F/G Super IO' (but not activated) Some hardware monitoring chips are accessible through the ISA I/O ports. We have to write to arbitrary I/O ports to probe them. This is usually safe though. Yes, you do have ISA I/O ports even if you do not have any ISA slots! Do you want to scan the ISA I/O ports? (YES/no): y Probing for `National Semiconductor LM78' at 0x290... No Probing for `National Semiconductor LM79' at 0x290... No Probing for `Winbond W83781D' at 0x290... No Probing for `Winbond W83782D' at 0x290... No Lastly, we can probe the I2C/SMBus adapters for connected hardware monitoring devices. This is the most risky part, and while it works reasonably well on most systems, it has been reported to cause trouble on some systems. Do you want to probe the I2C/SMBus adapters now? (YES/no): y Using driver `i2c-i801' for device 0000:00:1f.3: Intel ICH9 Module i2c-i801 loaded successfully. Module i2c-dev loaded successfully. Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done. Just press ENTER to continue: Driver `coretemp': * Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9) To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules: #----cut here---- # Chip drivers coretemp #----cut here---- If you have some drivers built into your kernel, the list above will contain too many modules. Skip the appropriate ones! Do you want to add these lines automatically to /etc/modules? (yes/NO)y Successful! Monitoring programs won't work until the needed modules are loaded. You may want to run 'service module-init-tools start' to load them. Unloading i2c-dev... OK Unloading i2c-i801... OK Unloading cpuid... OK sean@sean-Studio-1737:~$ sudo service module-init-tools start module-init-tools stop/waiting I also tried installing i8k but that didn't work since it didn't seem to be able to communicate with the hardware (probably for different kind of device). Also I ran acpi -V and here are the results: Battery 0: Full, 100% Battery 0: design capacity 613 mAh, last full capacity 260 mAh = 42% Adapter 0: on-line Thermal 0: ok, 49.0 degrees C Thermal 0: trip point 0 switches to mode critical at temperature 100.0 degrees C Thermal 1: ok, 48.0 degrees C Thermal 1: trip point 0 switches to mode critical at temperature 100.0 degrees C Thermal 2: ok, 51.0 degrees C Thermal 2: trip point 0 switches to mode critical at temperature 100.0 degrees C Cooling 0: LCD 0 of 15 Cooling 1: Processor 0 of 10 Cooling 2: Processor 0 of 10 I have hit a wall and don't know what to do now. Any advice is appreciated.

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• How to make my robot move in a rectangular path along the black tape?

  - by Sahat

  I am working on a robot, it's part of the summer robotics workshop in our college. We are using C-STAMP micro controllers by A-WIT. I was able to make it move, turn left, turn right, move backward. I have even managed to make it go along the black tape using a contrast sensor. I send the robot at 30-45 degrees toward the black tape on the table and it aligns itself and starts to move along the black tape. It jerks a little, probably due to my programming logic below, it's running a while loop and constantly checking if statements, so it ends up trying to turn left and right every few milliseconds, which explains the jerking part. But it's okay, it works, not as smooth as I want it to work but it works! Problem is that I can't make my robot go into a rectangular path of the black tape. As soon as it reaches the corner it just keeps going straight instead of making a left/right turn. Here's my attempt. The following code is just part of the code. My 2 sensors are located right underneath the robot, next to the front wheel, almost at the floor level. It has "index" value ranging from 0 to 8. I believe it's 8 when you have a lot of light coming into the sensor , and 0 when it's nearly pitch black. So when the robot moves into the black-tape-zone, the index value drops, and based on that I have an if-statement telling my robot to either turn left or right. To avoid confusion I didn't post the entire source code, but only the logical part responsible for the movement of my robot along the black tape. while(1) { // don't worry about these. // 10 and 9 represent Sensor's PIN location on the motherboard V = ANALOGIN(10, 1, 0, 0, 0); V2 = ANALOGIN(9, 1, 0, 0, 0); // i got this "formula" from the example in my Manual. // V stands for voltage of the sensor. // it gives me the index value of the sensor. 0 = darkest, 8 = lightest. index = ((-(V - 5) / 5) * 8 + 0.5); index2 = ((-(V2 - 5) / 5) * 8 + 0.5); // i've tweaked the position of the sensors so index > 7 is just right number. // the robot will move anywhere on the table just fine with index > 7. // as soon as it drops to or below 7 (i.e. finds black tape), the robot will // either turn left or right and then go forward. // lp & rp represent left-wheel pin and right-wheel pin, 1 means run forever. // if i change it from 1 to 100, it will go forward for 100ms. if (index > 7 && index2 > 7) goForward(lp, rp, 1); if (index <= 7) { turnLeft(lp, rp, 1); goForward(lp, rp, 1); // this is the tricky part. i've added this code last minute // trying to make my robot turn, but i didn't work. if (index > 4) { turnLeft(lp, rp, 1); goForward(lp, rp, 1); } } else if (index2 <= 7) { turnRight(lp, rp, 1); goForward(lp, rp, 1); // this is also the last minute addition. it's same code as above // but it's for the 2nd sensor. if (index2 > 4) { turnRight(lp, rp, 1); goForward(lp, rp, 1); } } I've spent the entire day trying to figure it out. I've pretty much exhausted all avenues. Asking for the solution on stackoverflow is my very last option now. Thanks in advance! If you have any questions about the code, let me know, but comments should be self-explanatory.

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• Compass accuracy dilemma

  - by mob1lejunkie

  I need to build compass for my application. From reading the documentation it seems there are two reasonable ways of doing this: Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION method: This is the easy way of doing it. The problem with this is it is not accurate. When I compare my reading with Snaptic Compass it is about 10-15 degress off which for my purposes is unacceptable. Sensor.TYPE_ACCELEROMETER, Sensor.TYPE_MAGNETIC_FIELD and getRotationMatrix() in conjunction with remapCoordinateSystem() and getOrientation() method: The documentation says this "is usually more accurate". The problem is regardless of the delay I register with listener the compass goes crazy even when the device is stationary on flat surface. Any suggestions for solving this problem will be greatly appreciated.

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• C++ - Where to code a member function for an inherited object.

  - by Francisco P.

  Hello! I have a few classes (heat, gas, contact, pressure) inheriting from a main one (sensor). I have a need to store them in a vector<Sensor *> (part of the specification). At some point in time, I need to call a function that indiscriminately stores those Sensor *. (also part of the specification, not open for discussion) Something like this: for(size_t i = 0; i < Sensors.size(); ++i) Sensors[i]->storeSensor(os) //os is an ofstream kind of object, passed onwards by reference Where and how shall storeSensor be defined? Is there any simple way to do this or will I need to disregard the specification? Mind you, I'm a beginner! Thanks for your time!

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• External USB devices to Android phones?

  - by Doughy

  I would like to use Android phones as a way to do some processing and visualization of a sensor that would be attached to the USB port on the phone. The sensor would plug into the micro/mini USB, and then I would need to read the incoming data from the USB serial port. Is this possible? I have heard of people using Android to steer robots and other applications, but I have never seen Android being used as a host for a USB sensor. I can't seem to find any official documentation on the subject either, but it seems like it would be a very useful tool. Any thoughts, links, or information on this matter? Thanks.

