Coder's Talk

For any reason, you may need extra memory on your ts-7260 SBC but the build in RAM is only 28MB. In my case, it get rebooted when I'm running few programs that continuously reading the input from the DIO. As this system is running linux, we can use swap memory instead of physical RAM. So, to solve this problem, we can create swap file on this ts-7260. Here is how to add swapfile on ts-7260 board running the default debian Sarge on ts11 kernel 2.4 SD card boot linux.

When working with SBC or Single Board Computer for embedded project, we can't have full RS-232 serial with all 9 pin signal compatibility at all times. For instance, while I'm working with TS-7260 board from Technologic Systems, the COM3 serial interface have only 3 pin which is RX, TX and GND. So, in order to make my Wavecom GSM/GPRS/EDGE modem working, I have to create my own cable pinout to connect the 15 pin connector on the Wavecom Modem to the 3 pin RS-232 serial interface on the board. Before creating the cable, I did some search and find this cable pinout from Wavecom GSM Modem manual. Pin Description 1 DCD (Data Carrier Detect) 2 TXD (Transmit Data) 3 Reserved 4 MICROPHONE (+) 5 MICROPHONE (-) 6 RXD (Receive Data) 7 DSR (Data Set Ready) 8 DTR (Data Terminal Ready) 9 GND(Signal Ground) 10 SPEAKER (+) 11 CTS (Clear To Send) 12 RTS (Request To Send) 13 RI (Ring Indicator) 14 RESET 15 SPEAKER (-) and the pinout from TS-7260 Board manual: 5.6 C...

It is Sunday, and I'm checking my old photos... And then, I found my office's desktop photos. You may want to see them. Sometimes, my desk is clean but sometimes, it get horribly messy... This is the average looks of it. Working on these Wireless Rain Gauge development have build up my skills in linux bash programming and I learn a lot on how Single Board computer works. In the beginning, we just create a daughter board and attach it to a hacked LinkSYS WRT45GS board which I've installed OpenWRT so I can embed my bash script inside. But then, we go for TS-7260 board from embeddedarm.com to get more control on the RainGause for version two. Till now, I'm still upgrading the code for more features and stability. Well, that's all for now. Enjoy what you're doing!!

For technical writers who works with translations of documentation and manuals in Bahasa Malaysia would already noticed that it is really hard to translate computer or IT related documentations from english to malay. As I have already involved in my own personal project in translation , I found that there is difficulties in translating computer related terms into Malay Language without falling into other meanings where the real means of that terms isn't achieved or else I will up to creating new terms in Malay language that wouldn't be agreed by other documents with the same terms, translated by other translator. I've been searching around for any standard meaning of Embedded System or Embedded Hardware in Malay language. I found that Embed means 'tanam' which also means buried if translated back to English. Actually, there is a lot of other words with the same meaning in Malay and that adds more difficulties in finding the right word that exactly match the comp...