Articles on tuxBurner's Blog

Project: DeadzoneRoster

Thu, 01 Mar 2018 18:10:14 +0100

I wrote a roster for the awesome tabletop game deadzone.

If you don’t know what deadzone is check this out: http://www.manticgames.com/mantic-shop/deadzone.html

In short it is a skirmish scifi tabletop game.

The roster can be found under: http://deadzone-roster.boggo.de/

I published the code under: https://github.com/tuxBurner/deadzone-roster

Project: ESP32 Soundboard

Mon, 29 Jan 2018 18:10:14 +0100

I found a soundboard in the trash which is intended for small childs. Jackpot !

I teared it completly appart and put an esp32 and a vs1053 in it.

A little esp32 code and some nodejs for uploading the sounds to the board and you can have stuff like:

Code can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/Esp32_Soundboard/tree/master/docs

Project: Marlin Config Tool

Mon, 11 Dec 2017 18:10:14 +0100

I found it painful to update from one marlin firmware (http://marlinfw.org/) version to an other one.

I wrote a little nodejs app which compares two configuration files and tries to merge them.

Check it out at: https://github.com/tuxBurner/marlin_config_tool

Project: Node-Mote

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:10:14 +0100

For my living room i started to write a nodejs app where I can controll my tv,surround system or whatever i want to.

Code/Hardware can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/node-mote

Project: Play DVD

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:10:14 +0100

To manage my movie collection currently 800 Blurays/Dvd, i wrote a manager in play for them.

Key features are:

Movie information grabbing via Amazon/Imdb etc.
Webcam Barcode Scanner for simply adding new movies.
Keep track to who you lent a copy.
XML Kodi export to add it to your kodi collection.
And many more

Code can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/PlayDvd

Project: Play Plugin AkkaJobs

Fri, 17 Nov 2017 18:10:14 +0100

I wrote a little plugin for play where it is easy with to create and configure jobs which are executed by the akka framework.

Code can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/play-akkjobs

Project: Play Plugin JsAnnotations

Tue, 14 Nov 2017 18:10:14 +0100

I wrote a little plugin for play where you can annotate a controller action with @JSRoute and it is automatically exposed to the playframework java script router.

Code can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/play-jsannotations

Project: piLaz0rTag

Sat, 15 Jul 2017 18:10:14 +0100

A friend of mine and me started to implement a laser tag System which runs on a raspberry pi.

It is mostly finished an we are testing it currently.

Code/Hardware can be found here: https://github.com/monkeydevDe/piLaz0rTag

Project: simplePlexPlayer

Thu, 16 Mar 2017 18:10:14 +0100

I build a mp3 player for my children which connects to a plex media server and runs on a raspberry pi.

Code can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/simplePlexPlayer

Project: mailManager

Mon, 13 Mar 2017 18:10:14 +0100

I wrote a little php application which helps to manage mail accounts and domains.

Code can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/mailManager

Project: pixels2LED

Sun, 02 Oct 2016 18:10:14 +0100

Converts an image to a pixel array of ws2812 which are controlled by an esp8266.

Code can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/pixels2LED

Project: simpleOnScreenKeyb

Mon, 15 Dec 2014 18:10:14 +0100

For my project: https://github.com/tuxBurner/simplePlexPlayer i needed a simple keyboard input in a webpage only having 4 buttons.

Code can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/simpleOnScreenKeyb

Project: servo140-arduino

Wed, 02 Jul 2014 18:10:14 +0100

For my carrera servo 140 slot car system i wrote and build an arduino controller. This makes it possible to controll the cars via rc remote controlls and adds other stuff like fuel management and time taking.

Code can be found here: https://github.com/tuxBurner/servo140-arduino