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• C++ - How to call a member function for an inherited object.

  - by Francisco P.

  Hello! I have a few classes (heat, gas, contact, pressure) inheriting from a main one (sensor). I have a need to store them in a vector<Sensor *> (part of the specification). At some point in time, I need to call a function that indiscriminately stores those Sensor *. (also part of the specification, not open for discussion) Something like this: for(size_t i = 0; i < Sensors.size(); ++i) Sensors[i]->storeSensor(os) //os is an ofstream kind of object, passed onwards by reference Where and how shall storeSensor be defined? Is there any simple way to do this or will I need to disregard the specification? Mind you, I'm a beginner! Thanks for your time!

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• Upgrading Redmine, activerecord-mysql2-adapter not recognized

  - by David Kaczynski

  For upgrading Redmine from 1.0.1 to 2.1.2, I need to execute the command: rake db:migrate RAILS_ENV=production However, doing so produces the following error: rake aborted! Please install the mysql2 adapter: gem install activerecord-mysql2-adapter (mysql2 is not part of the bundle. Add it to Gemfile.) I have ran gem install activerecord-mysql2-adapter, but I still get the same error when I try to run the rake ... command. How do I get my RoR app to recognize that I have the mysql2 adapter installed already? or Is there something wrong with my activerecord-mysql2-adapter installation? Results of sudo bundle install: Using rake (10.0.0) Using i18n (0.6.1) Using multi_json (1.3.7) Using activesupport (3.2.8) Using builder (3.0.0) Using activemodel (3.2.8) Using erubis (2.7.0) Using journey (1.0.4) Using rack (1.4.1) Using rack-cache (1.2) Using rack-test (0.6.2) Using hike (1.2.1) Using tilt (1.3.3) Using sprockets (2.1.3) Using actionpack (3.2.8) Using mime-types (1.19) Using polyglot (0.3.3) Using treetop (1.4.12) Using mail (2.4.4) Using actionmailer (3.2.8) Using arel (3.0.2) Using tzinfo (0.3.35) Using activerecord (3.2.8) Using activeresource (3.2.8) Using coderay (1.0.8) Using fastercsv (1.5.5) Using rack-ssl (1.3.2) Using json (1.7.5) Using rdoc (3.12) Using thor (0.16.0) Using railties (3.2.8) Using jquery-rails (2.0.3) Using metaclass (0.0.1) Using mocha (0.12.3) Using mysql (2.8.1) Using net-ldap (0.3.1) Using pg (0.14.1) Using ruby-openid (2.1.8) Using rack-openid (1.3.1) Using bundler (1.2.1) Using rails (3.2.8) Using rmagick (2.13.1) Using shoulda (2.11.3) Using sqlite3 (1.3.6) Using yard (0.8.3) [32mYour bundle is complete! Use `bundle show [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed.[0m Results of sudo find / -name "*mysql2*": /var/lib/gems/1.8/doc/mysql2-0.3.11 /var/lib/gems/1.8/doc/activerecord-3.2.9/ri/ActiveRecord/Base/mysql2_connection-c.ri /var/lib/gems/1.8/doc/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3 /var/lib/gems/1.8/doc/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3/ri/ActiveRecord/Base/em_mysql2_connection-c.ri /var/lib/gems/1.8/doc/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3/ri/ActiveRecord/Base/mysql2_connection-c.ri /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11 /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/spec/mysql2 /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/mysql2.gemspec /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/lib/mysql2.rb /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/lib/mysql2 /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/lib/mysql2/mysql2.so /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/ext/mysql2 /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/ext/mysql2/mysql2.so /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/ext/mysql2/mysql2_ext.c /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/ext/mysql2/mysql2_ext.h /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/mysql2-0.3.11/ext/mysql2/mysql2_ext.o /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.9/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3 /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3/activerecord-mysql2-adapter.gemspec /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3/lib/arel/engines/sql/compilers/mysql2_compiler.rb /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3/lib/activerecord-mysql2-adapter.rb /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3/lib/activerecord-mysql2-adapter /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/em_mysql2_adapter.rb /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb /var/lib/gems/1.8/gems/activerecord-3.2.8/lib/active_record/connection_adapters/mysql2_adapter.rb /var/lib/gems/1.8/cache/mysql2-0.3.11.gem /var/lib/gems/1.8/cache/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3.gem /var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/activerecord-mysql2-adapter-0.0.3.gemspec /var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/mysql2-0.3.11.gemspec Contents of /usr/share/redmine/Gemfile: source 'http://rubygems.org' gem 'rails', '3.2.8' gem "jquery-rails", "~> 2.0.2" gem "i18n", "~> 0.6.0" gem "coderay", "~> 1.0.6" gem "fastercsv", "~> 1.5.0", :platforms => [:mri_18, :mingw_18, :jruby] gem "builder", "3.0.0" # Optional gem for LDAP authentication group :ldap do gem "net-ldap", "~> 0.3.1" end # Optional gem for OpenID authentication group :openid do gem "ruby-openid", "~> 2.1.4", :require => "openid" gem "rack-openid" end # Optional gem for exporting the gantt to a PNG file, not supported with jruby platforms :mri, :mingw