From d4cea5b97e10978cc2ff0bee849a97ac5e82fbac Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 From: Sadeep Madurange Date: Sat, 25 Oct 2025 17:13:22 +0800 Subject: Fix external links. --- _projects/bumblebee.md | 5 ++--- _projects/e-reader.md | 6 +++--- _projects/etlas.md | 36 ++++++++++++++++++------------------ _projects/matrix-digital-rain.md | 4 ++-- 4 files changed, 25 insertions(+), 26 deletions(-) (limited to '_projects') diff --git a/_projects/bumblebee.md b/_projects/bumblebee.md index 3da51cc..7c5a88d 100644 --- a/_projects/bumblebee.md +++ b/_projects/bumblebee.md @@ -16,9 +16,8 @@ scraping, and other browser automation tasks. Bumblebee is a Windows Forms application written in C#. The rendering of web content is handled by the embedded Microsoft Edge browser (via WebView). The -text editor on the right is {{< link -src="https://github.com/desjarlais/Scintilla.NET" class="external" -target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">}}Scintilla.NET{{< /link >}}. It +text editor on the right is Scintilla.NET. It enables users to override the script at any point during the session. There are application settings that let users debounce events, ignore hidden elements and scripts, and more. diff --git a/_projects/e-reader.md b/_projects/e-reader.md index 5bd446f..a8b043c 100644 --- a/_projects/e-reader.md +++ b/_projects/e-reader.md @@ -6,9 +6,9 @@ thumbnail: thumb.png layout: post --- -This project features a prototype e-reader powered by a 7.5-inch {{< link -src="https://www.waveshare.com/" class="external" target="_blank" -rel="noopener noreferrer">}}Waveshare{{< /link >}} e-paper display and an +This project features a prototype e-reader powered by a 7.5-inch Waveshare e-paper display and an ESP-WROOM-32 development board. {% include video.html src="ereader.mp4" %} diff --git a/_projects/etlas.md b/_projects/etlas.md index 3b62ba3..fdfd42a 100644 --- a/_projects/etlas.md +++ b/_projects/etlas.md @@ -7,9 +7,9 @@ layout: post --- Etlas is a news, stock market, and weather tracker powered by an ESP32 NodeMCU -D1, featuring a 7.5-inch {{< link src="https://www.waveshare.com/" -class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">}}Waveshare{{< -/link>}} e-paper display and a DHT22 sensor module. +D1, featuring a 7.5-inch Waveshare e-paper display and a +DHT22 sensor module. @@ -18,9 +18,9 @@ class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">}}Waveshare{{<
-The top left panel displays the end-of-day stock prices from the {{< link -src="https://polygon.io/" class="external" target="_blank" -rel="noopener noreferrer" >}}Polygon.io{{}} API, relayed through my own +The top left panel displays the end-of-day stock prices from the Polygon.io API, relayed through my own FastCGI-wrapped Flask app hosted on a VPS. The stock symbols can be configured through the Flask app's application settings. The server.fcgi script enclosed in the tarball at the end of the page contains the Flask app. @@ -34,29 +34,29 @@ Etlas downloads time series data as CSV and computes the price curves on the ESP32. The more prominent panel on the right of the e-paper display shows local -(Singapore) and world news from the {{< link -src="https://www.channelnewsasia.com/" class="external" target="_blank" -rel="noopener noreferrer" >}}Channel News Asia{{< /link>}} RSS feed. The MCU -downloads and parses XML data from the RSS feed directly before rendering it to -the display. Although I did it this way to avoid writing server code, it limits -the feeds from which Etlas can receive data. In a future version, I will relay -the RSS feed through a server (like the stock prices) to make it more flexible. +(Singapore) and world news from the Channel News Asia +RSS feed. The MCU downloads and parses XML data from the RSS feed directly +before rendering it to the display. Although I did it this way to avoid writing +server code, it limits the feeds from which Etlas can receive data. In a future +version, I will relay the RSS feed through a server (like the stock prices) to +make it more flexible. The bottom panels (middle and right) display the temperature and relative humidity from a DHT22 sensor. The DHT22 driver, arguably the most interesting part of the software, reads real-time sensor data by comparing relative pulse widths. The pulses themselves are too quick for the ESP32 to reliably measure -directly. I ported {{< link src="https://github.com/Fonger/ESP8266-RTOS-DHT" -class="external" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" >}}this{{< /link>}} +directly. I ported this implementation for ESP8266 modules to my ESP32. All credit for the algorithm belongs to them. Much of the heavy lifting of acquiring, interpreting, and rendering data from different data sources is performed on the microcontroller using less than 512 KB of memory. The embedded software that makes that possible is written in C -using the ESP-IDF v5.2.1. My e-paper display driver is a port of Waveshare {{< -link src="https://github.com/waveshareteam/e-Paper" class="external" -target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" >}}examples{{< /link>}} for Arduino +using the ESP-IDF v5.2.1. My e-paper display driver is a port of Waveshare examples for Arduino and STM32 platforms. I've been using Etlas daily (for a couple of hours on weekdays and all day on diff --git a/_projects/matrix-digital-rain.md b/_projects/matrix-digital-rain.md index c385907..3a7979b 100644 --- a/_projects/matrix-digital-rain.md +++ b/_projects/matrix-digital-rain.md @@ -13,8 +13,8 @@ the Unix terminal without using any GUI/TUI kits: -Domsson's {{< link src="https://github.com/domsson/fakesteak" class="external" -target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer" >}}Fakesteak{{< /link >}} inspired +Domsson's Fakesteak inspired this project. I added the following features while trying to keep the original project's simplicity intact as much as possible: -- cgit v1.2.3