I was wanting to buy a new Android device, now that my Nexus 1 is starting to show signs of old age 🙂 I wanted to buy the Nexus 6, but didn’t want to spend 48K on that device, given the fact that I’d be unemployed soon 🙂 A month Read more…
The journey of repairing my Nexus One began here. I saw this cute little cover for my Nexus One and shared it on G+: And then since I didn’t really have a 3D printer, I decided to buy new clothes for my phone and grabbed this one off Amazon: 48 Read more…
Though I’ve been tinkering with Android apps for over 2+ years, I never published them on the play store. I just felt that who’d ever bother downloading my crazy, dsyfunctional apps 😛 But then I wanted to learn the process of having an app in the store and here it Read more…
Awesome!!! trevd just released his work on porting Android 4.4.4 to the Raspberry Pi. He wrote an elaborate post on the XDA forum here detailing the kinky features of what he’s done. Instructions for getting started can be found on his github repository. I’ll try this out myself and hopefully Read more…
I happened to present a talk at the Google Dev Fest Hyderabad that took place this Saturday, 5th October, 2013. I’ve uploaded the slide decks used and also the code used in the demo. Please find them below. If you need any help on implementing these, please reach out to Read more…
Came across this cool USB stick that allows you to connect to and control many devices from your smartphone. One of the cool features is that it’s Arduino compatible 🙂 Specs: 100% Arduino compatible. Built in Bluetooth V2.0+EDR module. Built in Infrared RX and TX. Based on the ATXMega128A1U microcontroller. Read more…
This was a small presentation I gave at the Open Source India 2012 Conference in Bangalore, India. Though it’s been months now, I’d like to share it here so that I don’t lose out my link 🙂 This video can’t be embedded right here as it’s protected. So, enjoy the Read more…
After spending days and more than 11 hours straight today, we’ve finally got Android talking with Arduino via WiFi using the cute little RN XV WiFi module. What was considered to be a mountain turned out to be a molehill. The funny part is that this now looks more easier Read more…