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Unlocking the Galileo's secret serial port


Since I haven't blogged for some time and I'm only getting back to working with the Intel Galileo again, I've decided to write up a quick tutorial to make up for lost time. In this tutorial I'll address a key drawback to the Intel Galileo and a handy solution to remedy.

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Date: January 26th at 9:14am

Tweeting Galileo


Since I've recently succeeded in getting my Galileo online, I've wasted no time in pressing it to its full potential as an IoT board. In this tutorial I'm recasting the Galileo as a Twitter-Bot to post my tweets to the world!

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Date: December 6th at 12:16pm

Internet Sharing with the Galileo


As a continuation on since my last post, I wanted to take things a little further and enable WiFi sharing on my Mac over ethernet. In turn, allowing my Galileo to access the internet. Do it yourself in just five steps.

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Date: December 5th at 2:31pm

Ethernet on Galileo with static IP


Since I've decided to migrate over to Eclipse in order to program my Galileo, I've needed a persistent IP address in order to make a target connection. Since I couldn't find much in the way of instructions online, I decided on writing my own tutorial to guide others through the process, step by step.

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Date: November 25th at 11:13am

Inexpensive Alternatives - GY-GPS6MV2


While most components you'll likely use with Arduino are relatively cheap, sometimes there's the odd part that comes at a premium that's outside your budget. Here's my experience with the alternative.

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Date: September 14th at 10:18am

Web Development Tools & Guide


Building a site these days isn't as easy as when I started. Before, I could've been satisfied with just a html page, some basic css & maybe some javascript. These days I seem to be tripping up over a bunch of different technologies, all vying for attention.

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Date: August 21st at 8:44am

How I made my robot


Settle in for a long read; today I wanted to write about how I built my robot - straight from scratch.

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Date: July 26th at 9:33am