do group :rmagick do # RMagick 2 supports ruby 1.9 # RMagick 1 would be fine for ruby 1.8 but Bundler does not support # different requirements for the same gem on different platforms gem "rmagick", ">= 2.0.0" end end # Database gems platforms :mri, :mingw do group :postgresql do gem "pg", ">= 0.11.0" end group :sqlite do gem "sqlite3" end end platforms :mri_18, :mingw_18 do group :mysql do gem "mysql" end end platforms :mri_19, :mingw_19 do group :mysql do gem "mysql2", "~> 0.3.11" end end platforms :jruby do gem "jruby-openssl" group :mysql do gem "activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter" end group :postgresql do gem "activerecord-jdbcpostgresql-adapter" end group :sqlite do gem "activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter" end end group :development do gem "rdoc", ">= 2.4.2" gem "yard" end group :test do gem "shoulda", "~> 2.11" # Shoulda does not work nice on Ruby 1.9.3 and seems to need test-unit explicitely. gem "test-unit", :platforms => [:mri_19] gem "mocha", "0.12.3" end local_gemfile = File.join(File.dirname(__FILE__), "Gemfile.local") if File.exists?(local_gemfile) puts "Loading Gemfile.local ..." if $DEBUG # `ruby -d` or `bundle -v` instance_eval File.read(local_gemfile) end # Load plugins' Gemfiles Dir.glob File.expand_path("../plugins/*/Gemfile", __FILE__) do |file| puts "Loading #{file} ..." if $DEBUG # `ruby -d` or `bundle -v` instance_eval File.read(file) end Contents of /usr/share/redmine/Gemfile.lock: GEM remote: http://rubygems.org/ specs: actionmailer (3.2.8) actionpack (= 3.2.8) mail (~> 2.4.4) actionpack (3.2.8) activemodel (= 3.2.8) activesupport (= 3.2.8) builder (~> 3.0.0) erubis (~> 2.7.0) journey (~> 1.0.4) rack (~> 1.4.0) rack-cache (~> 1.2) rack-test (~> 0.6.1) sprockets (~> 2.1.3) activemodel (3.2.8) activesupport (= 3.2.8) builder (~> 3.0.0) activerecord (3.2.8) activemodel (= 3.2.8) activesupport (= 3.2.8) arel (~> 3.0.2) tzinfo (~> 0.3.29) activeresource (3.2.8) activemodel (= 3.2.8) activesupport (= 3.2.8) activesupport (3.2.8) i18n (~> 0.6) multi_json (~> 1.0) arel (3.0.2) builder (3.0.0) coderay (1.0.8) erubis (2.7.0) fastercsv (1.5.5) hike (1.2.1) i18n (0.6.1) journey (1.0.4) jquery-rails (2.0.3) railties (>= 3.1.0, < 5.0) thor (~> 0.14) json (1.7.5) mail (2.4.4) i18n (>= 0.4.0) mime-types (~> 1.16) treetop (~> 1.4.8) metaclass (0.0.1) mime-types (1.19) mocha (0.12.3) metaclass (~> 0.0.1) multi_json (1.3.7) mysql (2.8.1) mysql2 (0.3.11) net-ldap (0.3.1) pg (0.14.1) polyglot (0.3.3) rack (1.4.1) rack-cache (1.2) rack (>= 0.4) rack-openid (1.3.1) rack (>= 1.1.0) ruby-openid (>= 2.1.8) rack-ssl (1.3.2) rack rack-test (0.6.2) rack (>= 1.0) rails (3.2.8) actionmailer (= 3.2.8) actionpack (= 3.2.8) activerecord (= 3.2.8) activeresource (= 3.2.8) activesupport (= 3.2.8) bundler (~> 1.0) railties (= 3.2.8) railties (3.2.8) actionpack (= 3.2.8) activesupport (= 3.2.8) rack-ssl (~> 1.3.2) rake (>= 0.8.7) rdoc (~> 3.4) thor (>= 0.14.6, < 2.0) rake (10.0.0) rdoc (3.12) json (~> 1.4) rmagick (2.13.1) ruby-openid (2.1.8) shoulda (2.11.3) sprockets (2.1.3) hike (~> 1.2) rack (~> 1.0) tilt (~> 1.1, != 1.3.0) sqlite3 (1.3.6) test-unit (2.5.2) thor (0.16.0) tilt (1.3.3) treetop (1.4.12) polyglot polyglot (>= 0.3.1) tzinfo (0.3.35) yard (0.8.3) PLATFORMS ruby DEPENDENCIES activerecord-jdbcmysql-adapter activerecord-jdbcpostgresql-adapter activerecord-jdbcsqlite3-adapter builder (= 3.0.0) coderay (~> 1.0.6) fastercsv (~> 1.5.0) i18n (~> 0.6.0) jquery-rails (~> 2.0.2) jruby-openssl mocha (= 0.12.3) mysql mysql2 (~> 0.3.11) net-ldap (~> 0.3.1) pg (>= 0.11.0) rack-openid rails (= 3.2.8) rdoc (>= 2.4.2) rmagick (>= 2.0.0) ruby-openid (~> 2.1.4) shoulda (~> 2.11) sqlite3 test-unit yard Results of gem list: actionmailer (3.2.9, 3.2.8) actionpack (3.2.9, 3.2.8) activemodel (3.2.9, 3.2.8) activerecord (3.2.9, 3.2.8) activerecord-mysql2-adapter (0.0.3) activeresource (3.2.9, 3.2.8) activesupport (3.2.9, 3.2.8) arel (3.0.2) builder (3.0.0) bundler (1.2.1) coderay (1.0.8) erubis (2.7.0) fastercsv (1.5.5) hike (1.2.1) i18n (0.6.1) journey (1.0.4) jquery-rails (2.0.3) json (1.7.5) mail (2.4.4) metaclass (0.0.1) mime-types (1.19) mocha (0.12.3) multi_json (1.3.7) mysql (2.8.1) mysql2 (0.3.11) net-ldap (0.3.1) pg (0.14.1) polyglot (0.3.3) rack (1.4.1) rack-cache (1.2) rack-openid (1.3.1) rack-ssl (1.3.2) rack-test (0.6.2) rails (3.2.9, 3.2.8) railties (3.2.9, 3.2.8) rake (10.0.0) rdoc (3.12) rmagick (2.13.1) ruby-openid (2.1.8) shoulda (2.11.3) sprockets (2.2.1, 2.1.3) sqlite3 (1.3.6) thor (0.16.0) tilt (1.3.3) treetop (1.4.12) tzinfo (0.3.35) yard (0.8.3) Results of 'bundle show`: Gems included by the bundle: * actionmailer (3.2.8) * actionpack (3.2.8) * activemodel (3.2.8) * activerecord (3.2.8) * activeresource (3.2.8) * activesupport (3.2.8) * arel (3.0.2) * builder (3.0.0) * bundler (1.2.1) * coderay (1.0.8) * erubis (2.7.0) * fastercsv (1.5.5) * hike (1.2.1) * i18n (0.6.1) * journey (1.0.4) * jquery-rails (2.0.3) * json (1.7.5) * mail (2.4.4) * metaclass (0.0.1) * mime-types (1.19) * mocha (0.12.3) * multi_json (1.3.7) * mysql (2.8.1) * net-ldap (0.3.1) * pg (0.14.1) * polyglot (0.3.3) * rack (1.4.1) * rack-cache (1.2) * rack-openid (1.3.1) * rack-ssl (1.3.2) * rack-test (0.6.2) * rails (3.2.8) * railties (3.2.8) * rake (10.0.0) * rdoc (3.12) * rmagick (2.13.1) * ruby-openid (2.1.8) * shoulda (2.11.3) * sprockets (2.1.3) * sqlite3 (1.3.6) * thor (0.16.0) * tilt (1.3.3) * treetop (1.4.12) * tzinfo (0.3.35) * yard (0.8.3)

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• Own a KINECT for MS-XBOX before anyone does

