Coming soon: Tables Library AggreGate Library SNTP Library Tumblr (3.0; @tibbo)http://blog.tibbo.com/<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3oa5ouEZ1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/> Wings are important.<br/><br/> <img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3oa5ouEZ1qaqhoco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3oa5ouEZ1qaqhoco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3oa5ouEZ1qaqhoco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3oa5ouEZ1qaqhoco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3oa5ouEZ1qaqhoco6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3oa5ouEZ1qaqhoco7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ly3oa5ouEZ1qaqhoco8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>It’s the end of the Chinese year, and we just held our traditional party! Check out those wings, Internet.</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/16170048654http://blog.tibbo.com/post/16170048654Fri, 20 Jan 2012 09:01:00 -0500partywingsyear-end<img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lxvwtrlRjl1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We’ve recently had the pleasure of hosting Mr. Amilcar Appel, from our Brazilian distributor, <a href="http://www.akiyama-automacao.com.br/">Akiyama</a>. Mr. Appel joined us for some Tibbo BASIC training, which proved to be both fun and productive. It was a pleasure, and we hope to see you again soon!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/15940333147http://blog.tibbo.com/post/15940333147Mon, 16 Jan 2012 04:25:03 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwo0o4xzqB1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><h2>Great News For Remote Upgrading Your Device</h2> <p>You know that feeling, right after a few days of hard partying and holiday dinners, when you have trouble fitting into your clothes? The same jeans fit just fine a few days ago, but now you need to suck it in and ZIP.</p> <p>Well, the same thing can happen to your projects. If you’ve got 1MB of space on the device, and your project is 600KB large, you’re going to have a problem when you try to remotely upgrade it.</p> <p>Or rather, you <i>used</i> to have that problem — not anymore! We’ve just relaesed <a href="http://tibbo.com/basic/resources/data_transfer/lzo.html">LZO compression</a> for Tibbo programmable devices, with a very nice example. You can now zip your projects, upload them, and unzip right on the device!</p> <p>It’s awesome. Go try it now.</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14966782574http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14966782574Thu, 29 Dec 2011 03:31:51 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlrva6hqZ1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/> This is obviously concept-size<br/><br/> <img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlrva6hqZ1qaqhoco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlrva6hqZ1qaqhoco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlrva6hqZ1qaqhoco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlrva6hqZ1qaqhoco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlrva6hqZ1qaqhoco6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlrva6hqZ1qaqhoco7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlrva6hqZ1qaqhoco8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwlrva6hqZ1qaqhoco9_500.jpg"/><br/> The first prize was 50K NTD - not bad!<br/><br/> <p>And this is the winning entry (first prize) in our Taiko Cup! It’s a team from Nan Jeon Institute of Technology, department of Computer Science and Information. The project is called “Agriculture Denfender”, and is an automated car with a scarecrow mounted on top.</p> <p>The car can be remote controlled and has an ultrasonic sensor which senses birds flying overhead and triggers a fan on top, as well as a siren to scare the birds away. The idea is that a traditional scarecrow does not really work anymore as birds have adopted to it and knows that it causes no threat.</p> <p>This project showed good use of Tibbo programmable devices. The car is based on <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/phm/index.html?em1206ev.htm">EM1206EV</a>+<a href="http://tibbo.com/ga1000">GA1000</a>. It controls all onboard sensors while acting as a data collector and transmitter between the car and the central server. This project shows innovation, pratical application and real-world usability. Great work, guys!