And I like very much what I seen so far.
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Life of an open source programmer
I am a programmer. Yes a musician to. But most of all a programmer. Yes for sure. No question about that.
At Friday last week I started to do a reversion of the REST interface of the VSCP daemon. Nothing strange. I do that all the time. A fast reversion. A day to fix.
Today, Tuesday, after working on this, including the weekend, since then, I am still at it. And I will be the rest of the day. At least.
Oh well. Nothing strange. Life of a programmer. In this project I have been at it for fifteen years.
The question is why? The fix I spent so much effort on the last couple of days will hardly be noted by anyone. Is it worth it? Is it worth the time I could have spent on other things? Is it worth the money I spend to keep this going, money that I probably never will get back?
I don’t know. But I will continue. Life of an open source programmer. Stupid people.
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Two Ethernet boards designed. That is Ethernet <-> CAN4VSCP. Powered from the CAN4VSCP bus as all other CAN4VSCP modules. Maybe there will be a version with generic Ethernet <-> CAN as well in the future.
The board are designed in two versions. A Microchip PIC and an ARM version. We will probably go for just one of them in the end. This is the first step in a switch to ARM in our product line.
The Ethernet board will be able to plug and playish connect to the VSCP daemon but could also work alone on a segment and as a port out in the world for remote controlled equipment.
Need to sell some more of the other stuff before they can go into production though. Earn money before spending them is the mantra here. So shop as crazy from the FrogShop. 😉
The other two modules are power injectors for CAN4VSCP. Two version. A big a and a small. The samll version just powers a RJ-45 while the big have 16 daisy chain connectors.
Frankfurt Eth ARM version
Frankfurt Eth PIC version
Mini CAN4VSCP power injector
Big CAN4VSCP power injector
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Oooooops, wrong day!
Ops! Wrong day. VSCP birthday is today. Oh well another day of celebrations does not hurt. “Hand me the cake…” 😉
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VSCP turns fifteen today #vscp #IoT #m2m
Today VSCP turns fifteen. Well the project was called EDA, for Event, Decision, Action from the beginning, but it was put up on Source Forge this very day fifteen years ago after having being around for a week or so before that and brewing in my head since the end of the 70th.
The project started as a simple replacement for a home automation system project that Ericsson and Electrolux was running. This project died after some years and VSCP really never made it into it anyway.
To be the little brother of other projects is a little bit of the signum for VSCP. They have been many the big and hyped projects over the years (“winners”) that came and went, died, and which now is burred and forgotten while VSCP still lives and is in active development. Small in numbers but alive and well. Very much alive. Dancing.
Some paper the other year dubbed VSCP the “IoT protocol that is older then IoT itself“. And yes it is true. If labels like IoT is important. For me working with VSCP, the framework, and what it can do is more important than labels put on to it. VSCP is still the only franework around that present a solution that scale from the smallest to the largest devices and actually solves “the problem”.
I can’t promise VSCP will be around for another fifteen years. But I will work for it to be. It isn’t always easy to carry out what you believe in. VSCP is struggling with the same problems most open and free projects are struggling with. If you have the 10K dollars you should of course bet on one of the “open” standard projects. If you don’t have that kind of money you should probably bet on one of them anyway. It’s a safe ride. Most people like safe rides. It’s ok to be a follower. After all most people are. But VSCP is about changing the world. And that is actually what we celebrate here today. Leading the way to the future. A solution for the brave. I will celebrate this day and the continue the work.
Ake Hedman
Maintainer of VSCP (Paradise of the Frog)
In another blow to achieving diversity in tech, Chinese startups have started hiring “programming cheerleaders” to spur on their mostly-male developers.
Source: “Programming cheerleaders” hired in China to motivate male developers – JAXenter
Comment from the Frog:
Well I don’t know what to say…
Gartner released last week its latest Hype Cycle for Emerging Technologies. Last year, big data reigned supreme, at what Gartner calls the “peak of inflated expectations.” But now big data has moved down the “trough of disillusionment,” replaced by the Internet of Things at the top of the hype cycle. […]
Source: It’s Official: The Internet Of Things Takes Over Big Data As The Most Hyped Technology – Forbes
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Workday and a smile
Another workday and I smile when I open the door to the office. Well I do that every morning. Smile when the door opens. I love this. I love creating things that others around the world use. Is this work really serious, I have to ask. Shouldn’t serious things be a bit boring. Struggling. Not fun like this is? I don’t know. I just work on and smile while doing what I do. Today building some boards.
