Install the Arduino IDE on Linux
by Interested in developing software for your Arduino board in Linux? The Arduino IDE is the recommended tool for developing software and uploading the resulting firmware …
How to monitor the serial port in Linux
Although modern PCs no longer come with a physical serial port, plenty of devices still require RS232 serial communication to interact with them. With the …
How to create a virtual CAN interface on Linux
A virtual CAN interface is the perfect solution when developing CAN nodes, without needing an actual physical CAN bus. Think of a virtual CAN interface …
CAN communication on the Raspberry PI with SocketCAN
Looking for a way to connect your Raspberry PI to a Controller Area Network (CAN) bus? With the help of the low-cost Waveshare RS485/CAN hat, …
Read and write XML files with wxWidgets
XML files are a perfect choice for storing the settings of your wxWidgets cross-platform application. Confused about how to use the wxWidgets classes to read …
Manually install a GNOME theme
Out-of-the-box the GNOME desktop environment might strike you as minimalistic. Don’t be fooled though, because that is by design. The idea is that you extend …
Install the VirtualBox Guest Additions in Debian 11 bullseye
Curious about the recently released Debian 11 “bullseye”? Why not install it inside a VirtualBox virtual machine and give it a try? Just keep in …
Raspberry PI headless setup with the Raspberry PI Imager
Planning on running your Raspberry PI system as a server? In this article I’ll show you how you can setup your Raspberry PI as a …