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14862813463http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14862813463Tue, 27 Dec 2011 10:00:05 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwhzzxEDgP1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14707966543http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14707966543Sat, 24 Dec 2011 00:00:05 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco11_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi4rj2OS21qaqhoco13_r1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>Today we’d like to share the second place winners in the Taiko Cup competition. Second place went to the team from National Taipei University of Technology, Department of Computer Science and Information Technology. The system is a home safety system comprised of an IP camera, hazard sensors, magnetic triggers, pressure sensor and motion sensors. The system is particularly suited for installation at extended care facilities for senior citizens.</p> <p>Aside from common hazard sensors such as gas, heat and sound, the team also implemented pressure sensors on the bed so if the patient is out of bed or fell off, a caretaker will be notified immediately through one of three alart mechnisms (SMS, visual alarm, audio alarm). The system can also be accessed through the web interface and be monitored remotely.</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14617440977http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14617440977Thu, 22 Dec 2011 10:00:05 -0500basicprogrammabletibbocontesttaikowinner<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi3lxJdXB1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi3lxJdXB1qaqhoco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi3lxJdXB1qaqhoco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi3lxJdXB1qaqhoco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://30.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwi3lxJdXB1qaqhoco5_500.jpg"/><br/> Third prize was NT$10,000<br/><br/> <p>Over the next few posts, we will be taking a look at some of the teams from our Taiko Cup. Above you can see our third place winners, the team from TamKang University, Department of Mechanical and Electro-Mechanical Engineering.</p> <p>The team created a low-cost point-of-sale system which utilizes a simple electronic scale, and a Tibbo <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/phm/index.html?em1000_tev.htm">EM1000TEV</a>. The EM1000TEV performs several pre-programmed operations during the check out process, and keeps each sales record in memory. Logs and transactions can then be viewed remotely via its internal Web server.</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14506176789http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14506176789Tue, 20 Dec 2011 06:51:32 -0500basictaikoawardpoint-of-salediycontest<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwg6a1Tfxc1qaqhoco8_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwg6a1Tfxc1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwg6a1Tfxc1qaqhoco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwg6a1Tfxc1qaqhoco5_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwg6a1Tfxc1qaqhoco6_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwg6a1Tfxc1qaqhoco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwg6a1Tfxc1qaqhoco4_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lwg6a1Tfxc1qaqhoco7_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><h2>The Taiko Cup Draws To a Close!</h2> <p>We told you this was going to happen, and indeed, the first Taiko Cup competition has been successfully completed! Our panel of judges reviewed the work of 12 teams who created 12 projects using Tibbo BASIC and programmable modules.</p> <p>The judges then picked the top three winners, along with five runners-up. And then, of course, awards were given, and a lottery draw was held for various electronic components, sponsored by Amedi and Tibbo.</p> <p>You can see some photos above — click an image to make it larger. The next few posts will focus on specific teams and their endeavors. Great work, everyone!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14451742201http://blog.tibbo.com/post/14451742201Mon, 19 Dec 2011 05:57:00 -0500programmablebasictibbocontest<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv3wkqmb6n1qa8p5v.jpg" alt=""/></p> <p>In about three weeks (16 December, 2011) our <a href="http://60.250.155.116:84/home.aspx">university competition</a> will be drawing to a close, and winners will be selected. This is a contest where students get to create awesome projects using Tibbo products, and soon the time will come to see what they have produced, and pick the best of the best.</p> <p>Our panel of judges consists of:</p> <ul><li>Professor Mao from China University of Science and Technology</li> <li>Professor Rao from Chienkuo Technology University</li> <li>Mr. Slepov from Tibbo Technology</li> <li>Mr. Lin from Amedi</li> <li>Mr. Huang from Cablesoft Technology</li> </ul><p>The winners can expect cash prizes, fame, and glory. We’ll keep you posted on who won!