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Installing Arduino on Ubuntu 10.04

TechIsCool — Wed, 25 Aug 2010 08:12:11 +0000

I fought with installing the Arduino IDE on Ubuntu 10.04 so I though I would write something up on my blog so everyone could use it for reference.

Open Applications -> Accessories -> Terminal

Type "sudo add-apt-repository ppa:arduino-ubuntu-team"

then type "sudo apt-get update"

then open System -> Administration -> Software Sources

Check the following

Community-maintained Open Source software (universe)

Software restricted by copyright or legal issues (multiverse)

then Applications -> Ubuntu Software Center -> Search for “Arduino” Click Install

After That is installed go back into the terminal and run"sudo usermod -aG dialout myuser" NOTE: Replace myuser with your username

You Should be all set to work in the Arduino IDE

So Long

TechIsCool — Fri, 11 Jun 2010 17:34:47 +0000

It has been so long since my last blog post. I feel sorry just putting up something so simple. So I will fill you in on what has happened since my last post.

I have been going to Edmonds Community College for my Computer Information Systems Associates of Technical Arts Degree. This has mostly been fun with a few hiccups like well not getting an adviser so missed 2 classes I need for my degree. it will be available next year in the spring quarter but that’s still a long ways out. Favorite Teach in Edmonds so far has been Marty Baker she was teaching CIS 225 which was Security on Web Servers with IIS 6.0 and she totally saw that I already knew my stuff and let me help with the whole class there was a teachers assistant in the class but he was more like just taking the class for the needed credit.

One of the hardest parts for me is when you get a teacher that fundamentally does not know how to write anything or proof read it before handing it out to our class. This is a computer class and we are being taught how to do command line functions on a whiteboard. Its not like we don’t have a projector in the class that is fully functional. alright I am done ranting. Math Class has been awesome we have a teacher that has been out of college for about 5 years it makes it so much easier to relate things when the classes he took in college are still fresh in his memory.

That’s About all for today’s post hope you have a good day

Down Time

TechIsCool — Fri, 16 Oct 2009 00:25:11 +0000

Hey everyone my shared hosting server is getting moved for Riverside, California to a new data center in Irvine, California so on the 16th of October from 8-12pm pst there will be downtime. Thanks for your participation

-TechIsCool

Code Test

TechIsCool — Mon, 21 Sep 2009 17:10:21 +0000

This is Just a test
#include

byte mac[] = { 0xDE, 0xAD, 0xBE, 0xEF, 0xFE, 0xED };
byte ip[] = { 192, 168, 6, 177 };

Server server(80);

void setup()
{
Ethernet.begin(mac, ip);
server.begin();
}

void loop()
{
Client client = server.available();
if (client) {
// an http request ends with a blank line
boolean current_line_is_blank = true;
while (client.connected()) {
if (client.available()) {
char c = client.read();
// if we’ve gotten to the end of the line (received a newline
// character) and the line is blank, the http request has ended,
// so we can send a reply
if (c == ‘\n’ && current_line_is_blank) {
// send a standard http response header
client.println(“HTTP/1.1 200 OK”);
client.println(“Content-Type: text/html”);
client.println();

client.print(“

“);

break;
}
if (c == ‘\n’) {
// we’re starting a new line
current_line_is_blank = true;
} else if (c != ‘\r’) {
// we’ve gotten a character on the current line
current_line_is_blank = false;
}
}
}
// give the web browser time to receive the data
delay(1);
client.stop();
}
}

School

TechIsCool — Sun, 20 Sep 2009 23:56:22 +0000

Hey everyone It seems like I never update my blog anymore even if I have the time. Well things are changing for me and I think its for the good I will be going to Edmond’s Community College this year and since the classes that I want to take are in the afternoon – 10pm that is when I will be going. So hopefully I will stay safe driving back and forth between school and home. Maybe I will be updating the Blog with some cool Arduino stuff that I have been working on.