Tutorials

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Ubuntu Tutorial: Installing Steam
0 – Introduction In recent years, gaming on Linux, particularly on Ubuntu, has seen a huge surge in popularity and capability. What was once considered a niche platform for gaming has now become...
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Ubuntu Tutorial: Installing Gitlab
0 – Introduction If you need a source and versioning control solution for your homelab, you have a couple options, one of them is Gitlab, which we will be installing in this article. One of the benefits...
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Ubuntu Tutorial: Setting Up Wireguard
0 – Introduction Have you ever needed a VPN while using some public network? There are a lot of free options out there, but when you do not pay with money, you are paying with something else and,...
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Esp32 Tutorial: Chip8 Emulator
0 – Introduction In a previous article we made an emulator/interpreter for Chip8 in C++ to be ran on Ubuntu, in this article, we will make small changes and new platform specific modules to run that...
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Ubuntu Tutorial: Install Mattermost Server
0 – Introduction Do you have a small company or want a way to talk to your friends without anyone spying on you? Then Mattermost is for you. It was made for the business world, with a lot of integrations...
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Ubuntu Tutorial: Installing Ubuntu Server
0 – Introduction If you have some experience with the Ubuntu command line and want to save a little extra power on your homelab server, then switching from Ubuntu Desktop to Server might be a good...
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Chip8 emulator in C++
0 – Introduction A common advice for those who want to get started with emulators development is to try implement a CHIP8 emulator. This is a good advice, because the CHIP8 specification is quite...
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RaspberryPi Tutorial: Setting Up Pi-Hole
0 – Introduction If you are tired of getting ads everywhere and want to be at peace, at least in your own home, then Pi-Hole is a godly addition to your homelab. In this article we will install Ubuntu...
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Ubuntu Tutorial: Baremetal Arduino
0 – Introduction Building a simple LED blink project is often the first step into the world of embedded systems and microcontroller programming. While many projects rely on the Arduino’s more...
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Ubuntu Tutorial: Arduino IDE 2
0 – Introduction Arduinos are very popular microcontrollers for people who are studying or working with hardware and hobyists. In Ubuntu there are some different ways of coding and uploading your...
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Esp32 Tutorial: Rotary Encoder
0 – Introduction If you are thinking of your next project you might be wondering which input method would be the best choice. The Rotary Encoder is, in use, similar to the Potentiometer, but in code,...
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Esp32 Tutorial: SD Card
0 – Introduction A lot of projects require a way to save permanent data, or a large ammount of data, usually, a SD card is the best solution, as you can buy one for cheap. In this small project...
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Esp32 Tutorial: Chip8 Emulator
0 – Introduction In a previous article we made an emulator/interpreter for Chip8 in C++ to be ran on Ubuntu, in this article, we will make small changes and new platform specific modules to run that...
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Esp32 Tutorial: LED Control with Button
0 – Introduction This small project will show you how to use an Esp32 to read the state of a button and output it to a LED, you should also be able to recreate this project with little to no changes...
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Esp32 Tutorial: SSD1306 Oled Display With I2C
0 – Introduction With a lot of projects, having a way to display information is vital, so we will, in this article, use one of the most popular libraries there is, with the ammount of oled displays...
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Esp32 Tutorial: Esp-Now Broadcast
0 – Introduction In this article we will be using two of the Esp32 boards we reviewed, to send and receive a message using ESP-NOW. Hardware needed: 2x Esp32 (like this one) 1x Usb Cable (type a...
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Esp32 Tutorial: Hello World with PlatformIO
0 – Introduction In this article we will be using the Esp32 board we reviewed to make the onboard LED blink and also to send a ‘Hello World’ message via Serial. All that using VsCode...
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Baremetal Arduino: PWM Example
0 – Introduction In the world of microcontrollers, PWM is used to communicate with some motors, or even other microcontrollers, one example is, the servos and ESC in a RC car, it is also a great...
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Baremetal Arduino: Timers
0 – Introduction While using an arduino there are a lot of things that require timings, communications like SPI and I2C or PWM but, besides communications, maybe you want to make an animation with...
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Baremetal Arduino: Button with Interrupts
0 – Introduction While coding baremetal on a arduino, interrupts are a key part of any program that requires input or precise timings. In today’s article you will learn the very basics of interrupts...
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Baremetal Arduino: USB Serial
0 – Introduction In the last baremetal arduino post we started a journey into the world of Arduinos without the IDE and their libraries. Today we will contiue that journey by learning how to do one...
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Ubuntu Tutorial: Baremetal Arduino
0 – Introduction Building a simple LED blink project is often the first step into the world of embedded systems and microcontroller programming. While many projects rely on the Arduino’s more...
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Ubuntu Tutorial: Arduino IDE 2
0 – Introduction Arduinos are very popular microcontrollers for people who are studying or working with hardware and hobyists. In Ubuntu there are some different ways of coding and uploading your...
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RaspberryPi Tutorial: Setting Up Pi-Hole
0 – Introduction If you are tired of getting ads everywhere and want to be at peace, at least in your own home, then Pi-Hole is a godly addition to your homelab. In this article we will install Ubuntu...
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RaspberryPi Tutorial: Object detection with MediaPipe
0 – Introduction In this article we will be making a small application with python to run an object detection model in your Raspberry Pi 5 using MediaPipe. If you get an error while creating your...
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Raspberry Pi Tutorial: Hosting a folder with SMB
0 – Introduction If you host a service on your pi, like Jellyfin, RetroPie or LibreElec, you might need a way to transfer files from your main pc to the raspberry pi, and it might be annoying to...