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/13199159472http://blog.tibbo.com/post/13199159472Wed, 23 Nov 2011 04:28:00 -0500<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lv07c78chj1qa8p5v.jpg" alt=""/></p> <p>Believe it or not, but the day has finally come! We have just released <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/object_ssi.htm">complete documentation</a> for the SSI object!</p> <p>Now you can read all about this powerful object, capable of implementing up to four serial synchronous interfaces on the general purpose I/O lines of your programmable module. We know many of you have been using this one for a while, but maybe the new docs will reveal something you didn’t know. [Check it out[(<a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/object_ssi.htm">http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/object_ssi.htm</a>)!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/13106464860http://blog.tibbo.com/post/13106464860Mon, 21 Nov 2011 04:23:00 -0500basicprogrammablessi<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luuo27ZUoZ1qaqhoco1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://aggregate.tibbo.com">AggreGate</a> is steadily gaining new ground! We’ve recently posted a new <a href="http://aggregate.tibbo.com/solutions/case_studies/shree_renuka_sugars.html">case study</a> showing how it is being used by the world’s 5th largest sugar producer, <em>Shree Renuka Sugars Limited</em>. Above you can see a power generation steam turbine, a part of the complex hardware being controlled by AggreGate in this project.</p> <p>The company who implemented AggreGate for this complex project is <em>SIVARA Automation and Controls Pvt Ltd</em>. Congratulations!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/12963032523http://blog.tibbo.com/post/12963032523Fri, 18 Nov 2011 04:37:18 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lussziEZAL1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lussziEZAL1qaqhoco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lussziEZAL1qaqhoco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p>We recently had a customer write us with an interesting problem: He wanted to use our <a href="http://blog.tibbo.com/post/274501425/ssi-object-is-ready">SSI object</a> to drive a <a href="http://datasheets.maxim-ic.com/en/ds/MAX7219-MAX7221.pdf">MAX7219</a> IC — an LCD segment display. However, he could not seem to be able to make it work.</p> <p>Our resident support guru, Andrew, is not one to turn down such a challenge. He first started with a simple test using IO banging. Once that worked, the next step was implementing SSI; that was actually very simple, and the code runs about 270 times (!) faster.</p> <p>Finally, Andrew wrapped it all up in a ZIP, and now you can just <a href="http://tibbo.com/basic/resources/external/segment_lcd.html">download the demo project</a> and try it out yourself. Enjoy!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/12920460392http://blog.tibbo.com/post/12920460392Thu, 17 Nov 2011 04:33:07 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_luqyvnuq0y1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Our distributors in Russia, <a href="http://www.scancode.ru/">Scancode</a>, recently attended the 9th international <a href="http://chipexpo.chipexpo.ru/eng/">ChipExpo</a> exhibition, as part of the Russian Electronics Week. They showcased Tibbo hardware, as well as <a href="http://aggregate.tibbo.com">AggreGate</a>. We’ve been told the weather was freezing outside, but toasty warm inside. Lots more expos to come in 2012!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/12876539339http://blog.tibbo.com/post/12876539339Wed, 16 Nov 2011 04:40:35 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltrvc8mmAx1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>We recently had the pleasure of hosting two great guys from <a href="http://www.akiyama.com.br/site/">Akiyama</a>, our distributors in Brazil.</p> <p>In the photo you can see our own Sales & Marketing Manager, Ms. Jennifer Kuo, along with Akiyama’s Danny R. Efrom (Engineering Coordinator) and Toni Dresh (Automation Business Director). It was a pleasure having you, Danny and Toni!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/12028198397http://blog.tibbo.com/post/12028198397Fri, 28 Oct 2011 06:48:08 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltcy278s9a1qa8p5v.png" alt=""/></p> <p>It used to be that the .romfile object would only let you access files up to 64KB in size. With TiOS 3.29.01, this limitation has been lifted. You can now use the .romfile object to create and access files of any size, limited only by your Flash IC’s capacity!