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Revamping my Sensor Dashboard

New Release # Introducing SensorDash 2.0 A complete architectural overhaul designed for speed, scalability, and a superior user experience. [View L...

Nov 20, 20252 min read
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Beyond the Microsoft Store: How to Build a Custom WSL Distribution from an Ubuntu 25.04 ISO

Beyond the Microsoft Store: How to Build a Custom WSL Distribution from an Ubuntu 25.04 ISO

```javascript Installing a Custom Ubuntu WSL Distribution from an ISO /\* Applying the Inter font and setting a smooth, modern base \*/ body { font...

Aug 28, 20258 min read
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Installing a Custom Ubuntu WSL Distribution from an ISO

Installing a Custom Ubuntu WSL Distribution from an ISO

Installing a Custom Ubuntu WSL Distribution from an ISO A comprehensive guide to extracting, packaging, and repairing a custom WSL image from scratch....

Aug 28, 20257 min read
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Complete Guide: Rockchip Hardware Acceleration & Automated Conversion

Complete Guide: Rockchip Hardware Acceleration & Automated Conversion

```javascript body { font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale; } .cool-background { b...

Aug 6, 20255 min read
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Creating a Beautiful , Stable Website using Docker and Azure App services
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Creating a Beautiful , Stable Website using Docker and Azure App services

```css body { font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; -moz-osx-font-smoothing: grayscale; } /\* Custom scrollbar for a ...

May 24, 20255 min read
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USING NPU In newer Intel PC

Today I am writing this blog to address a topic on  This SHould prgress to the Eye detection  [How to develop and build your first AI PC ap...

May 16, 20251 min read
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Solar ESP32C3 Based Miniature Weather Station using SuperCapacitors

Solar ESP32C3 Based Miniature Weather Station using SuperCapacitors

[![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEiv1KkJkEWAxK8B-IAsClT7cFxSpnGGhMMADoeyipXtpjueP6O5NJwEI_Q1BcmGx8rrBlJBzvy3YUDHTMiyKqoGgC1KNlac...

May 11, 202510 min read
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Solar Weather Station with Supercapacitors
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Solar Weather Station with Supercapacitors

```javascript Solar Weather Station with Supercapacitors | A Modern Approach /\* Custom styles if needed, but primarily using Tailwind \*/ body { fon...

May 11, 202510 min read
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Adding Gemini AND AI to your GPU Powered Laptop

 To connect the free Gemini API to your Open WebUI, you essentially need to configure Open WebUI to use the Gemini API endpoint. Since Open WebUI is ...

May 8, 20253 min read
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Breathing New Life: Building a Home Server from Old Laptop
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Breathing New Life: Building a Home Server from Old Laptop

```css Breathing New Life: Building a Home Server from Old Laptops /\* Apply Inter font globally \*/ body { font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; backg...

Apr 22, 20257 min read
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Dumping firmware and resetting fuses of STM32 using OPENOCD and JTAG
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Dumping firmware and resetting fuses of STM32 using OPENOCD and JTAG

```css Dumping STM32F105 Firmware on Ubuntu using ST-LINK /\* Custom styles \*/ body { font-family: 'Poppins', 'Inter', sans-serif; /\* Use Poppins...

Apr 15, 202510 min read
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Comparing Performance between Bluepill logic analyzer and NanoDLA Logic Analyzer.

 References  https://github.com/thanks4opensource/buck50...

Apr 15, 20251 min read
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Turning My Roller Gate into a Smart WiFi-Controlled System
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Turning My Roller Gate into a Smart WiFi-Controlled System

```javascript DIY WiFi Roller Gate Controller with ESP32-C3 /\* Apply Inter font globally \*/ body { font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; } /\* Style fo...

Mar 14, 20258 min read
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Running Deepseek R1 on my Laptop CPU (No GPU).
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Running Deepseek R1 on my Laptop CPU (No GPU).

```css Running DeepSeek on a CPU with Ollama and Docker /\* Apply Inter font globally \*/ body { font-family: 'Inter', sans-serif; } /\* Style for co...

Jan 28, 20257 min read
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Learning Ansible
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Learning Ansible

## **Week 1 - 27/12/2024** [![](https://th.bing.com/th/id/OIP.kLFpsEbPKgYK6c1CpdL2XwHaE6?w=257&h=180&c=7&r=0&o=5&pid=1.7)](https://th.bing.com/th/id...

Dec 27, 20243 min read
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Learning NodeJS and moving into DENO
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Learning NodeJS and moving into DENO

[![](https://logos-download.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Node_logo_NodeJS.png)](https://logos-download.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/Node_logo_Nod...

Dec 27, 20244 min read
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HardCore DevOps Revision

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Dec 27, 20240 min read
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Setting Up Pip for Python 3 on Ubuntu 24.04 and Above .

Setting Up Pip for Python 3 on Ubuntu 24.04 and Above .

Setting Up PIP for Python 3+ on Ubuntu 24 and Above Using pip.conf ## Setting Up PIP for Python 3+ on Ubuntu 24 and Above Using `pip.conf` [![](h...

Dec 24, 20242 min read
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Let's talk about RS485

RS-485 Communication # Let's talk about RS-485 ### What is RS485? RS485 is a standard for serial communication that allows multiple devices to c...

May 30, 20244 min read
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SLIR Projects - Small Projects with big theory
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SLIR Projects - Small Projects with big theory

##  SLIR - Sri Lanka Institute of Robotics - Advanced Robotics Course Projects  > [![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEjYfuNRk...

Oct 12, 20231 min read
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WEEK 2 - Intern Diary

 Day 1 - Vega Innovation Learning  in depth - C language  Heap memory, stack memory Identified a faulty ESP32 using a microscope.  Using the UCTX...

Oct 17, 20221 min read
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WEEK 1 - Intern Diary

WEEK 1 - Intern Diary

##  DAY 1 - Vega Innovation ## Learned the serial communication types other than RS-232,SPI and I2C RS-485 : Faster, than its predecessor R...

Oct 10, 20224 min read
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 My confusing ,yet satisfying review of Ubuntu Desktop

My confusing ,yet satisfying review of Ubuntu Desktop

#  _My journey of migrating to Ubuntu Desktop from elementaryOS [![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/a/AVvXsEh7KTITeOQ8O5hJDWrPM42FkqZVBEAQ...

Jul 6, 20223 min read
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Python and my journey

##  Python : My daily course ```javascript Day 1: Computational Thinking Computational thinking 1. Decomposition: Breaking down bigger problem to sm...

Mar 13, 20223 min read
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