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Podcast title Device Drivers [MP3]
Website URL http://www.omnes.tv/devicedriv...
Description Interviews with product designers and developers
Updated Fri, 23 Jul 2010 01:39:58 +0000
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Episodes

1. Episode 2: Marc Merlin
http://www.omnes.tv/devicedriv... download (audio/mpeg, 19.30Mb)

Description:

Interview with MisterHouse contributor and Google Senior Linux Server Admin Marc Merlin

Host:

Michael Bartholomew

Guest:

Marc Merlin

Notes:

General

MisterHouse - Open-source home automation software MisterHouse Wiki - MisterHouse's Wiki Home Automation - Automation of household appliances

Protocols

X10 Developed by Pico Electronics in 1975 Communicates with electronic devices via powerlines Insteon Designed by SmartLabs, Inc. Dual-band mesh topology - communicates with electronic devices via powerlines or radio frequency (RF) Backwards-compatible with X10 MisterHouse Insteon wiki Universal Powerline Bus (UPB) Developed by Powerline Control System (PCS) Communicates with electronic devices via powerlines MisterHouse UPB wiki Z-Wave Developed by Zensys Communicates with electronic devices via radio frequency (RF) MisterHouse Z-Wave wiki 1-Wire Designed by Dallas Semiconductor Corp. "Communications bus system ... that provides low-speed data, signaling and power over a single signal" - Wikipedia

1-Wire

DigiTemp - Program used to read values from 1-wire devices OWFS (1-Wire Filesystem) - Program used to read values from 1-wire devices

Radio Frequency (RF)

W800 - Receive X10 RF signals generated from X10 products RFXCOM - RF signal transmitters and receivers

Routers Firmware

OpenWRT - Linux distribution for embedded devices DD-WRT - Linux distribution for WLAN routers and embedded devices

Other

Blender Defender - System to keep your cat off of the kitchen counter Cron - "time-based job scheduler in Unix-like computer operating systems" - Wikipedia Google PowerMeter - Free online energy monitoring tool Perl - Programming language Weather Underground - World's largest network of personal weather stations

Running Time: 38:11



2. Episode 1: Ryan Leavengood
http://www.omnes.tv/devicedriv... download (audio/mpeg, 27.31Mb)

Description:

Interview with Haiku contributor and freelance Ruby developer Ryan Leavengood

Host:

Michael Bartholomew

Guest:

Ryan Leavengood

Notes:

General

Haiku, Inc. - Not-for-profit organization supporting the development of Haiku Haiku - Open-source operating system inspired by BeOS Be, Inc. - Developer of the BeOS BeOS - Personal computer operating system developed by Be, Inc.

Web Browser

NetPositive - (Net+) Default web browser that came with BeOS WebKit - Open source browser engine WebPositive - Haiku-specific web browser based on WebKit

Power Management

ACPI - Advanced Configuration and Power Interface ACPICA - ACPI Component Architecture

Haiku Builds

Alpha 1 - Released September 2009 Haiku Files - Nightly builds Get Haiku - Official Haiku download page listing the current version

Haiku Links of Interest

Haikuware - Software for Haiku BeBits - BeOS software repository Glass Elevator - A project for discussing and documenting ideas for future Haiku versions

Running Time: 57:01