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#IoT – What’s new in #Raspberry Pi 3
Hi ! These are busy days i my first days @Avanade Canada, so I’m kind of behind in my posts. Later I’ll finish my Azure-Garmin demos, my focus on today will be the launch of the new Raspberry Pi 3. Cool stuff about the device New architecture: 64-bit processor, almost 50% faster than Raspberry Pi 2… — read more
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#AZURE – #AzureIoT Hub and Windows Universal Apps #SourceCode
Hi ! Yesterday I wrote a post with a sample of a couple of Windows Universal Apps interacting with an Azure Iot Hub. So someone ask me for the source code and here it is. Important, there is a PCL project where all the configuration information is stored. You must update the config class with your… — read more
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#AZURE – Ejemplo de #AzureIoT con Windows Universal Apps
Hola ! Después de un par de semanas aprendiendo a usar Garmin ConnectIQ SDK, ahora tengo mi Garmin device listo para empezar a trabajar en modo Cloud. Como mi idea es utilizar Azure IoT como hub para el envío y recepción de mensajes, escribiré un par de posts al respecto como pequeña introducción. La primera parte… — read more
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#AZURE – #AzureIoT Hub Sample using Windows Universal Apps #Windows10
Hi ! So, after a couple of week learning on how to use Garmin ConnectIQ SDK, now I got my Garmin device ready to interact with the cloud. In order to prepare my Azure IoT environment, I’ll write a couple of posts on the basic steps to perform this. This post is also based on… — read more
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#Humor – How to write device drivers with #Javascript
Hi ! You only need to know a little about software to understand this one … By the way, the book is really really good 😉 Greetings @ Toronto -El Bruno Source preorder now!!! @oreillymedia pic.twitter.com/9n7dfExjnV — Erich Eichinger (@oakinger) February 25, 2016 — read more
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#Garmin – Display charts and several sensors information at once
Hi ! Today’s post is a quick one for Friday. My main goal in the past days was to complete all the necesarry stuff I’ll need to live in Toronto, and in the meantime I’ll continue to play around with the ConnectIQ Garmin SDK. As you can see in the next video, I get to… — read more
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#VisualStudio – #Microsoft buys #Xamarin
Hi ! So, long story short: Microsoft buys Xamarin, The better way to express this is Now we have to wait until Build to see if there is going to be changes in the licensing model, where the Xamarin team will be relocated, etc. So is time for great changes !!! Greetings @ Toronto -El… — read more
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#Garmin – Trabajando con recursos y culturas en una app #ConnectIQ
Hola ! Cuando creamos una aplicación para un dispositivo Garmin, trabajar con un recursos es un #MustHave. En el siguiente video se muestra un escenario sencillo en el que se cambia el lenguaje de una aplicación. En el mismo, la etiqueta principal de la aplicación cambiará cada vez cambie el lenguage del reloj. About Resources and Cultures Las aplicaciones de… — read more
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#Xamarin – Resource list to create “nice apps” with #XamarinForms (Updated)
Hello! Update: This is an update from my previous post with some new resources and some suggestions people told me to work with XF! After investing some time on learning how to work with Bluetooth, beacons, and other technologies with Xamarin Forms, now is the time to create Apps. Someone (like me) could feel some disappointment, because the default… — read more
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#GARMIN – Leer y mostrar información de sensores en una #ConnectIq app
Hola ! En el post de hoy voy a mostrar cómo crear una aplicación que muestre la hora y un poco de información de sensores de nuestro smartwatch. La mayoría de la información para complementar el post la agregaré en la sección de referencias, como por ejempo cómo funciona el lenguaje MonkeyC, o los diferentes tipos de… — read more
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#GARMIN – Read and display sensors data in a #ConnectIq app
Hi ! In today’s sample I’ll show how to create a WatchFace app which displays the current time and also the heart rate of the smart watch user. Most of the details will be added in the references section where you can find plenty of information on how the MonkeyC language works, or the different… — read more
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#Humor – Pandora’s #iPhone
Hi! Is not so funny after you read Tim Cook’s letter Greetings @ Toronto -El Bruno Source Reddit https://www.reddit.com/r/funny/comments/46umvw/pandoras_iphone/ — read more
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#Garmin – #Eclipse and #ConnectIQ as a good starting point to create #SmartWatch apps
Hello! After yesterday’s Hello world, today I’l write a post on a more friendly way to create Garmin apps. The Garmin Development team, has chosen MonkeyC as Development language and Eclipse as IDE for development, and the truth that fit the development environment is fairly simple. Setup Development Environment First we must download a version of Eclipse Luna.… — read more
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#Garmin – How to setup the #Dev Enviromnent and a quick #HelloWorld to try the Emulator!
Hello! In today’s post I will show how to configure the development environment to code and build an app for Garmin ConnectIQ SDK. The first thing we need is to have a Java development kit version installed on our computer. In the references section, I have put the link to the JDK 8. Now you can download and… — read more
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#Garmin – Next Challenge: #ConnectIQ SDK & #MonekyC
Hello! The process of installation in Toronto is taking shape. While I continue with the steps necessary to live here, I give me the luxury of jogging at – 10 ° C to learn a little. Best of all this, is that the past February 14, Pao gave me a Garmin Forerunner 235 to replace… — read more
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#Humor – In your face #Chrome (sign: #IE)
Hi ! Can your Chrome do this? Greetings @ Toronto -El Bruno References Facebook Web Development and Programming — read more
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Hello! I’ve seen several emulators for old games which could be played in a web browser. Of course, behind these emulators there is a series of converters from C++ to JavaScript, or something more complex. And with this as base, is only a matter of time until someone with time and imagination integrates all these parts and we can have WINDOWS 95 in a WEB BROWSER! … — read more
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#FUN – Some cool non-pro #drones #drone4fun (and one for C# developers)
Hello! Today is another quick post with which I consider, are best drones that we can buy to “play at home”. Disclaimer: I am not a specialist on this topic, just think of the devices that I could test or I have wanted to try from a point of view of use for fun +… — read more
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#Fun – A cool collection of #Lego creations
Hello! Today is also a day of off-topics and I will take to put some videos of LEGO that I use in my Robotics events in the past years. Always used to start with a LEGO Rubik Solver, this updated version is simply great! With 4 sets of Lego Mindstorms NXTand a Samsung Galaxy… — read more
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#Fun – Lipstick Robotic Arm and the funny #RobotBug
Hello! The next few weeks I will be 100% dedicated to manage my transfer to Canada, so I don’t think that I will continue with the routine of a daily post dedicated to Microsoft Technologies. So, I will take some time to think in stuff to spend some dollars when I arrive to Toronto. One of the options was this… — read more