#oggstreamer – Kicad conversion now works

Today I made an effort to get the KiCad Files working (previously there was a need for a special KiCad GOST version)

So now you can donwload the updated KiCad-files here

Tested with the current KiCad 0.201509040901+6154~29~ubuntu14.04.1

#oggstreamer – UserInterface for optional LEDs

I just added a small but neat feature I want to include in the V1.0 of the OggStreamer firmware – it is a user interface that allows to control the optional LEDs on the right side of the device.

How it works – the main application (oggs_app) is creating a named pipe in the temporary directory, the name of the file is /tmp/userleds

so the following command will set the optional green led on

echo 1 > /tmp/userleds

you can send any parameter from 0 to 7 to /tmp/userleds. The parameter is interpreted as binary representation of the leds. 1 is the GREEN led, 2 is the YELLOW led, 4 is the RED led. 0 is all leds OFF and 7 is all leds ON

this feature unfolds its potential when you combine it with shell scripts – for example – everyone likes blinking LEDs.

#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 ]; do
  echo 7 > /tmp/userleds
  sleep 1
  echo 0 > / tmp/userleds
  sleep 1
done

But also more useful tasks can be done, for example monitoring whether an IPAddr can be pinged.

#!/bin/sh
while [ 1 ]; do
  ping -c 1 $1
  if [ "$?" == "1" ]; then
     #ping did not succed -> display RED Led
     echo 4 > /tmp/userleds
  else
     #ping did succed -> display GREEN Led
     echo 1 > /tmp/userleds
  fi
  sleep 10
done

 

 

#oggstreamer – NetIdee 2012 Report

For the last year the OggStreamer-Project was generously supported by the “NetIdee“- Program from the Internet Foundation Austria.

This Support allowed us to push the Software of this Project to “Release Candidate 1”-Status, Release a OggStreamer-SDK and also made it possible to produce a small-series of 54 Devices.

If you are doing OpenSource / PublicDomain / OpenSourceHardware Projects which are related to the Internet and Austria, the NetIdee Project might be a way to obtain some funding – (Their yearly Calls end usually in August)

Thanks a lot NetIdee!

The final report for the OggStreamer/NetIdee Project can be downloaded here (it is in German only).

#oggstreamer – PCB Design Files converted to KiCAD

We proudly announce our KiCad Conversion of the original PCAD2006 Design.

You can download it from the repo here

Note: This version was tested with KiCAD (BZR4213 GOST) – The currently available Windows-Installer from kicad-pcb.org ( KiCad_stable-2013.07.07-BZR4022_Win_full_version.exe ) is known to make Problems parsing the PCB File (Schematics works fine though).

#oggstreamer – Release of OggStreamerSDK-RC1

here is the release of the OggStreamerSDK-RC1 – for the first time we are able to have a whole integrated SDK which supplies all the Files / Applications needed for the complete OggStreamer Firmware.

If you want to experiment yourself I put together the info on the Wiki:

OggStremaer SDK RC1

Note it is RC1 and still has a number of flaws, please have a look at our ticketsystem:

RC1 Flaws Tickets

happy OggStreamer – hacking 😉

#oggstreamer – 54 pcs. finished :=)

I am happy to say that I just finished the work on the Hardware – 54 units are now assembled – although the Firmware still needs some tweaking and bug fixing this was one major step today 🙂

The OggStreamer is waiting for you ….

#oggstreamer – BETA 1 Released

Hi out there here is the Release of BETA 1 Software:

BETA 1 Introduces the following enhancements:

• WebGUI for Configuration
• autoreconnect for IceCast2
• Integration in the OggStreamer SDK
• Title, Description and Genre Options for IceCast2
• stm8flash (update the STM8 Firmware directly)
• In Setup-Mode Password is now defaulted to “PASS”
• optional Two Stage Mode (STOP/STREAM) instead of (STOP/MONITOR/STREAM)

The Java-Player is not installed anymore.

I put update instructions on the wiki if you want to update your OggStreamer to BETA 1. I only recommend this for persons with solid linux skills.

#oggstreamer – Linux SDK

I just finished the Integration of the OggStremear specific libaries and applications to the Lantronix XPortPro Linux SDK. Follow the instruction on the wiki if you want to install the SDK yourself.

Note that future updates of the SDK will most likely happen directly in the coresponding git repositories. The wiki also describes how to integrate the oggstreamer git repos to the build process.

#oggstreamer – STM8 Firmware compiles with SDCC

Yesterday sdcc (version #8699) produced a first useable Firmware for the STM8 uC used in the OggStreamer – it still needs some testing but it is feaseable that we can use sdcc as OpenSource compiler for the stm8.

#oggstreamer – OpenSource Compiler for STM8 called SDCC

I happily follow the progress of SDCC starting to support the STM8 Family of microcontrollers. SDCC is a compiler targeting smaller uCs like 8051, Z80, HC08, PIC and recently there was progress porting the compiler to STM8. It is currently only available in the snapshots. I tried compiling the OggStreamer’s STM8-Firmware with SDCC and after some fiddling around the code it compiled – but it doesn’t work at the moment. So I decided to do something less complex and I took portions of the original sources and modified them to run a simple LED Test, which nevertheless already uses a Timer Interrupt and does some lowlevel initialization.

As we now have an OpenSource alternative for the STM8-Compiler I will be able to create one complete OggStreamer SDK.

The impressive result are some blinking LEDs: (SDCC Version #8680)