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Harware Review

List of articles devoted to hardware, its use and configuration under Linux.

• Test: pre-installed Linux Notebooks
  This is a review of notebooks from linuxcertified.com
  
• Let's do some electronics
  Software to develop electronic circuits? Yes, it's available for Linux too. This article will show you what you need.
  
• Temperature monitoring with Linux
  This article shows how you can add for about 10 Eur a termperature supervision to your server.
  
• A 1 Bit Data Scope
  This article describes a 1bit logic analyser which samples data and sends it to a Linux PC via the rs232 port.
  
• Building an autonomous light finder robot
  In this article we describe how to build an autonomous robot that will always try to walk to the brightest spot in the room.
  
• Measuring air pressure with Linux
  This article describes an inexpensive solution to messure air pressure with a Linux PC.
  
• A Microcontroller based DC power supply
  In this article we build a very robust Microcontroller regulated power supply for your "lab" at home.
  
• Hardware watchdog and shutdown button
  This is a simple circuit to connect to the serial line of your computer.
  
• A LCD control panel for your Linux server
  In this article we use an Atmel AT90S4433 microcontroller and a few other inexpensive parts to build a LCD control panel for a Linux server.
  
• Programming the ARV Microcontroller with GCC
  The article explains how to setup a GCC development environment for the AVR 8-bit risc Microcontroller series from Atmel.
  
• How to use your ATEN UC-232A USB adapter with Linux
  The ATEN UC-232A is a RS232 serial line to USB adapter.
  
• Atek Super Mini Optical Mouse
  This is a miniature mouse that makes your notebook perform like a desktop
  
• Building a Linux-controlled walking robot
  In this article you learn how to build a small walking insect and control it with Linux over the parallel port.
  
• A serial line shutdown button with control LED
  In this article we design a little push button to connect to your server on the serial line and which you can use to shut the machine down when needed.
  
• Using Serial Line LCD displays under Linux
  This article show how to use the BLC2021 PC-Bay Insert serial line display from Matrix Orbital under Linux.
  
• The uCsimm kit
  This article describes the uCsimm kit and the UClinux project: Porting the linux kernel on hardware without MMU (memory management unit).
  
• Linux RT, part III
  In this article a simple electric circuit is used to process commands from any infra-red remote control.
  
• f-CPU Project: Attempting the "even harder"
  The fPU project attempts to develop a microprocessor like the present ones allowing a development scheme close to the one guiding important free software projects.
  
• Happy Hacking Keyboard
  Product review of the Happy Hacking Keyboard
  
• Installation and Configuration of a Raid-system
  RAID (Redundant Array of Inexpensive Disks) consists of a series of systems to organize several disk drives into a single entity that behaves as a single virtual drive but making the various disks work in parallel thus improving the access performance and saving the information stored from accidental crashes.
  
• An auto guided Vehicle Based on Linux
  This ariticle describes a Linux based robot as developed at the Universidad Politecnica de Valencia
  
• Linux on a Sony Vaio 505gx
  How to install Linux on a Sony Vaio 505gx
  
• GNU/Linux on Fujitsu 635T
  How to install Linux on a Fujitsu 635T laptop
  
• Hardware Review: OpenGL & GLUT with Voodoo 3Dfx in Mind
  How to program OpenGL on a Voodoo 3Dfx graphic card.
  
• Getting Linux to Run a Computer with an Alpha CPU
  The author share with us his experiences putting together an Alpha PC
  
• 3Dfx graphics card
  3Dfx Interactive's 3D chipset is changing the world of high-end graphics.
  
• Setting Up a ZIP drive on an Alpha platform
  Tips for users of a DEC-Alpha