MSP430 - reading a TSL2561

The TSL2561 is a chipset capable to read IR and visible light intensity and is the chipset used in the iRis project.
This article give some suggestions about how to use this sensor.

Using PiBackery - my FAQ

April 2019 - Update !
PiBackery is a nice tool to prepare SD cards for the Raspberry Pi.
One of the annoying problems to work with Raspberry in embedded world, is the need to have it connected to a wired network, monitor HDMI and keyboard for the first initialization.

Developer tips - Android studio

Bluetooth RFCOMM connection problem

If you like me are trying to set up a simple Bluetooth RFCOMM connection and you end up having connection errors, especially : read failed, socket might closed or timeout, read ret: -1
is possible the problem lies in a changed default assignment for the socket.

NiRis - the New iRis - the plan

Waiting could be sometime a good thing when designing something.
Like the iRis project I started years ago.

Even if I never posted recent articles about iRis, I did reach a nice stage of development, involving 3D printing design, electronic development and firmware development on different platforms.

iRis project - mechanical support

The support for the mechanical iris and the servomotor that control it, is important as the electronics.
After many experiments, it was 3D printed a support using Tinkercad.