  Following is the announced by Richik Nandi from Microsoft team. Dear Customer, We believe that our privileged customers shouldn't have to wait for good things. So, here's a special offer exclusively for you. Be one of the first in India to own and experience Kinect for XBOX 360, few days before it is even launched in stores. Introducing the new Kinect for XBOX 360®. Kinect needs no controllers. You are the controller. Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways without using a controller. The sensor recognizes your face, eyes and body movements to deliver a superb gaming experience. Easy to use and great fun, Kinect gets everyone off the couch. See a ball? Kick it. Want to join a friend in the fun? Simply jump in. Imagine controlling movies and music with the wave of a hand or the sound of your voice! Kinect is all about fun for you and your family. And the best part is Kinect works with every Xbox 360®. There are two options you can choose from: •  Kinect sensor + 4GB Xbox 360 bundle + Kinect Adventures game at Rs 22,990/-and get Dance Central game worth Rs 1999 from Redington, 20% discount voucher from Starwood on food and beverages, T-shirt from PUMA and a Kinect adventure live card absolutely free using your unique promo code : XbTXXZl2Sb •  Kinect Sensor at Rs 9,500/-and get 20% discount voucher from Starwood on food and beverages, T-shirt from PUMA and a Kinect adventure live card absolutely free using your unique promo code : lDg6o8SuYh We want you to own your Kinect before the official launch. The promotion closes by 10th November. To know more about Kinect click here. To book your Kinect PRE-ORDER now! Enter your details along with the above mentioned promo code to avail of the free gifts offer. We will have your Kinect delivered by 19th November 2010. Enjoy being the controller. Enjoy the Kinect. span.fullpost {display:none;}

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• Motion Sensing Fog Machine Increases Savings and Spook Factor

  - by Jason Fitzpatrick

  This DIY add-on switches a standard fog machine from always-on to motion-activated–increase your savings and spook factor at the same time. Courtesy of tinker Greg, this modification involves a new relay and motion sensor mounted onto the existing switch of a store-bought fog machine. When the motion-sensor detects motion the fog machine releases a burst of fog for 5 seconds and then disarms itself for 10 seconds–long enough for the startled victim to move on and for the machine to recharge for the next passerby. Check out the video above to see it in action and then hit up the link below to see the project’s build guide. Motion Sensing Fog Machine Trigger [via Hack A Day] How Hackers Can Disguise Malicious Programs With Fake File Extensions Can Dust Actually Damage My Computer? What To Do If You Get a Virus on Your Computer

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• How to stop fan running always on Asus P8P76LE motherboard with ATI Radeon HD6900

  - by Chris Good

  I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I'm not sure if it is the CPU (i7) fan or the video card fan. I've tried using lm-sensors & fancontrol sudo sensors-detect Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done. Just press ENTER to continue: Driver `w83627ehf': * ISA bus, address 0x290 Chip `Nuvoton NCT6776F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9) Driver `coretemp': * Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9) To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules: # Chip drivers coretemp w83627ehf Like many people, I'm also getting error: /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed Here is the output of sensors: # sensors radeon-pci-0100 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1: +71.0°C coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Physical id 0: +44.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 0: +44.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 1: +40.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 2: +43.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 3: +42.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) I'm hoping some-one has already solved this for my configuration because this seems to be a problem for many people and there are many different suggestions.

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• Own a KINECT for MS-XBOX before anyone does

  Following is the announced by Richik Nandi from Microsoft team. Dear Customer, We believe that our privileged customers shouldn't have to wait for good things. So, here's a special offer exclusively for you. Be one of the first in India to own and experience Kinect for XBOX 360, few days before it is even launched in stores. Introducing the new Kinect for XBOX 360®. Kinect needs no controllers. You are the controller. Kinect brings games and entertainment to life in extraordinary new ways without using a controller. The sensor recognizes your face, eyes and body movements to deliver a superb gaming experience. Easy to use and great fun, Kinect gets everyone off the couch. See a ball? Kick it. Want to join a friend in the fun? Simply jump in. Imagine controlling movies and music with the wave of a hand or the sound of your voice! Kinect is all about fun for you and your family. And the best part is Kinect works with every Xbox 360®. There are two options you can choose from: •  Kinect sensor + 4GB Xbox 360 bundle + Kinect Adventures game at Rs 22,990/-and get Dance Central game worth Rs 1999 from Redington, 20% discount voucher from Starwood on food and beverages, T-shirt from PUMA and a Kinect adventure live card absolutely free using your unique promo code : XbTXXZl2Sb •  Kinect Sensor at Rs 9,500/-and get 20% discount voucher from Starwood on food and beverages, T-shirt from PUMA and a Kinect adventure live card absolutely free using your unique promo code : lDg6o8SuYh We want you to own your Kinect before the official launch. The promotion closes by 10th November. To know more about Kinect click here. To book your Kinect PRE-ORDER now! Enter your details along with the above mentioned promo code to avail of the free gifts offer. We will have your Kinect delivered by 19th November 2010. Enjoy being the controller. Enjoy the Kinect. span.fullpost {display:none;}

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• How to stop fan running always on Asus P8P67LE motherboard with ATI Radeon HD6900

  - by Chris Good

  I'm using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS. I'm not sure if it is the CPU (i7) fan or the video card fan. I've tried using lm-sensors & fancontrol sudo sensors-detect Now follows a summary of the probes I have just done. Just press ENTER to continue: Driver `w83627ehf': * ISA bus, address 0x290 Chip `Nuvoton NCT6776F Super IO Sensors' (confidence: 9) Driver `coretemp': * Chip `Intel digital thermal sensor' (confidence: 9) To load everything that is needed, add this to /etc/modules: # Chip drivers coretemp w83627ehf Like many people, I'm also getting error: /usr/sbin/pwmconfig: There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed Here is the output of sensors: # sensors radeon-pci-0100 Adapter: PCI adapter temp1: +71.0°C coretemp-isa-0000 Adapter: ISA adapter Physical id 0: +44.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 0: +44.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 1: +40.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 2: +43.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) Core 3: +42.0°C (high = +80.0°C, crit = +98.0°C) I'm hoping some-one has already solved this for my configuration because this seems to be a problem for many people and there are many different suggestions.

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• Halloween: Season for Java Embedded Internet of Spooky Things (IoST) (Part 4)

  - by hinkmond

  And now here's the Java code that you'll need to read your ghost sensor on your Raspberry Pi The general idea is that you are using Java code to access the GPIO pin on your Raspberry Pi where the ghost sensor (JFET trasistor) detects minute changes in the electromagnetic field near the Raspberry Pi and will change the GPIO pin to high (+3 volts) when something is detected, otherwise there is no value (ground). Here's that Java code: try { /*** Init GPIO port(s) for input ***/ // Open file handles to GPIO port unexport and export controls FileWriter unexportFile = new FileWriter("/sys/class/gpio/unexport"); FileWriter exportFile = new FileWriter("/sys/class/gpio/export"); for (String gpioChannel : GpioChannels) { System.out.println(gpioChannel); // Reset the port File exportFileCheck = new File("/sys/class/gpio/gpio"+gpioChannel); if (exportFileCheck.exists()) { unexportFile.write(gpioChannel); unexportFile.flush(); } // Set the port for use exportFile.write(gpioChannel); exportFile.flush(); // Open file handle to input/output direction control of port FileWriter directionFile = new FileWriter("/sys/class/gpio/gpio" + gpioChannel + "/direction"); // Set port for input directionFile.write(GPIO_IN); } /*** Read data from each GPIO port ***/ RandomAccessFile[] raf = new RandomAccessFile[GpioChannels.length]; int sleepPeriod = 10; final int MAXBUF = 256; byte[] inBytes = new byte[MAXBUF]; String inLine; int zeroCounter = 0; // Get current timestamp with Calendar() Calendar cal; DateFormat dateFormat = new SimpleDateFormat("yyyy/MM/dd HH:mm:ss.SSS"); String dateStr; // Open RandomAccessFile handle to each GPIO port for (int channum=0; channum And, then we just load up our Java SE Embedded app, place each Raspberry Pi with a ghost sensor attached in strategic locations around our Santa Clara office (which apparently is very haunted by ghosts from the Agnews Insane Asylum 1906 earthquake), and watch our analytics for any ghosts. Easy peazy. See the previous posts for the full series on the steps to this cool demo: Halloween: Season for Java Embedded Internet of Spooky Things (IoST) (Part 1) Halloween: Season for Java Embedded Internet of Spooky Things (IoST) (Part 2) Halloween: Season for Java Embedded Internet of Spooky Things (IoST) (Part 3) Halloween: Season for Java Embedded Internet of Spooky Things (IoST) (Part 4) Hinkmond