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/11863954373http://blog.tibbo.com/post/11863954373Mon, 24 Oct 2011 10:00:05 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_ltcxyxTqYw1qa8p5v.jpg" alt=""/></p> <p>Ever wanted to present a Flash-based user-interface when someone uses a browser to connect to your Tibbo device? Well, now you can!</p> <p><a href="http://tibbo.com/downloads/basic/firmware.html">TiOS</a> 3.29.01 and <a href="http://tibbo.com/downloads/basic/software.html">TIDE</a> 2.50.17 let you include SWF files as part of a project’s resource files, and you can then serve them within your Web pages, just like with any other Web server. Now, go create that cool Web interface you’ve always wanted to make!</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/11726648549http://blog.tibbo.com/post/11726648549Fri, 21 Oct 2011 04:10:47 -0400<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqiyn0JVuh1qaqhoco1_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqiyn0JVuh1qaqhoco2_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lqiyn0JVuh1qaqhoco3_500.jpg"/><br/> <br/><p><strong>Back from China!</strong></p> <p>We just had an expo in Kunshan, China, with our local distributor, CH Control. Here are three images for a quick taste of what it was like.</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/9408778596http://blog.tibbo.com/post/9408778596Fri, 26 Aug 2011 03:40:00 -0400soi<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq2fzki4P91qa8p5v.jpg" alt=""/></p> <p>With a tub of popcorn and a light beer, our <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/">manuals</a> make for some fine late-night reading. And nobody can say it’s all theoretical, because we provide <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/lib_wln_code_example.htm">lots</a> and <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/lib_stg_sample_project.htm">lots</a> of detailed code examples.</p> <p>But half the fun is trying those examples out on your own, and who likes to copy/paste, really? So we’ve neatly zipped up all of the examples, and you can just grab them as ready-to-run Tibbo BASIC projects, corresponding with our latest and greatest libraries. Click them now… you know you want to! <a href="http://basic.tibbo.com/resources/examples/lib_dhcp.html">DHCP</a>, <a href="http://basic.tibbo.com/resources/examples/lib_pppoe.html">PPPOE</a>, <a href="http://basic.tibbo.com/resources/examples/lib_stg.html">STG (settings)</a>, <a href="http://basic.tibbo.com/resources/examples/lib_wln.html">WLN</a>.</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/9322173738http://blog.tibbo.com/post/9322173738Wed, 24 Aug 2011 00:00:05 -0400<p><img src="http://media.tumblr.com/tumblr_lq2fr00c111qa8p5v.jpg" alt=""/></p> <p>Many wireless networks now have multiple access points to extend the network’s reach. Oftentimes, all access points have the same SSID (name). So how do you switch between access points as you walk (drive, fly) around with a Tibbo-enabled gadget in your pocket? This <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/lib_wln_code_example_roaming.htm">code example</a> for our brand new <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/lib_wln.htm">WLN library</a> shows the way!</p> <p>On the <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/object_wln.htm">wln. object</a> level, we’ve made two key improvements: our <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/wln_scan.htm">wln.scan</a> and <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/wln_activescan.htm">wln.activescan</a> now correctly handle the “many APs with the same name” situation. Say you have several access points with the “tibbo-net” SSID. Scanning with <strong>wln.scan(“tibbo-net”)</strong> or <strong>wln.activescan(“tibbo-net”)</strong> will now return the parameters for the AP with the strongest signal.</p> <p>The second key improvement is that wln.scan and wln.activescan can now be launched while the Wi-Fi interface is already associated with an access point!</p> <p>[Image: <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/tambako/">Tambako</a>]</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/9238957030http://blog.tibbo.com/post/9238957030Mon, 22 Aug 2011 00:00:05 -0400<p>Much has been said about the futility of hiding one’s wireless network (disabling SSID broadcasting). Yet, many networks still “protect” themselves in this way. “Hidden” access point can’t be found through passive scanning (<a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/wln_scan.htm">wln.scan</a>), so we added a new method — <a href="http://docs.tibbo.com/taiko/wln_activescan.htm">wln.activescan</a>. This one will sniff out your hidden network (but, of course, you need to know its SSID in advance).</p>http://blog.tibbo.com/post/9109849599http://blog.tibbo.com/post/9109849599Fri, 19 Aug 2011 00:00:05 -0400