Windows ™ versus Linux on intel Galileo
Here is a really quick and dirty, non scientific comparison of a Galileo GEN1 board running Windows ™ against the same board running linux. SPI Flash version is 1.0.2. Login to windows is via telnet. Login to linux is via ssh. Time taken from power-on to login: Linux 48 Seconds Windows 68 Seconds Time taken […]
How To spot a fake or phishing email.
Here is our cut-out-and-keep guide on how to spot a fake or “phising” email. A ‘phishing’ email is one that purports to be from someone you do business with, like your bank, Apple, a high-street store or online store, but is in fact a fake email trying to get you to hand over your identity, […]
BT HomeHub 5 has issues with mDNS/Bonjour
I recently upgraded from the BT HomeHub 3 to their latest offering, the BT Home Hub 5. However immediately on replacing the old router with the new one I started having problems with my networked printers. I have a pair of HP OfficeJet 7500A printers, attached to my home network. Once I had upgraded to […]
Galileo GPIO Timing & why it doesn’t work for some.
The Intel Galileo is has Arduino UNO compatibility, yet often I see queries from someone asking why their favourite Arduino Shield won’t work, or why an interface they have made which works on other Arduino boards, doesn’t work with Galileo. Often they say Galileo is no use, or Galileo doesn’t do what it claims, or Galileo is […]
BBC News – Robots inspired by origami fold themselves into action
Self unfolding robots. Just add heat… BBC News – Robots inspired by origami fold themselves into action.
The skies are busy
While traveling by air yesterday, it got me wondering how busy our skies are. The answer might surprise you. The following image shows actual flights in progress over Europe at 13:10 BST today. (Click image for a larger view). According to data from FlightRadar24 there were 8830 Flights in progress over world, 2920 of them […]
Intel Galileo 2nd Generation board – first pics.
Here is a picture of the new Generation 2 Intel Galileo board. This pic was taken from the Galileo Getting Started Guide available here. Click the image for a larger view.
Intel® Galileo Gen2 Product Brief
Some details are staring to emerge about the new generation of Intel Galileo boards. Follow this link : Intel® Galileo Gen2 Product Brief | Intel Communities.
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