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• Detecting a ledge in Box2D

  - by DormoTheNord

  I'm making a 2D platformer with Box2D. The player needs to be able to grab onto a ledge and pull him/herself up. Right now I have a sensor that extends in every direction from the upper half of the player's body. The logic seems simple enough: if there are tiles inside the sensor and empty space above them, then it's a ledge and the game should act accordingly. The problem is that I can't figure out how to implement that logic with Box2D. Anyone have any ideas?

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• Loud fans despite cool system under Linux (but not Windows)

  - by Sman789

  My new desktop computer runs almost silently under Windows, but the fans seem to run on a constantly high setting under Linux. Psensor shows that the GPU (with NVidia drivers) is thirty-something degrees and the CPU is about the same, so it's not just down to Linux somehow being more processor-intensive. I've read that the BIOS controls the fans under Linux, which makes sense given the high fan speeds when in BIOS as well. It's under Windows, when the ASUS AI Suite 3 software seems to take control, that the system runs more quietly and only speeds the fans up when required. So is there a Linux app which offers a similar dynamic control of the fans, or a setting hidden somewhere in the ASUS BIOS which allows the same but regardless of the OS? EDIT - I've tried using lm-sensors and fancontrol, but pwmconfig tells me "There are no pwm-capable sensor modules installed". This is after the sensors-detect command does find an 'Intel digital thermal sensor', and despite the sensors working fine in apps like psensor. Help getting this to work would likely solve the problem.

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• Intel Atom overheating in ASUS EEE Box 1501P

  - by Sergey L.

  I have had an ASUS EEE Box 1501P for just a little bit over a year. Of course it breaks 2 months after the warranty runs out. http://www.asus.com/Eee/EeeBox_PC/EeeBox_PC_EB1501P/ I have been using the box as a Home Media Center. Running mostly 24/7 often pausing a video overnight. Since last week the fan started running extremely loud. After some digging I found that the Intel Atom CPU in it is overheating and the built-in sensor is reporting temperatures way over 105°C. This got me worried, so I took the unit apart. Completely vacuumed the heat sink, oiled the fan, but the unit is still showing the same behaviour. After turning it on and just observing the hardware monitor in the BIOS the temperature slowly rises from 40°C to over 95°C in appx 5 min. I am running the newest BIOS and a lightweight Linux OPENELEC OS with XBMC on it. Now I am wondering if it could be a faulty heat sensor in the Atom. Recommended running temperature is up to 85°C, but I have not detected any performance hits when running at the above mentioned 105°C and there seem to be no software faults. How can an Atom with an attached heat sink and a fan running at full capacity even get this hot in the first place at 0 load? Aren't those things designed to generate virtually no heat? Could it be a faulty heat sensor? What shall I try to fix this? I would prefer not to damage the CPU, since it is hard fused into the motherboard and cannot be replaced. I could remove the heat pipe/heat sink, but it is getting hot, so heat is properly transferring from the CPU to the heat pipe, the fan is running at full capacity, is recently oiled and warm air is making it out of the exhaust. Edit: One more note: The North-bridge (or whatever it is called nowadays) is on the same heat pipe.

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• Dell OMCI: Wacky values for Temperature and etc? (Win7x64)

  - by Yablargo

  Hey All. I am running a Dell Precision R5400 Workstation with dell OMCI installed. I am using it to test polling various data over WMI for our monitoring across the enterprise. I'm getting some weird results. perhaps someone can help point me in the direction of some clarification? Posted is the results of my DCIM\SYSMAN\DCIM_NumericSensor probe for sensor type 2(temp sensor) Microsoft (R) Windows Script Host Version 5.8 Copyright (C) Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved. ----------------------------------- DCIM_NumericSensor instance ----------------------------------- Accuracy: AccuracyUnits: AdditionalAvailability: Availability: AvailableRequestedStates: BaseUnits: 2 Caption: CommunicationStatus: CreationClassName: DCIM_NumericSensor CurrentReading: -214748365 CurrentState: Unknown Description: DetailedStatus: DeviceID: Root/MainSystemChassis/TemperatureObj ElementName: Temperature Sensor:CPU0 EnabledDefault: 2 EnabledState: 2 EnabledThresholds: ErrorCleared: ErrorDescription: HealthState: 5 Hysteresis: IdentifyingDescriptions: InstallDate: IsLinear: LastErrorCode: LocationIndicator: LowerThresholdCritical: LowerThresholdFatal: LowerThresholdNonCritical: MaxQuiesceTime: MaxReadable: MinReadable: Name: NominalReading: NormalMax: NormalMin: OperatingStatus: OperationalStatus: 2 OtherEnabledState: OtherIdentifyingInfo: OtherSensorTypeDescription: PollingInterval: PossibleStates: Unknown,Normal,Fatal,Lower Non-Critical,Upper Non-Critical,Lower Critical,Upper Critical PowerManagementCapabilities: PowerManagementSupported: PowerOnHours: PrimaryStatus: ProgrammaticAccuracy: RateUnits: 0 RequestedState: 12 Resolution: SensorType: 2 SettableThresholds: Status: StatusDescriptions: StatusInfo: SupportedThresholds: SystemCreationClassName: DCIM_ComputerSystem SystemName: dt:5Q7BKK1 TimeOfLastStateChange: Tolerance: TotalPowerOnHours: TransitioningToState: 12 UnitModifier: 0 UpperThresholdCritical: UpperThresholdFatal: UpperThresholdNonCritical: ValueFormulation: 2 I'm not really sure whats going on, but note the CurrentReading: -214748365. I have reinstalled OMCI a few times, installed the OMCI 7x compatability and same thing I consistently get that error. It almost looks like its a issue between 32/64 bit value or something? Do I have to convert it to a float ? :)

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• geocode webservice address parameter written in another language

  - by nicholas

  Dear fellow Programmers, I try to use the following google map webservice in order to locate greek addresses: http://maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=??ad?µ?a? 16&sensor=false and it does not work. If I hit the same exactly address but written with latin alphabet characters: maps.google.com/maps/api/geocode/json?address=akadimias 16&sensor=false, it works and returns the right result. Could somebody help with this? (To use this service with greek letters as language parameter) Thank you in advance, Nicholas

