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by hassellbear
Sun Jan 31, 2016 1:44 am
Forum: Cool stuff with fitlet
Topic: Equip Fitlet With A GPS Time Source
Replies: 2
Views: 11907

Equip Fitlet With A GPS Time Source

Fitlet Not Connected To A Network Without a GPS Time Source The following screenshot shows the time sources available when fitlet is not connected to a network and is also not connected to a GPS receiver. Even thought the GPS source is listed, no data is available due to the absence of a GPS receiv...
by hassellbear
Sat Jan 30, 2016 11:28 pm
Forum: Cool stuff with fitlet
Topic: Equip Fitlet With A GPS Time Source
Replies: 2
Views: 11907

Equip Fitlet With A GPS Time Source

Software The following software is required for the GPS Time Source application. It is all available in the Linux package repositories. 1. ntp 2. ntpdate 3. gpsd 4. gpsd-clients 5. python-gps About GPSD GPSD is a service dameon which monitors the GPS units connected to your system and makes the dat...
by hassellbear
Sat Jan 30, 2016 10:44 pm
Forum: Cool stuff with fitlet
Topic: Equip Fitlet With A GPS Time Source
Replies: 2
Views: 11907

Equip Fitlet With A GPS Time Source

Overview Typically, fitlet is connected to a network and, as a result, has access to standard network time sources. However, there may be fitlet applications where network connectivity and standard time sources are unavailable. For those cases, it is possible to provide fitlet with a time source th...
by hassellbear
Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:01 pm
Forum: fit-Uptime
Topic: My fit-Uptime Testimonial
Replies: 0
Views: 18849

My fit-Uptime Testimonial

During the night of January 21 - 22, 2016, my area experienced a brief episode of severe weather. During this event there were several severe thunderstorm and tornado warnings. Luckily, there was no damage where I live, but I did experience several power disturbances and brief power interruptions. F...
by hassellbear
Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:14 am
Forum: Cool stuff with fitlet
Topic: Equip Fitlet With A Mini-Monitor & Camera Accessory Mount
Replies: 3
Views: 222551

Equip Fitlet With A Mini-Monitor & Camera Accessory Mount

The Mount in Action Here is the Mini HDMI Monitor securely attached to Fitlet using the new mount. At Work.JPG Measured Drawing Here is a measured drawing for those who wish to make their own camera/video accessory mount. coming-soon.png Conclusions 1. The filtet camera/video accessory mount is sim...
by hassellbear
Mon Jan 25, 2016 7:05 am
Forum: Cool stuff with fitlet
Topic: Equip Fitlet With A Mini-Monitor & Camera Accessory Mount
Replies: 3
Views: 222551

Equip Fitlet With A Mini-Monitor & Camera Accessory Mount

Install Camera Mounting Hardware

Install the 1/4" - 20 TPI machine bolt and camera ball swivel mount
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Attach Accessories to Fitlet Using the Mount


WiFi Linked Action Camera
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Mini HDMI Monitor
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by hassellbear
Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:55 am
Forum: Cool stuff with fitlet
Topic: Equip Fitlet With A Mini-Monitor & Camera Accessory Mount
Replies: 3
Views: 222551

Equip Fitlet With A Mini-Monitor & Camera Accessory Mount

Fabrication Fabrication was straight forward and fairly easy. In general the steps were: - Cut aluminum bar to the required length - Bend aluminum bar into the required "U" shape - Radius ends of bar using a belt sander - Drill required holes (2 - 1/8" and 1 - 5/16") Fabricate.jpg Finish and Paint ...
by hassellbear
Mon Jan 25, 2016 6:40 am
Forum: Cool stuff with fitlet
Topic: Equip Fitlet With A Mini-Monitor & Camera Accessory Mount
Replies: 3
Views: 222551

Equip Fitlet With A Mini-Monitor & Camera Accessory Mount

Overview This project began as an effort to mount a Mini-HDMI monitor onto fitlet for use in portable applications. The 5" mini-monitor I have is designed for photographic applications, so it is configured for the industry standard 1/4 inch - 20 threads per inch mount. As work progressed on designi...
by hassellbear
Wed Dec 30, 2015 11:51 pm
Forum: Linux on MintBox Mini / Linux on fitlet
Topic: Has anyone upgraded to 17.3?
Replies: 7
Views: 19238

Re: Has anyone upgraded to 17.3?

I upgraded from 17.2 to 17.3 using a fresh install. I am pleased. The suggested open source video driver is providing better performance than the OEM v13.350 driver I was using with v17.2.
by hassellbear
Sun Dec 06, 2015 10:51 am
Forum: Cool stuff with fitlet
Topic: Use Fitlet as a Guitar Effects Processor in Linux
Replies: 2
Views: 14861

Use Fitlet as a Guitar Effects Processor in Linux

Results Here are 5 mp3 audio files I recorded using Fitlet. The effects were generated by Rakarrack and the recordings were made using Audacity. The screen shots shown below provide the Rakarrack setting which were used to produce these sounds and recordings. Please excuse my lack of playing abilit...

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