Sunday, December 28, 2014

ChuangZhuo RPI TFT LCD V2.1


/etc/modules:

fbtft_device rotate=270 name=itdb28 gpios=reset:15,dc:3,wr:2,cs:7,db00:17,db01:18,db02:27,db03:22,db04:23,db05:24,db06:25,db07:4


Product Page:
http://www.dx.com/p/chuangzhuo-rpi-tft-lcd-adapter-plate-2-4-tft-lcd-screen-touch-sensor-module-for-raspberry-pi-285311

Saturday, December 27, 2014

Raspistill Instant Capture

If you run raspistill each time you want to take a shot, it does not work fast enough. In order to get instant shots it is much more useful to use the "signal mode".

In signal mode, raspistill waits for a SIGUSR1 signal from another process. You can invoke it like this:

raspistill -t 0 -s -o /tmp/shot.jpg

-s signal mode
-o output file
-t 0 disable default 5s timeout

and then when ready, send the signal to take a shot:

pkill -SIGUSR1 raspistill

or

pkill -10 raspistill

that's it.

* If you don't specify -t 0 parameter and disable default 5s timeout, raspistill will quit after 2 or 3 shots (actually will quit after spending total 5 seconds).

Sunday, October 26, 2014

Android Full Backup/Restore w/o Root


  • adb backup -apk -shared -all -f  BACKUP-apk-shared-all.ab
  • adb restore BACKUP-apk-shared-all.ab

Monday, September 29, 2014

Android Command Line Package Manager PM


  • The list of installed packages
# pm list packages
package:com.andrew.apollo
package:org.servalproject
package:com.google.android.ears
package:com.android.voicedialer
package:com.android.defcontainer
package:de.schaeuffelhut.android.openvpn
package:de.carknue.gmon2

  • Uninstall package
# pm uninstall org.servalproject