Its been a while since I have posted anything here! As you can tell I’m not a real regular blogger but every now and then i get a little itch to do something. Today I present you with a tutorial on how to make panoramic photos on Ubuntu 8.10!
I have a write up with an example here: http://www.mybitbox.com/articles/panoramic-photos-in-ubuntu/
Take a look and make some cool pans!
Originally posted September 9th, 2008
I got the Esquire magazines today (2) and ripped one apart before even looking at the first page. I have to say I’m a little underwhelmed considering the E-Ink is only 2×5 inches and isn’t a matrix like I hoped :-(. However that underwhelmedness lasted only a few minutes until I discovered the whole thing was controlled by a PIC16F629 and there are connections for an ICSP connector!
A little about the setup, like the post on the Make blog said there are two panels that change shapes and text black then white. The top panel has 11 distinctly controllable cells with 4 blocks, 3 rectangles, “The 21st Century”, “Begins”, “Now”, and the space in between. I read a little today on how eInk works and it doesn’t surprise me they made distinct blocks, an addressable matrix seems complicated.
Tonight after work I soldered some wires onto the controller and downloaded and disassembled the firmware. Â I was a little surprised there was no Code Protection enabled. It’s all PIC asm so it’s going to take some time to decode/modify, however expect some different animation sequences.
I’ve decided to not post the code since it is copyright to Hearst Media or the engineer who wrote it. If you want to pull the firmware here’s how:
I uploaded a new album to the gallery with some photos, take a look: mybitbox.com/gallery/esquire_eink/
If you have any questions leave a comment here, on Geeksinside.com or talk to me on EFNet #geeksinside
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December 16, 2008 7:15 pm | 