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Oct 10, 2022 · 1 min

Devoxx Belgium and J-Fall The Netherlands - Links

Links used in my talks at Devoxx 2022 (Antwerp, Belgium) and J-Fall (Ede, The Netherlands).

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Sep 30, 2022 · 4 min

JavaFX Links of September 2022

The JavaFX links of the week are back on jfx-central.com , and here we collect the complete month for you in an excellent overview.

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May 30, 2022 · 5 min

Create Music Bingo cards with iText

It has been a while since I last had to create documents in a program, and iText has been “on my radar” to try out for a while now. This weekend we had a party and …

#java#tutorial
Mar 18, 2022 · 11 min

Blink a LED and read a button state with Vaadin, Spring and Pi4J on a Raspberry Pi

As I’m becoming a senior developer in terms of age, I’ve transitioned from one language to another. One of my main interests has always been clean, easy-to-understand …

#java#raspberry-pi#vaadin#spring
Mar 13, 2022 · 3 min

Er zit slechts een paar 1000km tussen geluk en miserie

English version below Ik heb een vrouw, kind, hond en kat. Mijn Java-collega waar ik al meer dan een jaar dagelijks mee samen werk, heeft ook een vrouw, kinderen, hond en kat. We …

Feb 7, 2022 · 4 min

Installing Java with SDKMAN on Raspberry Pi

If you create a new SD card for a Raspberry Pi with the operating system, you can choose the “Raspberry Pi OS Full (32-bit)” edition, which includes Java 11. But a lot …

#java#raspberry-pi#sdkman#tutorial
Feb 5, 2022 · 1 min

Starting a new JavaFX projeect in IntelliJ IDEA

On the OpenJFX website you can find a lot of getting started documentation . But as one image/video says more than a thousand words, I created this short movie to show you that …

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Jan 27, 2022 · 1 min

3D printed Pinecel soldering iron holder

The Pinecil is a very handy and affordable USB-C powered soldering iron (running on open firmware!) with an OLED monochrome display. This soldering iron is made by PINE64 , and is …

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Jan 26, 2022 · 2 min

3D printed Raspberry Pi Arcade box

As part of the Pi4J project, we created an example game with JavaFX and FXGL that uses an Arcade kit with a Joystick and big push buttons. The test setup for this project was …

#3d#raspberry-pi#fxgl#javafx
Jan 25, 2022 · 2 min

3D printed Raspberry Pi Organizer

After my first 3D-printing experiment “A 3D printed multi-functional tripod (well actually quadpod)” , I wanted to clean-up my desk. I have a lot of Raspberry Pi boards …

#3d#raspberry-pi
Jan 24, 2022 · 2 min

3D printed multi-functional tripod (well actually quadpod)

The power of technology is something that keeps amazing me every day. The number of things you can do with some small electronic components and a bit of programming is …

#3d#raspberry-pi
Jan 4, 2022 · 2 min

Multicam recordings with ATEM Mini and Raspberry Pi cameras

As I wrote in my previous post “Using a Raspberry Pi as HDMI camera” , you can build your own inexpensive HDMI-camera with a Raspberry Pi Zero and a camera module.

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Dec 20, 2021 · 8 min

Using a Raspberry Pi as HDMI camera

TL;DR; Yes, you can build your own Raspberry Pi HQ camera to use as an HDMI source for the ATEM Mini Looking for an affordable camera with HDMI output? Build one yourself with a …

#video#raspberry-pi#atem-mini#electronics
Dec 16, 2021 · 9 min

HiveMQ Cloud, part 3 - Sending sensor data from Raspberry Pi Pico to HiveMQ Cloud

In the previous two posts in this series, we used Java on the Raspberry Pi mini-computer to send sensor data to HiveMQ Cloud, and visualize it on a dashboard.

#java#raspberry-pi#mosquitto#hivemq
Dec 13, 2021 · 8 min

HiveMQ Cloud, part 2 - Using MQTT and Raspberry Pi to Visualize Sensor Data on a TilesFX Dashboard

In the previous post we started our discovery of HiveMQ Cloud with Java on the Raspberry Pi. We created an application to send measurements of various sensors to the HiveMQ Cloud …

#java#raspberry-pi#mosquitto#hivemq
Dec 10, 2021 · 14 min

HiveMQ Cloud, part 1 - MQTT on Raspberry Pi, Send Sensor Data to HiveMQ Cloud with Java and Pi4J

A few years ago I did my first experiments with an MQTT server (Mosquitto) running on a Raspberry Pi to connect an Arduino and Raspberry Pi for the drumbooth of my son . The full …

#java#raspberry-pi#pi4j#mosquitto
Apr 23, 2021 · 6 min

JavaFX running in kiosk mode on the Raspberry Pi

The Raspberry Pi in combination with an inexpensive touch screen, makes a perfect controller for a machine or game console. Let’s see how we can use Java and JavaFX to build …

#javafx#raspberry-pi#gluon#tutorial
Jan 11, 2021 · 8 min

Device monitoring tool with JavaFX, FXGL and Mosquitto

In a previous post “Getting Started with FXGL Game Development” we already have taken a look at the FXGL game development framework developed by Almas Baimagambetov .

#javafx#fxgl#raspberry-pi#mosquitto
Dec 21, 2020 · 9 min

JVM Advent 2020 - Light up your Christmas lights with Java and Raspberry Pi

Are you a serious Java-developer looking for a fun project? Or want to learn something completely new and use your Java-knowledge to control electronic components? Here we go with …

#java#raspberry-pi#pi4j
Nov 25, 2020 · 2 min

JFXDays presentation - Having fun with Java and JavaFX on the Raspberry Pi

Today I could give my talk “Having fun with Java and JavaFX on the Raspberry Pi” at the JFXDays. Normally this event takes place in Zurich, but this year also went …

#javafx#raspberry-pi#pi4j#gluon