Error ‘Your layout should make use of the available space on tablets’ when uploading APK to Google Play
Recently I received feedback from some customers stating they could not find my application on Google Play when searching from
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Year: 2014
Fixing ‘Search fields undefined’ error when generating source code for a Scriptcase grid view
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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Tektronix 1230 Logic Analyzer
Made in the 1980s, the Tektronix 1230 is a general purpose logic analyzer that supports a maximum of 64 channels
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English text to speech on a PIC microcontroller
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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LD3320 Chinese Speech Recognition and MP3 Player Module
UPDATED (March 2018): A better English version of the datasheet can be found here. After my previous success in getting
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SYN6288 Chinese Speech Synthesis Module
When searching eBay for a text to speech IC equivalent to the TTS256, I came across the SYN6288, a cheap
Read moreArchiving iOS projects from command line using xcodebuild and xcrun
In one of my recent projects, I need to provided 16 different builds from a single iOS application code base.
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Limited Internet connection issues when using VPN connections on Windows
As a frequent user of VPN (Virtual Private Network) for personal purposes, using both free software such as Hamachi and
Read moreImplementing PIN code checking in an Android application
In one of the mobile applications targeting both iOS and Android that I was working on, there was a new
Read moreUsing the Real Time Clock and Calendar (RTCC) module on a PIC24
This article shares the source code which I have written to set and get the current time using the Real
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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
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Interfacing the NEO-6M GPS module to a PIC
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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