Author Archives: Hugo Rosário

My name is Hugo Rosário, I am an IT technician and deal with several technologies in my professional life. I am a programmer, developing software using Delphi, PHP, MySQL, JavaScript and other languages.

Mini RC Car Hacked (Controlled with Arduino, PC and Android devices)

February 15, 2013 Hugo Rosário
An RC car like the one I bought.s

Hello friends, it has been a while since I posted something new on the blog but I have been wasting too much time learning new stuff. Today I want to show you one of my latest projects which combines electronics and programming for PC and Android devices. For most of my life I have been [...]

Android, Arduino, Arduino, Electronics, Hacking, Programming, Technology Tagged android, arduino, car, delphi, few days, hack, leds, light sensors, micro controller, RC, remote controllers 3 Comments

Raspberry Pi and Oscam

October 6, 2012 Hugo Rosário
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I have recently acquired a couple of Raspberry Pi to play with, and I must say I am quite impressed with this cheap little device. You can use it as a desktop, a small server, a media center and you also have GPIO interface to control external hardware, like sensors and motor drivers (like the Arduino but with [...]

Cardsharing, Oscam Tagged cardsharing, external hardware, interface, libusb, media center, motor drivers, oscam, pcsc, processing power, raspberry, raspbian, smargo 13 Comments

OscamLauncher v1.1 has been released.

August 8, 2012 Hugo Rosário
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Hello dear friends. Just want to inform you that OscamLauncher v.1.1 has been released to the public. You can find the new version at the OscamLauncher page. This new version implements most of the features requested by our users. I already have some plans for the next release which will include a configuration editor for [...]

General Tagged changelog, configuration editor, dear friends, gui changes, windows service 1 Comment

Raspberry Pi

March 14, 2012 Hugo Rosário
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  Raspberry Pi is a project being developed by the Raspberry Pi Foundation that wants to produce a very cheap computer that is as small as a credit card. The main purpose of the project is to provide cheap hardware and software solutions for teaching programming languages to kids, but it had lots of attention from [...]

Electronics, Programming, Technology Tagged interface bus, pi foundation, raspberrys, sdio card, serial peripheral interface, target price 2 Comments

Titanoboa, the giant snake.

November 17, 2011 Hugo Rosário
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Here is a video of Titanoboa, a design of a robotic snake ten feet long and weights a ton. Because robotics does not only mean miniaturization of devices, see a snake and a giant spider, built by the Mondo Crew, a team of scientists, artists and designers. In this video, although not in confrontation, the Mondo Spider Titanoboa past each other, making strange noises. Share: Bookmark on Delicious Digg this post Recommend on Facebook share via [...]

Robotics, Technology Tagged confrontation, giant snake, giant spider, strange noises, ten feet Leave a comment