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• having json issues..getting this in firebug--missing ] after element list

  - by faizal

  hi all this is my json object..everything seems to be fin e but dunnkow why i am seeing this--missing ] after element list can somebody help.,.here is y json {"rows": [{"type": "fft_vel","axis": "x","pwrhgh": 7.44475138121547E-02,"pwrlow": 2.35267034990792E-02,"hzlow": 244.827586206897,"hzhgh": 506.896551724138,"dataid": 0,"id": 467,"name": "2008-02-08 14:24:22 - creating first active alarms testing","title": "RMS displacement alert on Pump 11 Sensor 2","description": "An RMS displacement value of 0.04495 inches was recorded on Pump 11 Sensor 2 on 2\u002F8\u002F2008. This is between the RMS displacement alert levels of 0.0442 inches and 0.12 inches.","time_stamp": "2\u002F8\u002F2008 2:24:22 PM","sensor_id": 550003281}]}

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• Migrating Ruby Site from EngineYard to Heroku

  - by user410925

  As part of a larger project I've been tasked with migrating some existing Ruby on Rails sites (built with an old version of refinerycms 0.9.6.34, at least that's the version listed in the Gemfile included with the source). I don't normally work with Ruby so I'm at a bit of a loss. The previous developers simply handed over the latest git dump as well as a db dump. I'm working first with trying to get the site up working locally on an Ubuntu 11.10 local machine before pushing up to at test Heroku install. If it's possible to just push directly to Heroku with the files they gave, then I can try that, but it's my understanding I need to get everything working and then use Heroku's tools to deploy. The previous devs said they're using ruby 1.8.7 so in Ubuntu I've done the following: aptitude install ruby1.8 ruby1.8-dev ruby1.8-full aptitude install rubygems1.8 I've restored the database and in the config directory I've made changes to the database.yml to point to the restored database. When I try and run "bundle install" from the root of the extracted source dir I get: Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/mail-2.4.4.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-03-14 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/tilt-1.3.3.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2011-08-25 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/mime-types-1.18.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-03-21 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/sass-rails-3.2.5.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-03-19 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/jquery-rails-2.0.2.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-04-03 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/mail-2.4.4.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-03-14 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/tilt-1.3.3.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2011-08-25 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/mime-types-1.18.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-03-21 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/sass-rails-3.2.5.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-03-19 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/jquery-rails-2.0.2.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-04-03 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/mail-2.4.4.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-03-14 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/tilt-1.3.3.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2011-08-25 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/mime-types-1.18.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-03-21 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/sass-rails-3.2.5.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-03-19 00:00:00.000000000Z" Invalid gemspec in [/var/lib/gems/1.8/specifications/jquery-rails-2.0.2.gemspec]: invalid date format in specification: "2012-04-03 00:00:00.000000000Z" Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/....... Fetching gem metadata from https://rubygems.org/.. Using rake (0.9.2.2) Using i18n (0.6.0) Using multi_json (1.3.6) Using activesupport (3.2.3) Using builder (3.0.0) Using activemodel (3.2.3) Using erubis (2.7.0) Using journey (1.0.3) Using rack (1.4.1) Using rack-cache (1.2) Using rack-test (0.6.1) Using hike (1.2.1) Installing tilt (1.3.3) Using sprockets (2.1.3) Using actionpack (3.2.3) Installing mime-types (1.18) Using polyglot (0.3.3) Using treetop (1.4.10) Installing mail (2.4.4) Using actionmailer (3.2.3) Using arel (3.0.2) Using tzinfo (0.3.33) Using activerecord (3.2.3) Using activeresource (3.2.3) Using acts_as_indexed (0.7.8) Using awesome_nested_set (2.1.3) Using babosa (0.3.7) Using bcrypt-ruby (3.0.1) Using coffee-script-source (1.3.3) Using execjs (1.4.0) Using coffee-script (2.2.0) Using rack-ssl (1.3.2) Using json (1.7.3) Using rdoc (3.12) Using thor (0.14.6) Using railties (3.2.3) Using coffee-rails (3.2.2) Using orm_adapter (0.0.7) Using warden (1.1.1) Using devise (2.0.4) Using dragonfly (0.9.12) Using friendly_id (4.0.6) Using paper_trail (2.6.3) Using globalize3 (0.2.0) Installing jquery-rails (2.0.2) Using bundler (1.1.4) Using rails (3.2.3) Using sass (3.1.19) Installing sass-rails (3.2.5) Using truncate_html (0.5.5) Using uglifier (1.2.4) Using will_paginate (3.0.3) Using refinerycms-core (2.0.4) Using refinerycms-authentication (2.0.4) Using refinerycms-dashboard (2.0.4) Using refinerycms-images (2.0.4) Using seo_meta (1.3.0) Using refinerycms-pages (2.0.4) Using refinerycms-resources (2.0.4) Using refinerycms (2.0.4) Using routing-filter (0.3.1) Using refinerycms-i18n (2.0.0) Using sqlite3 (1.3.6) Your bundle is complete! Use `bundle show [gemname]` to see where a bundled gem is installed. Obviously the errors with Invalid gemspec need to be resolved, but the other thing that's troubling to me are the lines: Using refinerycms-core (2.0.4) Using refinerycms-authentication (2.0.4) Using refinerycms-dashboard (2.0.4) Using refinerycms-images (2.0.4) Using seo_meta (1.3.0) Using refinerycms-pages (2.0.4) Using refinerycms-resources (2.0.4) Using refinerycms (2.0.4) Using routing-filter (0.3.1) Using refinerycms-i18n (2.0.0) Since the refinerycms version listed in the Gemfile was 0.9.6.34. When it comes to the Ruby world, I'm a bit lost so any help would be greatly appreciated. Thanks,

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• set map in google maps with TimerTask

  - by Chad White

  I would like to change the Position of the map in google maps v2 But Ive done it in a TimerTask ... target, zoom, bearing and so on and it says "IllegalStateException - not on the main thread What should I do? Any help? class Task extends TimerTask { @Override public void run() { CameraPosition cameraPosition = new CameraPosition.Builder() .target(Zt) // Sets the center of the map to Mountain View .zoom(12) // Sets the zoom .bearing(180) // Sets the orientation of the camera to east .tilt(30) // Sets the tilt of the camera to 30 degrees .build(); // Creates a CameraPosition from the builder mMap.moveCamera(CameraUpdateFactory.newCameraPosition(cameraPosition)); } } Timer timer = new Timer(); timer.scheduleAtFixedRate(new Task(), 0, 20000);

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• Why isn't my bundle getting passed?

