For a long time PiTank was working as a dust collector on the shelf, but now he is back! So what’s new today about PiTank? I have cleaned up from dust, fixed some bugs in environment, set up VM for remote control and added new GPIO backend(commit) to rpi-tank repo. And now all pieces finally […]
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Migrating WordPress from AWS to the Google Cloud
I wanted to try out Google Cloud for a long time and now I have a good reason to do it. My AWS 1 year trial period is over, I used it to run my site pitank.com. It used wordpress and one instance with 1 Gb usually was enough for a low volume site […]
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Debugging PiTank with cat
My PiTank was collecting dust under the table for a while and today I got some free time to bring it back to life. There were some issues with connecting over ssh, so I connected it to my desktop monitor with hdmi cable and start debugging. When I got all services up and running cat’s attention was attracted by […]
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Raspberry Pi 3 with Wi-Fi for $35!
The Raspberry Pi 3 Model B is out now. This latest model includes 802.11n WiFi, Bluetooth 4.0, and a quad-core 64-bit ARM Cortex A53 running at 1.2 GHz. It’s a usable desktop computer. Available now at the usual Pi retailers for $35. Finally! It has built-in Wi-Fi module, thanks to BCM43143 chip. So no more wi-fi […]
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Streaming cats via pitank
Pitank could have a lot of practical usages. But live is strange thing, so I basically use it to stream cat videos… When cat is left alone at home and I am somewhere far away, I just login to my pitank and start watching what is happening. Sometimes I stream it directly to youtube. So […]
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DJI Inspire flight in Minsk
Today was the day when I realized that amazing quality of video for quadrocopters exists. One DJI Inspire owner visited Minsk and recorded video flying around IT offices. He has Zenmuse X5 – 4k camera with stabilization, estimated cost is around 2600$, just for camera! So let’s watch.
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Quadrocopter party during the weekend
The weather was fine, so we started to test our flying devises: planes and quadrocopters. The very first take off was not so successful 🙂 One quadrocopter flyed in stablized mode a few meters over the ground. And the main event on the quarocopter party is flying to 500 meters. Once drone reach 300 meters nobody […]
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Test drive PiTank using web UI
Testdrived Raspberry Pi Tank with video streaming and controlling from web UI. In current setup PiTank uses webcam to capture video and encodes video stream by mjpg-streamer. Mjpg is natively supported by all known browsers (Chrome, Firefox, IE, Opera). Tank remote control is also organized using web UI. So user is able to control tank and […]
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PiTank vs Cats! Raspberry Pi Tank outdoor test drive!
Once upon a time PiTank project visited fresh air and met new friends. We went to the forest, drove through the city streets and turned turtle on the leaf litter. In the forest we met nice cat. I guess it was his territory, so the alien (pitank) got a lot of attention. A few words about PiTank project. PiTank – […]
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