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Project: Replacing Yesterday's Technology - Building a Better Barcode Scanner
Read nowHere at ameriDroid, our back office administration and shipping infrastructure all runs on single board computers (SBCs). We interface our SBCs with other equipment such as receipt printers for generating packing lists, and barcode readers for scanning order receipts. We...
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Watch: Demo & Discussion - Creating Custom Sign Controller
Read nowRoute sign controller designed by Bo Thompson by reverse-engineering route sign using multimeter and oscilloscope. Software developed using Python and Pillow, and Teensy programmed in C. ameriDroid products featured in this video: Teensy 3.6 (3.2 or 2.0 would also work...
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How To: VoCore2 + VoDisplay as a standalone system
Read nowRecently, Vonger from vocore.cn released a software update for the VoCore2 that allows the VoDisplay to be used as a monitor for the VoCore2, as if it were a complete system. This could be a cool start to a neat...
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How-To: Photo Frame That Updates via Email
Read nowby Bohdan Lechnowsky Purpose I have parents who are getting up in years, and they live in states far from where their children and grandchildren live. They don't use computers much, but they would love to see what their offspring...
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How-To: VoDisplay + VoCam = Awesome
Read nowIf you follow this blog, you can probably tell that we've been enjoying playing with the VoDisplay lately. We're wanting to add the VoCam + VoDisplay as an auditing step in our shipping processes, so we're looking at a way...
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How-To: Outputting Text to VoDisplay via USB
Read nowBecause the VoDisplay's driver, vodisp, can only display raw bitmap images at present, we cannot simply display text to it. However, with help from the tools we installed in the earlier article about the VoDisplay, we can make it happen....
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How-To: 4.1 inch 800x480 USB2 Display - Capturing and displaying desktop
Read nowIntroduction The VoDisplay works best with a 24-bit BMP image. In order to capture your screen and display it on the VoDisplay, it is currently required to create an image in this format before displaying it. Installing Prerequisites These prerequisites...