Simulating key presses on Android devices
I need to develop an application that is capable of communicating with another Android application to perform a few specific
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General Programming
Developing a PC-speaker MIDI player for the IBM PC XT
In my experiment with a PC XT running on an NEC V20 at 12MHz, I attempted to play a MIDI
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Exploring Paralex paraphrase-driven open question answering engine
Out of curiosity, I did a quick research to find out whether there are any existing solutions that provide answers for open (but simple)
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Using picojpeg library on a PIC with ILI9341 320×240 LCD module
I purchased a 320×240 LCD module which supports 320×240 resolution and comes with an SD card slot from eBay: This
Read moreThe good old days: cracking 16-bit DOS games
I recently wanted to play one of my favorite old games again, Zentris for DOS by Zensoft and realized how
Read moreThe old new thing: mathematics of paper folding
A few weeks ago I received the following quiz as one of the questions for an exam. The question is
Read moreInterfacing Nokia 3510i and 5110 LCD with PIC Microcontroller
Recently I started to regain some interest in embedded systems, and start to experiment with PIC micro-controllers. After some successful
Read moreProgramming Nostalgia: revisiting Mike Wiering’s Mario game written in Pascal
I have always been a fan of Super Mario game (and its variants) ever since the first time I touched
Read moreBeware when using DES/TripleDES for data encryption
I recently worked on a secure device application which requires a PIN code to be entered as startup.The application database
Read moreUseful country information database
If you need a database of useful information on different countries in the world, e.g. country name, population, capital city,
Read moreOpen Cell-ID database
In my previous post, I have shown you how to use Google Maps API to retrieve your approximate location using
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