Monthly Archives: September 2013

open hardware from kindergarten to Kickstarter

The “maker” movements of the past few years quickly gained traction in the education and hobbyist markets, as organizations began producing open hardware boards with a “less-is-more” architecture at a price to match. DIY boards like the Arduino, BeagleBoard, and … Continue reading

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Leveraging IT Technology for industrial controls

With that said, the controls world is going to be moving with anautomation that has a definite consumer bias, with product development and release cycles of six months or less. In an industry where the average life expectancy of an automotive … Continue reading

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RPM or Debian sources recycle apllications

Ever try to rebuild a  embedded computer from RPM or Debian sources? Good luck. While the distribution folks do provide source code (it’s open source, after all), rebuilding from sources is definitely not a use case that they typically support. In … Continue reading

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