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I released the software GGCGen   version 1.0.5. GGCGen provides a graphical user interface for the creation of opentrons API version 2.0 (APIv2) compatibe Python scripts (opentrons protocols). The backend pyotronext is used for translation to G-code and robot control , see here for details.  The "opentrons API" for Python by Opentrons Labworks Inc . is an open protocol standard that can be used to control lab robots. One problem of Opentrons original implementation is the tight integration with their hardware and the rest of Opentrons software framework. To overcome this limitation, GGCGen and pyotronext provide a more flexible and customizable framework written in Python that can be easily configured to control any robot that understands G-code (Marlin dialect) using the same protocol standard. Copyright (c) 2020 DerAndere

I released the software pyotronext version 1.0.5. pyotronext can interpret opentrons protocols and control lab robots (e.g. DIY cartesian pipetting robots made from a 3D-Printer). Opentrons Labworks Inc. develops the open source opentrons API version 2.0 (APIv2) as well as a tool to convert JSON files that have a similar format as Transcriptic's Autoprotocol standard. The opentrons Python APIv2 allows easy and flexible scripting. Using the Python package pyotronext, you can run Python scripts that use the opentrons APIv2 and send G-code to a lab robot that runs my modified Marlin firmware ( Marlin2ForPipetBot ). pyotronext can also export the generated G-code to file. pyotronext serves as a backend for my Graphical G-code Generator and robot control software GGCGen .  Copyright (c) 2020 DerAndere

I made a video tutorial that explains how to design knitting patterns that can be scaled to arbitrary size using the open source programs Inkscape v0.92 and  GIMP 2.10.10 . It may be especially interesting to the community of the All Yarns are Beautiful (AYAB) project . This page was moved to https://derandere.gitlab.io/scalable-knitting-patterns-inkscape . You will be automatically redirected to https://derandere.gitlab.io in about 6 seconds.     Copyright DerAndere 2019 - 2020  

Seit ich als Kind zum ersten mal die Dauerausstellung "Schrift und Zahl" im Heinz-Nixdorf-Museum (Paderborn) sah, bin ich fasziniert von der Entstehung von Sprache und der Herkunft von Worten (Ethymologie). Jetzt bin ich auf einen Onlineartikel gestoßen, in dem diskutiert wird, ob das deutsche Sprichwort "Ich glaube es hackt" nicht besser "Ich glaube es hakt" lauten müsste. Es wird das Wörterbuch der deutschen Umgangssprache (Heinz Küpper 1950) folgendermaßen zitiert: »Ich glaube, es hackt bei dir = du bist wohl nicht recht bei Verstand? Anspielung auf den "Vogel", der im Kopf hackt« Viele Nutzer schreiben in den Kommentaren, dass sie eher der Meinung sind, es müsse eigentlich "Ich glaube es hakt" heißen. Der Nutzer "Joss" erwähnt, dass die Ethymologie des Wortes von Grimm und Grimm gut wiedergegeben wurde und schreibt desweiteren: » "Der Haken" war im in früheren Zeiten auch "der Hacken" (trotzde...

I am proudly presenting a working prototype of my pipetting robot "PipetBot-A8".  Of course it is an ongoing project and there are many things to improve, but the device is doing what I want and its precision is already quite good. Here is a link to the video . After I finally managed to fix most issues with my robot control software GGCGen, it is ready for testing. I uploaded an introductory video that showcases the Graphical G-code Generator . Visit the page "PipetBot-A8" on this blog for details. Brought to you by DerAndere.

Are you worried about gaining some extra kilos during Christmas time? Then you may be pleased to read that your old kilograms will be gone in no time. In fact, exactly on 19th May 2019 all kilograms in the whole universe will be gone "PUFF"... and they will be replaced by brand new, much better kilograms! WOW!  That is because the 26th General Conference on Weights and Measures revised the International System of Units in order to derive all SI base units from natural constants. So the kilogram is no longer defined as the mass of the International Prototype Kilogram. The new definition of the kilogram is rather: The kilogram, symbol kg, is the SI unit of mass. It is defined by taking the fixed numerical value of the Planck constant h to be 6.626 070 15 × 10 −34 when expressed in the unit J⋅s, which is equal to kg⋅m 2 ⋅s −1 , where the metre and the second are defined in terms of the speed of light and the caesium frequency .   I'm sure you lost at least two kilo...

GGCGen - Graphical G-code Generator GGCGen - the Graphical G-code Generator and lab robot control software comes with an intuitive graphical user interface (GUI) for automatic creation of G-code.  This website was moved to https://derandere.gitlab.io/pipetbot-a8/ . You will be automatically redirected to https://derandere.gitlab.io in about 6 seconds. Copyright 2018 - 2020 DerAndere

Hey folks,  In order to make my blog more readable and at the same time make the source code more accessible to developers and profit from version control, I removed a lot of raw-code from the pages of this blog and made the step to use public repositories on https://gitlab.com . I am currently maintaining two Gitlab groups: https://gitlab.com/RobotsByDerAndere and https://gitlab.com/DataAnalysisByDerAndere . I also changed some of the used libraries, so most of my projects on Gitlab are now open source under the terms of the permissive MIT License!

