While in my study class, I was going to re-image the Ubuntu laptop that had an issue installing Google chrome. I was about halfway through the install process when I thought, why use ubuntu? After all the laptop doesn’t need to run anything Linux based. I then went to check that with Jack, he said he doesn’t...Read More
The issue I’ve been having is that all the previous rendering software that I’ve tried is that they all are, quite frankly, rubbish unless you pay or subscribe – and if you do not you end up with some ridiculous limitations such as a nonsensical 10 day trial or resolution caps. Today I experimented with...Read More
I originally built the S.A.R.T Interface for a Raspberry Pi with only a fraction of the processing power of the Intel NUC that we’re using for the S.A.R.T v2. This means that the system information display of the interface reports incorrect statistics when used on the new device. I corrected the RAM usage statistic by...Read More
After installing the web server and putting the S.A.R.T control interface on it, Jack found out that the system information status on the interface doesn’t work with PHP 7. While Jack could probably get it working with PHP 7, he didn’t want to change anything that could cause errors with other parts of the interface. As...Read More
Today Aaron talked to Jack about reimaging the NUC after having the backup software (SystemBack) fail and cause errors on startup despite being uninstalled. Aaron mainly wanted to reimage it due to the fact that we have installed and uninstalled a lot of backup software. When you uninstall a program there is always the chance...Read More
After the SFX Kaleidoscope Electives Showcase, we kind of just dumped everything on our desk for someone else to deal with… After the cleanup, we started talking about reimaging the NUC to get a new clean image as the backup software we used didn’t work and started making errors despite been uninstalled (More on this later).Read More
We’ve recovered the old SD card from the S.A.R.T v1. We’re going to use it to construct a streaming test on the Raspberry Pi to quantitatively analyse how much faster the streaming system on the S.A.R.T v2 is. We also need to update the IDs assigned to the servos. Currently, when the robot is instructed...Read More
As part of the Kaleidoscope Electives Showcase at St Francis Xavier College, the S.A.R.T team are showing their stuff at the Information Technology booth consisting of a number of technological attractions. Super S.A.R.T Stream! We created a S.A.R.T stream on the big screen, using the exact same technology as before. We’ve featured our $400 access...Read More
Our previous Wi-Fi tests were very successful, although they only tested the signal strength at a range, not the usability or quality of the connection. Now that I have installed the video streaming system, Aaron and I were able to perform a streaming range test today. Considering the NUC (the main computational unit of the S.A.R.T...Read More
Aaron ran into a little snag after he made the NAS. Specifically, there was no way to connect the BreezeLite, intel NUC, the NAS itself, and our laptops. Aaron came up with the idea of using a network switch in order to connect all the drives together. He first tried to find a small one...Read More
