Interfacing a SPI magnetic card reader by USB

By mvuilleu, in Electronics, september 28,2018.

Someone recently asked us whether there was a Yoctopuce module which could interface an OMRON V3A magnetic stripe card reader over USB. Although nowadays these magnetic strips are not the most secure way to identify someone, they are still present on credit/debit cards for example. So we took an interest in them.

New application: Yocto-Discovery

By martinm, in Programming and New stuff, september 21,2018.

If you are a big fan of Yoctopuce products, and we know that some of you are, you probably installed Yoctopuce network hubs all over the place, and now you have a problem: you don't quite remember which one is where. This week, we have a small present for you.

Detecting and filming the passage of a bike

By seb, in DIY, september 14,2018.

When you jump with a mountain bike and you want to improve, it's convenient to film yourself so as notice your own errors. If there are several people, it's easy to give your smart phone to a friend and ask him to film you. But when you are alone, you must trigger the camera, climb back on your bike, jump, and then stop the camera. It's tedious, and you then have long minutes on video that you need to cut. This week, we are going to automate all this with our DIY project.

Yocto-Visualization V2 for macOS

By mvuilleu, in New stuff and Measures, september 09,2018.

As Yocto-Visualization is now available on Linux, we thought that we should make an effort for users fighting to maintain a Mac OS X macOS ecosystem. And thanks to the good work made by Mono's developers, it's now possible!

Yocto-Visualization and Windows XP

By martinm, in Measures, august 31,2018.

As some of you have already noticed it, version 2 of our Yocto-Visualization application doesn't run under Windows XP. Actually, it uses the .NET 4.5 framework which you can't install on Windows XP. This week, we show you how to work around this issue.