[Werbung ohne Auftrag / unpaid advertisement] Am 3.8.2018-5.8.2018 fand in Bad Oeynhausen das Event " Parklichter 2018 " statt. Dieses Jahr war nicht mein erster Besuch dieser Veranstaltung. Ich wurde spontan von einer ehemaligen Kommilitonin dazugeholt. Ein gelungener Tag inclusive gemeinsamem Freibad-Besuch und Abendessen.

Am 1.8.2018 fand in Bielefeld das Event "Summer Soundz Kesselbrink" 2018 statt. Ein Konzert mit Hey Miracle , einer Alternative Rockband aus der Region (Siehe Band-Profil auf Facebook und Soundcloud . Das Wetter war perfekt, um sich ein paar der dort angebotenen Kaltgetränke zu genehmigen und so verabredete ich mich mit einigen meiner  meiner Kollegen aus der Abteilung ab 19 Uhr zum chillen auf dem Kesselbrink. Klasse! 

Die Nacht der Klänge an der Universität Bielefeld ist jedes Jahr wieder eine  schöne Veranstaltung. Dieses Jahr hat unter Anderem das NÉ-K Trio (siehe auch Facebook-Profil und Soundcloud-Profil ) mit gefühlvollen, jazzigen Klängen verzaubert : NÉ-K Trio bei der Nacht der Klänge 2018 an der Universität Bielefeld.

[Werbung ohne Auftrag / unpaid advertisement]  Proudly presenting my first soldering job: A printed circuit board for hacking a brother KH 910 knitting machine. The self-soldering kit of the so-called AYAB Arduino shield from the All Yarns Are Beautiful project of the Chaos Computer Club Munich enables control from a personal computer via USB. The AYAB shield sits on top of an Arduino Uno-compatible development board featuring an ATmega328PU microcontroller by Microchip Technology Inc. (formerly Atmel). The AYAB software for controlling knitting machines can be downloaded from https://ayab-knitting.com/ . This website was moved to https://derandere.gitlab.io/physical-programming/ . You will be automatically redirected to https://derandere.gitlab.io in about 6 seconds.   Copyright 2018 - 2020 DerAndere 

Finally, the GNU Image Manipulating Program (GIMP) 2.10.0 has been released. The open source software GIMP can now be considered for productive work and makes professional image manipulation available for everyone. It supports high bit depth (up to 32 bit precision) and color management. Most importantly, GIMP now gives access to radiometrically correct adjustment of contrast / levels / curves, color mixing and blending ( these operations have to be performed in a linear working space , i.e. in a color working space which has a tone reproduction curve with a gamma of 1.0 at all densities). GIMP is cross-platform software which means it is available for Microsoft Windows, Linux and Apple iOS. In my oppinion, this achievement is worth a donation to the developers by every user of GIMP. GIMP can now be regarded as a serious competitor for Adobe Photoshop.

Great news: The source-code for the synthesizer Zyn-Fusion was published. Now it can be built from source as explained on my blog on the page "music". Zyn-Fusion is the latest version of the powerful synthesizer ZynAddSubFX with the modernized graphical user interface " Fusion" . It works as a stand-alone as well as a VST-plug-in.

Finally, the GNU Image Manipulating Program (GIMP) 2.10 release candidate 1 is available for Linux as well as for the 64 bit version of Microsoft Windows. It is the first time, the open source software GIMP can be used for serious, professional image manipulation. It supports high bit depth (up to 32 bit precision) and color management. Most importantly, this is the first time GIMP gives access to radiometrically correct adjustment of contrast / levels / curves, color mixing and blending ( these operations have to be performed in a linear working space , i.e. in a color working space which has a tone reproduction curve with a gamma of 1.0 at all densities). Only few problems remain to be solved, before GIMP 2.10 can be officially released as stable. 

Heute bin ich mit meiner Partnerin und ihrem Vater zum 10-jährigen Jubiläum der Licht-Sicht Projektions-Biennale (Bad Rothenfelde, bis 28.01.2018) gefahren, nachdem gestern aufgrund einer defekten Anlasser-Sicherung meine erste Fahrt mit dem elterlichen Campingauto bereits vor der Haustür endete. Währenddessen ist IT! weiter im Aufbau: Seit heute gibt es auf der Seite "Photography" meines Blogs eine Einführung in die Prozessierung von Rohbildern mit dem open source Programm darktable zu sehen.

Mittlerweile sind schon einige Abschnitte auf den Seiten "Programming" und "Music" meines blogs fertig. Viel spaß beim vorbeischauen wünscht DerAndere! Happy new year!

Author: DerAndere -- Deutsche Version unten -- Hello world! welcome to the blog IT! by DerAndere (https://it-by-derandere.blogspot.com). I will write about  interesting news and events in and around the city of Bielefeld. You can follow my progress of learning everything about music (production), programming or digital photography. Most content will be written in English, the rest in German. Enjoy! DerAndere --------------------- Willkommen auf dem blog IT! von DerAndere (https://it-by-derandere.blogspot.com). Ich poste hier zu interessanten Neuigkeiten und zu Events in Bielefeld. Ihr könnt hier außerdem verfolgen, wie ich mich mit Themen wie Musik(produktion), Programmierung oder digitaler Photographie befasse und Wissenswertes dazu weitergebe. Vieles wird auf Englisch geschrieben sein, manches auch auf Deutsch. Viel Spaß wünscht: DerAndere