Calum Knott articles - 21 total
Bun QuickLook thumbnail Cache extraction
I recently stumbled upon this interesting writeup from 2016 (nearly a decade ago) that talks about...
XR Chair Motion Simulator (Throwback)
A few years ago, I had the pleasure of being involved in the development of an XR Motion Platform at...
Using Bun Compile/Build to embed an Express / Vite / Vue Application into a Binary
WHY? OK, So your developing an internal tool using JS... or project for a customer. You...
Reseting IEC Timers on Older Siemens PLC's (S7-300/S7-400)
More of a personal note than a blog, but hopefully useful for some weary internet traveler in the...
Ulanzi TC001 - ESP32 Programming / Custom Arduino firmware
I found quite a lot of tutorials on using the Ulanzi TC001 with a firmware like AWTRIX, but not much...
WSCCS
With #WorldSkills Lyon 2024 behind us, I can share some more information on the software platform I...
WorldSkills Lyon 2024
After 2 years of hard work it was once again a pleasure to lead a team to represent the UK on the...
Pocketbase pb_hooks - checking user authentication
The documentation for pocketbase is not as clear as it could be about how to check for an...
cmd-K Vue3
I recently needed a ⌘+k launcher for a site i am developing. I tried a few vue plugins but couldnt...
FESTO i4.0 Cyber Physical System Demo
I normally prefer to be behind the camera, but as part of my work with Didactic Services, I often run...
Realtime Visualisation of IO-Link Vibration data using MQTT, grafana, influxdb, and Godot
For an upcoming project, I wanted to explore the capabilities of a vibration sensor, and to see if i...
Festo Didactic EasyPort - node.js using ftdi-d2xx
Example of a Simbox - Connected to an Easyport working with OSX - No ActiveX/Windows driver needed...
Compliant robotics & hugging people
Many years ago, I was working on a MSc Project with A #ROS robot called Baxter The MSc project was...
Animated 3D Models for the Web
As part of our new company website, I wanted to generate some eye-catching visuals. You can see the...
Translating with AI - Using node/bun with Transformers.js, poolifer & Xenova/nllb-200-distilled-600M from Huggingface
Introduction The world of software development moves quickly, so this will likley be out...
WTFDuino
Many moons ago (2015 to be exact) , myself and a colleague, at Middlesex University were discussing...
Custom Dobot MG400 Compliant Robot Cell
Do-Bot or not Do-Bot? That is the question. Early in 2023, We had a need at our company to develop...
RealTime Bespoke QA Application
What is WSCCS? As part of my work with WorldSkills, we had a need for a realtime QA...
Designing a Mechatronic Popcorn System
For the 2019 WorldSkills UK Mechatronic Team Selection competition in March, I wanted to design a...
VirtualPlant — a 3D Factory Simulator
Thanks to a little time working-from-home at the start of 2021, I decided to embark on a small...
Every Blog Needs a first post
Every blog needs a new post. I have recently Switched to dev.to, and will use this in the future...