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BBC micro:bit Robot Controlled with Swipe Gestures on Android Phone

Posted on May 8, 2018 by Tayeb

Introduction The Micro Bit also referred to as BBC Micro Bit, stylised as micro:bit is an ARM-based embedded system designed by the BBC for use in computer education. In my previous tutorial I showed how to read temperature with a purpose written app in App Inventor for Android phone that connects to … Continue reading →

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Remote Reading of Temperature with BBC micro:bit and Bluetooth Low Energy BLE

Posted on March 7, 2018 by Tayeb

Introduction The Micro Bit also referred to as BBC Micro Bit, stylised as micro:bit is an ARM-based embedded system designed by the BBC for use in computer education. The BBC micro:bit is a pocket-sized computer that lets you get creative with digital technology. Each order contains just the micro:bit board. … Continue reading →

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Telegram Bot Control with Orange Pi Lite Wifi and AXE056 board with Picaxe 18M2

Posted on July 17, 2016 by Tayeb

What are Telegram bots? Bots are third-party applications that run inside Telegram. Users can interact with bots by sending them messages, commands and inline requests. You control your bots using HTTPS requests to Telegram’s bot API. What can one do with Telegram bots? To … Continue reading →

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2015 in review for RedAcacia

Posted on December 30, 2015 by Tayeb

2016 is coming, two days to go. A big thank you to all visitors and participans of this humble technical blog. The WordPress.com stats helpers prepared a 2015 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: Madison Square Garden can … Continue reading →

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Visual Programming Editor ArduBlock for chipKIT

Posted on May 12, 2015 by Tayeb

Introduction In computing, a visual programming language (VPL) is any programming language that lets users create programs by manipulating program elements graphically rather than by specifying them textually. A VPL allows programming with visual expressions, spatial arrangements of text and … Continue reading →

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2014 in review of RedAcacia blog

Posted on December 29, 2014 by Tayeb

The WordPress.com stats helper prepared a 2014 annual report for this blog. Here’s an excerpt: The concert hall at the Sydney Opera House holds 2,700 people. This blog was viewed about 60,000 times in 2014. If it were a concert … Continue reading →

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Writing a “Resistor Code” App for Blackberry Playbook

Posted on July 25, 2013 by Tayeb

The PlayBook, as it is known Blackberry’s tablet,  is the first device to run Blackberry Tablet OS, based on QNX Neutrino, and runs apps developed using Adobe AIR. It was later announced that the Blackberry Tablet OS would be merged with the existing Blackberry OS to produce a … Continue reading →

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This blog has now its own domain name RedAcacia.me

Posted on March 10, 2013 by Tayeb

RedAcacia.wordpress.com is now RedAcacia.me! This blog had 24,000 views in 2012. In 2012, there were 11 new posts, growing the total archive of this blog to 27 posts. The busiest day of the year was September 13th 2012 with 141 views. The most popular post that … Continue reading →

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2012 in Review

Posted on February 9, 2013 by Tayeb

The WordPress.com stats helper prepared a 2012 annual report for this blog. A big thank you to all visitors and among you that wrote comments, as well as WordPress team for running this wonderful space on the Web. Here’s an … Continue reading →

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Controlling a robot with bluetooth-enabled cell phone

Posted on September 15, 2010 by Tayeb

Tested on Nokia N97 and Blackberry Bold 9700. Introduction After having recently designed a virtual gamepad to control a robot, making use of a serial bluetooth device, I thought why not do the same with a cell phone. My Nokia N97 … Continue reading →

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