  - by NickTFried

  I'm trying to pass a bundle of two values from a started class to my landnav app, but according to the debug nothing is getting passed, does anyone have any ideas why? package edu.elon.cs.mobile; import android.app.Activity; import android.content.Intent; import android.os.Bundle; import android.view.View; import android.view.View.OnClickListener; import android.widget.Button; import android.widget.EditText; public class PointEntry extends Activity{ private Button calc; private EditText longi; private EditText lati; private double longid; private double latd; public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.pointentry); calc = (Button) findViewById(R.id.coorCalcButton); calc.setOnClickListener(landNavButtonListener); longi = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.longitudeedit); lati = (EditText) findViewById(R.id.latitudeedit); } private void startLandNav() { Intent intent = new Intent(this, LandNav.class); startActivityForResult(intent, 0); } private OnClickListener landNavButtonListener = new OnClickListener() { @Override public void onClick(View arg0) { Bundle bundle = new Bundle(); bundle.putDouble("longKey", longid); bundle.putDouble("latKey", latd); longid = Double.parseDouble(longi.getText().toString()); latd = Double.parseDouble(lati.getText().toString()); startLandNav(); } }; } This is the class that is suppose to take the second point package edu.elon.cs.mobile; import com.google.android.maps.GeoPoint; import com.google.android.maps.MapActivity; import com.google.android.maps.MapController; import com.google.android.maps.MapView; import com.google.android.maps.MyLocationOverlay; import com.google.android.maps.Overlay; import android.content.Context; import android.graphics.drawable.Drawable; import android.hardware.Sensor; import android.hardware.SensorEvent; import android.hardware.SensorEventListener; import android.hardware.SensorManager; import android.location.Location; import android.location.LocationManager; import android.os.Bundle; import android.util.Log; import android.widget.EditText; import android.widget.TextView; public class LandNav extends MapActivity{ private MapView map; private MapController mc; private GeoPoint myPos; private SensorManager sensorMgr; private TextView azimuthView; private double longitudeFinal; private double latitudeFinal; double startTime; double newTime; double elapseTime; private MyLocationOverlay me; private Drawable marker; private GeoPoint finalPos; private SitesOverlay myOverlays; public LandNav(){ startTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); } public void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) { super.onCreate(savedInstanceState); setContentView(R.layout.landnav); Bundle bundle = this.getIntent().getExtras(); if(bundle != null){ longitudeFinal = bundle.getDouble("longKey"); latitudeFinal = bundle.getDouble("latKey"); } azimuthView = (TextView) findViewById(R.id.azimuthView); map = (MapView) findViewById(R.id.map); mc = map.getController(); sensorMgr = (SensorManager) getSystemService(Context.SENSOR_SERVICE); LocationManager lm = (LocationManager)getSystemService(Context.LOCATION_SERVICE); Location location = lm.getLastKnownLocation(LocationManager.GPS_PROVIDER); int longitude = (int)(location.getLongitude() * 1E6); int latitude = (int)(location.getLatitude() * 1E6); finalPos = new GeoPoint((int)(latitudeFinal*1E6), (int)(longitudeFinal*1E6)); myPos = new GeoPoint(latitude, longitude); map.setSatellite(true); map.setBuiltInZoomControls(true); mc.setZoom(16); mc.setCenter(myPos); marker = getResources().getDrawable(R.drawable.greenmarker); marker.setBounds(0,0, marker.getIntrinsicWidth(), marker.getIntrinsicHeight()); me = new MyLocationOverlay(this, map); myOverlays = new SitesOverlay(marker, myPos, finalPos); map.getOverlays().add(myOverlays); } @Override protected boolean isRouteDisplayed() { return false; } @Override protected void onResume() { super.onResume(); sensorMgr.registerListener(sensorListener, sensorMgr.getDefaultSensor(Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION), SensorManager.SENSOR_DELAY_UI); me.enableCompass(); me.enableMyLocation(); //me.onLocationChanged(location) } protected void onPause(){ super.onPause(); me.disableCompass(); me.disableMyLocation(); } @Override protected void onStop() { super.onStop(); sensorMgr.unregisterListener(sensorListener); } private SensorEventListener sensorListener = new SensorEventListener() { @Override public void onAccuracyChanged(Sensor arg0, int arg1) { // TODO Auto-generated method stub } private boolean reset = true; @Override public void onSensorChanged(SensorEvent event) { newTime = System.currentTimeMillis(); elapseTime = newTime - startTime; if (event.sensor.getType() == Sensor.TYPE_ORIENTATION && elapseTime > 400) { azimuthView.setText(Integer.toString((int) event.values[0])); startTime = newTime; } } }; }

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• Silverlight Cream for November 26, 2011 -- #1175

  - by Dave Campbell

  In this Issue: Michael Washington, Manas Patnaik, Jeff Blankenburg, Doug Mair, Jon Galloway, Richard Bartholomew, Peter Bromberg, Joel Reyes, Zeben Chen, Navneet Gupta, and Cathy Sullivan. Above the Fold: Silverlight: "Using ASP.NET PageMethods With Silverlight" Peter Bromberg WP7: "Leveraging Background Services and Agents in Windows Phone 7 (Mango)" Jon Galloway Metro/WinRT/Windows8: "Debugging Contracts using Windows Simulator" Cathy Sullivan LightSwitch: "LightSwitch: It Is About The Money (It Is Always About The Money)" Michael Washington Shoutouts: Michael Palermo's latest Desert Mountain Developers is up Michael Washington's latest Visual Studio #LightSwitch Daily is up From SilverlightCream.com:LightSwitch: It Is About The Money (It Is Always About The Money)Michael Washington has a very nice post up about LightSwitch apps in general and his opinion about the future use... based on what he and I have been up to, I tend to agree on all counts!Accessing Controls from DataGrid ColumnHeader – SilverlightManas Patnaik's latest post is about using the VisualTreeHelper class to iterate through the visual tree to find the controls you need ... including sample code31 Days of Mango | Day #18: Using Sample DataJeff Blankenburg's Day 18 in his 31-Day Mango quest is on Sample Data using Expression Blend, and he begins with great links to his other Blend posts followed by a nice sample data tutorial and source31 Days of Mango | Day #19: Tilt EffectsDoug Mair returns to the reigns of Jeff's 31-Days series with number 19 which is all about Tilt Effects ... as seen in the Phone application when you select a user... Doug shows how to add this effect to your appLeveraging Background Services and Agents in Windows Phone 7 (Mango)Jon Galloway has a WP7 post up discussing Background Services and how they all fit together... he's got a great diagram of that as an overview then really nice discussion of each followed up by his slides from DevConnections, and codeNetflix on Windows 8This one isn't C#/XAML, but Richard Bartholomew has a Netflix on Windows 8 app running that bears noticeUsing ASP.NET PageMethods With SilverlightPeter Bromberg has a post up demonstrating calling PageMethods from a Silverlight app using the ScriptManager controlAWESOME Windows Phone Power ToolJoel Reyes announced the release of a full-featured tool for side-loading apps to your WP7 device... available at codeplexMicrosoft Windows Simulator Rotation and Resolution EmulationZeben Chen discusses the Windows 8 Simulator a bit deeper with this code-laden post showing how to look at roation and orientation-aware apps and resolution.First look at Windows SimulatorNavneet Gupta has a great into post to using the simulator in VS2011 for Windows 8 apps. Four things you really need this for: Touch Emulation, Rotation, Different target resolutions, and ContractsDebugging Contracts using Windows SimulatorCathy Sullivan shows how to debug W8 Contracts in VS2011... why you ask? because when you hit one in the debugger, the target app disappears.. but enter the simulator... check it outStay in the 'Light!Twitter SilverlightNews | Twitter WynApse | WynApse.com | Tagged Posts | SilverlightCreamJoin me @ SilverlightCream | Phoenix Silverlight User GroupTechnorati Tags:Silverlight    Silverlight 3    Silverlight 4    Windows PhoneMIX10

