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Controlling Electronics with Java 25 and the FFM API using Pi4J V4
Live stream with Nick Gritsenko and Frank Delporte about the Foreign Function and Memory (FFM) API that got introduced in Java 22, and how it was used to create a new plugin for …
Introducing Lottie4J, a Java(FX) Library to Parse and Play Lottie Animation Files
I’m proud to present a new JavaFX library: Lottie4J, that brings Lottie animations to JavaFX applications. I first learned about Lottie many years ago when we were developing …
Pi4J Joins the Commonhaus Foundation: Securing the Future of Java on Single-Board Computers
Open source software is built on passion, time, and dedication. But passion alone doesn’t guarantee the long-term survival of a project. Maintainers move on, life changes, …
JavaFX Links of February 2026
Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of February 2026. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com . Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of …
I Benchmarked Java on Single-Board Computers: Orange Pi 5 Ultra and Raspberry Pi 5 Lead the Pack
In my “Java on Single Board Computers” series, I already published several posts and videos in which I unpack the board, connect it for the first time, and try to …
JavaFX In Action #26 with Helal Anwar about GradedAttendance to Organize Class Rooms, Students, Teachers, and Lessons
Every week I collect a list of posts, social messages, videos, etc. related to JavaFX on the JFX Central Links Of The Week . One of the regular “appearances” is Helal …
I Got Java 25 Running on the RISC-V BeagleBoard BeagleV-Fire
After my initial struggles with the BeagleV-Fire in a previous video , I succeeded in getting Java 25 running on RISC-V-powered BeagleV-Fire! Let me walk you through the journey …
First Test of Java on BeagleBoards (ARM and RISC-V)
As part of my 2026 learning goals around Java on RISC-V (see this post about x86 versus ARM versus RISC-V ), I’ve asked various suppliers to send me evaluation boards. I …
JavaFX In Action #25 with Lidiany Cerqueira about CERCA, a tool to detect hallucinated references in scientific papers
Every week I collect a list of posts, social messages, videos, etc. related to JavaFX on the JFX Central Links Of The Week . That’s how I recently found a message from …
JavaFX Links of January 2026
Here are the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of January 2026. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com . Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have included in one of …
Links from the jChampions Conference talk 'Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API on Raspberry Pi'
These are the links from the jChampions Conference online talk, on January 27, 2026: “The Wait is Over: Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API brings modern Java to the …
First Test of Java on the StarFive VisionFive 2 Lite (RISC-V)
As part of my 2026 learning goals around Java on RISC-V (see this post about x86 versus ARM versus RISC-V ), I’ve asked various suppliers to send me evaluation boards. I …
Keeping Single-Board Computers Organized with a 3D Printed Stack
As I shared in previous posts, I want to learn and experiment more with different types of single-board computers in 2026. But I also want to keep them organized and easily …
First Test of Java on the Orange Pi (ARM and RISC-V)
As part of my 2026 learning goals around Java on Single Board Computers and RISC-V (see this post about x86 versus ARM versus RISC-V ), I’ve been asking various suppliers to …
Single Board Computers: x86 vs ARM vs RISC-V
Ever since I started my #JavaOnRaspberryPi journey in 2019, which resulted in my book “Getting Started with Java on the Raspberry Pi ”, I’ve been fascinated with …
The FFM API: How OpenJDK Changed the Game for Native Interactions (And Made Pi4J Better!)
This is a crosspost from the article I contributed to this year’s JVM Advent . The Pi4J project is a Java library that allows you to control the GPIO pins and electronic …
JavaFX Links of December 2025
Here is the final JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth for 2025… Thank you all for sharing your knowledge and experience with JavaFX. And we hope to see even more in the next year!
JavaFX In Action #24 with Florian Enner about Robot 3D Visualizations and Charts
I met Florian Enner a few times at Devoxx in Belgium, and each time he amazed me with his JavaFX demos! He is one of those rare developers who take JavaFX to the next level by …
Links from the YavaConf talk 'Foreign Function & Memory (FFM) API on Raspberry Pi'
These are the links from the Ya!vaConf virtual talk on December 4, 2025: “Java Champion Talk - How the new Foreign Function & Memory API pushes Java on Raspberry Pi to …
JavaFX Links of November 2025
Here is the overview of the JavaFX LinksOfTheMonth of November 2025. You can find the weekly lists on jfx-central.com . Did we miss anything? Is there anything you want to have …