Hardware and Software

Some of my hardware and software projects. Others are listed on GitHub and Bitbucket.

SkyPi Raspberry Pi Startrail Tool

SkyPi is a software to create timelapse and startrail images using a Raspberry Pi camera.

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Electronic Dart Board

The electronic dart board with superpowers: An interactive web interface, a "dartabase", adaptive background music, etc. - powered by an Arduino and a Raspberry Pi!

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Songprompter

Songprompter shows song texts, chords and other information. It is built into a robust stage-ready case and can be controlled with a foot switch. (Link to website in German.)

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AGTL - Advanced Geocaching Tool for Linux

AGTL is a all-in-one tool for geocaching. Developed originally for the Openmoko Freerunner smartphone and later for the Nokia N900 and N9, it also runs on desktop linux systems.

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Vacumote

Equipped with a Raspberry Pi and a camera, my roomba not only collects dust when cleaning my flat but also data. Using a web interface, the roomba can be controlled from anywhere on earth. (Link to a talk in German.)

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T-Bot 1.0

The T-Bot 1.0 makes hot beverages much better than the Nutri-Matic Drink Synthesizerâ„¢. Don't panic!

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Totmann

Totmann is a dead man's switch or watchdog timer for your cron jobs. It notifies you via email when your scheduled jobs are not running on time, or when jobs finish with errors.

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FrOSCH Conference System

FrOSCH is the Free and Open Source Conference Helper. It is a conference system created for Pi and More. It currently supports visitor registration and "call for contributions", and it manages rooms, contributions, and speakers. Future extensions are planned.

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VCWalker

VCWalker recursively checks SVN or GIT repositories for remote and local changes. By default, VCWalker shows whether remote changes, local (committed) changes, and locally modified or added files are present. It can also attempt to update (or pull) remote changes, and to automatically upgrade SVN repositories to the latest on-disk format of SVN (upgrade).

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