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• mythbuntu 12 - lirc device doesn't appear to even exist

  - by FrustratedWithFormsDesigner

  I'm trying to get a new installation of Mythbuntu working. So far, everything is OK except the remote. The sensor for the remote is on my Hauppauge WinTV HVR 1250. First I tried to run irw to see what was being picked up by the sensor: $ irw connect: No such file or directory Then trying to run lircd gives: $ lircd start$ lircd start lircd: can't open or create /var/run/lirc/lircd.pid I look for any lirc devices and find there are none: $ ls /dev/li* ls: cannot access /dev/li*: No such file or directory Just to be sure, I check in /proc/bus/input/devices, which shows me two powerbuttons (not sure why), kbd and mouse dev, and the audio devs. Nothing for the IR receiver on the tuner card (which I thought was strange because shouldn't the tuner show up here?). $ cat /proc/bus/input/devices I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000 N: Name="Power Button" P: Phys=PNP0C0C/button/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/device:00/PNP0C0C:00/input/input0 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd event0 B: PROP=0 B: EV=3 B: KEY=10000000000000 0 I: Bus=0019 Vendor=0000 Product=0001 Version=0000 N: Name="Power Button" P: Phys=LNXPWRBN/button/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/LNXSYSTM:00/LNXPWRBN:00/input/input1 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd event1 B: PROP=0 B: EV=3 B: KEY=10000000000000 0 I: Bus=0003 Vendor=099a Product=7202 Version=0111 N: Name="Wireless Keyboard/Mouse" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:10.1-2/input0 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.1/usb8/8-2/8-2:1.0/input/input2 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=sysrq kbd event2 B: PROP=0 B: EV=120013 B: KEY=1000000000007 ff9f207ac14057ff febeffdfffefffff fffffffffffffffe B: MSC=10 B: LED=7 I: Bus=0003 Vendor=099a Product=7202 Version=0111 N: Name="Wireless Keyboard/Mouse" P: Phys=usb-0000:00:10.1-2/input1 S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:10.1/usb8/8-2/8-2:1.1/input/input3 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=kbd mouse0 event3 B: PROP=0 B: EV=1f B: KEY=4837fff072ff32d bf54444600000000 70001 20c100b17c000 267bfad9415fed 9e168000004400 10000002 B: REL=143 B: ABS=100000000 B: MSC=10 I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000 N: Name="HD-Audio Generic Line" P: Phys=ALSA S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input4 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=event4 B: PROP=0 B: EV=21 B: SW=2000 I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000 N: Name="HD-Audio Generic Front Mic" P: Phys=ALSA S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input5 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=event5 B: PROP=0 B: EV=21 B: SW=10 I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000 N: Name="HD-Audio Generic Rear Mic" P: Phys=ALSA S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input6 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=event6 B: PROP=0 B: EV=21 B: SW=10 I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000 N: Name="HD-Audio Generic Front Headphone" P: Phys=ALSA S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input7 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=event7 B: PROP=0 B: EV=21 B: SW=4 I: Bus=0000 Vendor=0000 Product=0000 Version=0000 N: Name="HD-Audio Generic Line-Out" P: Phys=ALSA S: Sysfs=/devices/pci0000:00/0000:00:14.2/sound/card0/input8 U: Uniq= H: Handlers=event8 B: PROP=0 B: EV=21 B: SW=40 According to dmesg, the driver was registered, but it doesn't look like any devices was associated with the driver: $ dmesg | grep irc [ 10.631162] lirc_dev: IR Remote Control driver registered, major 249 So far, I've seen a number of forum pages suggesting that I use some trick to create a link between /dev/lirc and some other device that is the REAL IR sensor, like /dev/event5, but those cases assume that the real device is shown from /proc/bus/input/devices, and I don't see any such device there. Any suggestions on how to fix or further diagnose this?

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• Why Ultra-Low Power Computing Will Change Everything

  - by Tori Wieldt

  The ARM TechCon keynote "Why Ultra-Low Power Computing Will Change Everything" was anything but low-powered. The speaker, Dr. Johnathan Koomey, knows his subject: he is a Consulting Professor at Stanford University, worked for more than two decades at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, and has been a visiting professor at Stanford University, Yale University, and UC Berkeley's Energy and Resources Group. His current focus is creating a standard (computations per kilowatt hour) and measuring computer energy consumption over time. The trends are impressive: energy consumption has halved every 1.5 years for the last 60 years. Battery life has made roughly a 10x improvement each decade since 1960. It's these improvements that have made laptops and cell phones possible. What does the future hold? Dr. Koomey said that in the past, the race by chip manufacturers was to create the fastest computer, but the priorities have now changed. New computers are tiny, smart, connected and cheap. "You can't underestimate the importance of a shift in industry focus from raw performance to power efficiency for mobile devices," he said. There is also a confluence of trends in computing, communications, sensors, and controls. The challenge is how to reduce the power requirements for these tiny devices. Alternate sources of power that are being explored are light, heat, motion, and even blood sugar. The University of Michigan has produced a miniature sensor that harnesses solar energy and could last for years without needing to be replaced. Also, the University of Washington has created a sensor that scavenges power from existing radio and TV signals.Specific devices designed for a purpose are much more efficient than general purpose computers. With all these sensors, instead of big data, developers should focus on nano-data, personalized information that will adjust the lights in a room, a machine, a variable sign, etc.Dr. Koomey showed some examples:The Proteus Digital Health Feedback System, an ingestible sensor that transmits when a patient has taken their medicine and is powered by their stomach juices. (Gives "powered by you" a whole new meaning!) Streetline Parking Systems, that provide real-time data about available parking spaces. The information can be sent to your phone or update parking signs around the city to point to areas with available spaces. Less driving around looking for parking spaces!The BigBelly trash system that uses solar power, compacts trash, and sends a text message when it is full. This dramatically reduces the number of times a truck has to come to pick up trash, freeing up resources and slashing fuel costs. This is a classic example of the efficiency of moving "bits not atoms." But researchers are approaching the physical limits of sensors, Dr. Kommey explained. With the current rate of technology improvement, they'll reach the three-atom transistor by 2041. Once they hit that wall, it will force a revolution they way we do computing. But wait, researchers at Purdue University and the University of New South Wales are both working on a reliable one-atom transistors! Other researchers are working on "approximate computing" that will reduce computing requirements drastically. So it's unclear where the wall actually is. In the meantime, as Dr. Koomey promised, ultra-low power computing will change everything.

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