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Year: 2014

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Android CodeProject Mobile Development Software Development 

Error ‘Your layout should make use of the available space on tablets’ when uploading APK to Google Play

December 26, 2014April 4, 2023 ToughDev 1 Comment

Recently I received feedback from some customers stating they could not find my application on  Google Play when searching from

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CodeProject PHP Scriptcase Software Development Web Development 

Fixing ‘Search fields undefined’ error when generating source code for a Scriptcase grid view

November 19, 2014April 4, 2023 ToughDev

When using Scriptcase to quickly develop a web portal in PHP for administrators to perform CRUD (create/read/update/delete) operations on more

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Hardware Logic Analyzer Oscilloscope Vintage Computing 

Tektronix 1230 Logic Analyzer

October 19, 2014May 9, 2023 ToughDev 12 Comments

Made in the 1980s, the Tektronix 1230 is a general purpose logic analyzer that supports a maximum of 64 channels

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CodeProject Hardware Microcontroller Popular Articles Speech Useful Projects 

English text to speech on a PIC microcontroller

September 22, 2014May 9, 2023 ToughDev 5 Comments

I have always been a fan of the TTS256 – a tiny but great English text-to-speech IC based on a

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Hardware Microcontroller Speech Useful Projects 

LD3320 Chinese Speech Recognition and MP3 Player Module

August 27, 2014May 4, 2023 ToughDev 17 Comments

UPDATED (March 2018): A better English version of the datasheet can be found here.   After my previous success in getting

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Hardware Microcontroller Speech 

SYN6288 Chinese Speech Synthesis Module

July 18, 2014May 7, 2023 ToughDev 5 Comments

When searching eBay for a text to speech IC equivalent to the TTS256, I came across the SYN6288, a cheap

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CodeProject iOS Mobile Development Software Development Xcode 

Archiving iOS projects from command line using xcodebuild and xcrun

June 9, 2014April 4, 2023 ToughDev 6 Comments

In one of my recent projects, I need to provided 16 different builds from a single iOS application code base.

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Mac OS Networking Windows Tips 

Limited Internet connection issues when using VPN connections on Windows

May 14, 2014May 4, 2023 ToughDev 0 Comment

As a frequent user of VPN (Virtual Private Network) for personal purposes, using both free software such as Hamachi and

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Android CodeProject Mobile Development Software Development 

Implementing PIN code checking in an Android application

April 4, 2014April 4, 2023 ToughDev 2 Comments

In one of the mobile applications targeting both iOS and Android that I was working on, there was a new

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CodeProject Hardware Microcontroller 

Using the Real Time Clock and Calendar (RTCC) module on a PIC24

March 27, 2014April 4, 2023 ToughDev 5 Comments

This article shares the source code which I have written to set and get the current time using the Real

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CodeProject General Programming Hardware LCD Modules Microcontroller Useful Projects 

Using picojpeg library on a PIC with ILI9341 320×240 LCD module

March 11, 2014September 1, 2023 ToughDev 12 Comments

I purchased a 320×240 LCD module which supports 320×240 resolution and comes with an SD card slot from eBay: This

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CodeProject GPS Hardware Microcontroller 

Interfacing the NEO-6M GPS module to a PIC

February 24, 2014April 4, 2023 ToughDev 8 Comments

I recently purchased a NEO-6M GPS module made by u-blox from eBay. The module is manufactured by u-blox and a

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CodeProject Hardware Logic Analyzer Microcontroller Oscilloscope Popular Articles Reverse-engineer Useful Projects Vintage Computing 

Capturing data from a Tektronix 1230 logic analyzer by emulating a parallel port printer

February 2, 2014May 9, 2023 ToughDev 22 Comments

UPDATE: Refer to my latest article for a full review of the Tektronix 1230 logic analyzer. As a fan of

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Hardware Oscilloscope Vintage Computing 

Calibration and acquisition problems on Tektronix TDS 340 oscilloscope

January 15, 2014May 4, 2023 ToughDev 58 Comments

During one of my experiments with the TDS 340 oscilloscope made by Tektronix, I suddenly noticed that the AUTOSET button

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.NET Framework CodeProject Hardware Oscilloscope Popular Articles Software Development Useful Projects Vintage Computing 

Programming the Tektronix TDS 340 100MHz digital storage oscilloscope

January 14, 2014May 9, 2023 ToughDev 8 Comments

In my previous article I provided some information on the Tektronix TDS 340 100 MHz digital storage oscilloscope and instructions

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