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Setup Guide for SEGGER J-Link and SystemView with STM32 Nucleo Boards

SEGGER SystemView is a very cool graphical tool for embedded systems that enables the visualisation of run-time behaviour in an application by the recording on configurable events. These events can be recorded using J-Link, IP, or UART communication. A huge plus for using SystemView is that it is totally free to use, provided that in one event …

How to Live and Work in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

So you want to live and work in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Great! You just spent your the summer in Sarajevo, you became a regular at Kino Bosna, gained 5 kilograms from eating Krompiršua and Ćevapi every meal, and developed an ironic attachment to turbo folk from long nights at Sloga. “Sarajevo is the new Berlin” you …

How to Get a Volunteer Visa in Bosnia and Herzegovina

So you want to get a Volunteer Visa in Bosnia and Herzegovina? Well, as you are going to find out Bosnia and Herzegovina does not particularly care for that. The process of obtaining a “Volunteer Visa” can be pretty daunting but it is more well defined than some of the other bureaucratic wonders of this …

How to Get a White Card in Bosnia and Herzegovina

Getting a White Card in Bosnia and Herzegovina is a right of passage. It is your gentle introduction into the wonders of Bosnian bureaucracy. You will be confused. You will be frustrated. You will not get any sympathy from your Bosnian friends who have been dealing with this kind of thing all their lives, and …

Nodel at ACMI Part 3: Nodel System Design

Nodel is an open source digital media control system for museums and galleries, although there are many valid uses for Nodel outside of this scope where device control, monitoring, and scheduling is required. In response to the pending renewal at the Australia Centre for the Moving Image, the technical services team decided to trial Nodel to assess it’s suitability …

Nodel at ACMI Part 2: Implementing a Simple Nodel System

Nodel is an open source digital media control system for museums and galleries, although there are many valid uses for Nodel outside of this scope where device control, monitoring, and scheduling is required. In response to the pending renewal at the Australia Centre for the Moving Image, the technical services team decided to trial Nodel to assess it’s suitability …

Nodel at ACMI Part 1: Basic Concepts

Nodel is an open source digital media control system for museums and galleries, although there are many valid uses for Nodel outside of this scope where device control, monitoring, and scheduling is required. It was originally developed by Lumicom as commissioned by Museums Victoria in response to a 2010 review and subsequent white paper in to …

A High Speed High Current LED Driver; Refurbishing ACMI’s Zoetrope

One of the more popular exhibits in Screen Worlds at the ACMI is The Zoetrope. Like all exhibits inside of Screen Worlds, the Zoetrope has not aged gracefully due to over 9 years of active service! With the original design utilising xenon based strobe lights, the maintenance cost of this exhibit in man hours and …

The Parametric Digital Transducer Array Loudspeaker

For my capstone project that I completed at RMIT University I conducted a bunch of research into experimental loudspeaker designs such as Digital and Parametric Loudspeaker Arrays. As a result of this project I conceptalised a design for the Parametric Digital Transducer Array Loudspeaker, built a prototype, and validated the design by performing a variety ...

A Magnavox Odyssey Pong Clone Using Arduino

The Australian Centre for the Moving Image, or ACMI as it is more commonly called was home to the permanent exhibition Screen Worlds before it’s recent refurbishment took place. The exhibition was first opened all the way back in 2009, and has a large range of exhibits that showcase different technologies and trends in film, …