I needed to buy some more microSD cards for my growing collection of EV3s, BeagleBones and Raspberry Pis. There is surprisingly little information on the Internet about how to pick “the best” microSD card for these devices. And, what information…
Author: David Lechner
Using LEGO MINDSTORMS Motors with BeagleBone Blue
It turns out that it is possible to connect Mindstorms EV3 motors directly to the BeagleBone Blue. So really, this is just a matter of creating an adapter cable. First, let’s talk about the LEGO Mindstorms motor connections. The NXT…
Mounting a BeagleBone Blue to Your LEGO MINDSTORMS Robot
BeagleBoard.org has just released a new product called the BeagleBone Blue. It has the same processor as a BeagleBone Black, but is designed specifically for robotics and includes built-in Wi-Fi/Bluetooth, an accelerometer and motor controllers (and more). I was fortunate…
KeeAgent Beta 0.9.1 Released
This release brings some bug fixes and some new features. Fix some high DPI scaling issues on Windows Fix some layout issues on Mono Fix loading keys larger than 4096 bytes into Pageant Ignore keys in Recycle Bin when closing/locking…
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KeeAgent Beta 0.9.0 Released
It’s time for some more KeeAgent development! Please take this for a test drive and leave comments on GitHub about what other new features and fixes you would like to see. Download:
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Now Accepting PayPal Contributions
2016 was a bit of a slow year for KeeAgent. I’ve been kind of busy with another project. But I am striving to get back into a more regular development habit in 2017. As a first step, I have setup…
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KeeAgent 0.8.0 Released
Well, it’s about time… If you haven’t been keeping up with the changes in the beta versions, there are loads of new features. Here are the main ones: Support for ECDSA and Ed25519 keys Support for “new” OpenSSH private key…
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Adding a Display to BrickPi
Have you ever wished your BrickPi had a display so that you could see what is going on with your robot without having to be connected to a remote terminal? Well now you can. Adafruit sells a couple PiTFT displays that are compatible with BrickPi. This is the story of how I added one to my BrickPi.
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KeeAgent Beta v0.7.12 Released
I’ve been neglecting KeeAgent for a while, but I finally set aside a day for it. This release is pretty much all bug fixes and a few minor usability enhancements. I will probably release this version as stable in a…
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LEGO MovieMaker USB Camera with EV3 and ev3dev
Some (but not all) USB webcams will work on LEGO MINDSTORMS EV3 running ev3dev. Fortunately, one of them is the camera from the LEGO Studios Steven Spielberg MovieMaker Set. The camera from the Vision Command set should have the same…