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Baofeng UV5R DIY direct to computer audio cable
3 minutes
With my new HAM radio license in the books, I bought the Baofeng UV5R as my first HT. Between its low-cost and various features, I think its been a great radio to start out with. With an upgraded antenna (almost not optional) and a larger battery bank, I’ve found the radio to be a pretty solid unit. Unfortunately, there is no direct way to plug in the radio’s speaker and mic jacks to a computer soundcard to transmit and receive sounds to and from my PC, but with a simple cable modification, this can be done.
Installing OpenCV on RPi in 2024
3 minutes
Introduction Between all the various tutorials online, there is no straight way to installing OpenCV on a RPI… Issue’s I have encountered personally include but are not limited to the following: Building from source issues Various rare errors Garbage tutorials So in this simple guide, I have documented my installation of OpenCV on my Raspberry Pi, Model 3 B+ Other models should be quite similar. Requirements For this project, I used a Raspberry Pi 3 B+ running Ubuntu Server 20.
AI Meets the Deep: Our Journey to 3rd Place in the 2024 Exploration Challenge
4 minutes
With the annual MATE ROV competition all finished up, Sunk Robotics placed 3rd worldwide in terms of robotics, and 9th overall including the marketing and advertising campaigns. A good run indeed. Our robot performed well, although reliability is our priority for next year’s attempt. A New Competition Although MATE ROV offers its well-known underwater competition, there are other events they host as well. This year, Matty Harris and I undertook a secondary challenge, known as the 2024 Ocean Exploration Video Challenge (OER) where teams must create custom Artificial Intelligence models that can be used to identify underwater species from a provided video.
Connecting to Oracle Cloud servers with VNC
6 minutes
Oracle Cloud is a cloud computing service offered by Oracle Corporation. It provides a range of cloud services, including: Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS): This includes virtual machines, storage, and networking resources. Platform as a Service (PaaS): Offers tools for developing, managing, and deploying applications, including databases, application development, and integration services. Software as a Service (SaaS): Provides ready-to-use software applications hosted in the cloud, such as enterprise resource planning (ERP), human capital management (HCM), and customer relationship management (CRM) applications.