Category: SW Libs

Build tools

So, I’ve been learning about some software engineering tools so that I can make my life easier while developing: jitpack.io and https://travis-ci.org jitpack makes it super easy to depend on a repo that is able to be built using gradle or maven. travis-ci does continuous integration for your projects.  This means that if you are testing… Continue reading Build tools

Vagrant

Might want to checkout Vagrant (a tool that lets you define, and re-use system environments). https://www.vagrantup.com/ Especially for the robots…

TurboJpeg to get yuyv images

This uses the turboJpeg library to do a decoding of a compressed jpeg to yuyv.  TurboJpeg already converts the jpeg image to YUYV which is YUV 4:2:2 which is totally awesome since that is what we want!! Can get libjpeg which comes with turboJpeg here and then do: sudo dpkg -i libjpeg-turbo-official_1.4.1_i386.deb To compile your stuff check… Continue reading TurboJpeg to get yuyv images

Java 3D and Mason

Well I got MASON installed and working.  The 3D simulations are pretty neat.  But you need to get Java 3D and install it. Some things to remember to speed the process of setting up netbeans for MASON would be that in order to add dll files you need to add something like: -Djava.library.path=”C:Program FilesJavaJava3D1.5.1bin” to the… Continue reading Java 3D and Mason

OpenCV

Well, I am learning OpenCV for my Advanced AI project.  I was never that into computer vision stuff, but its something new and might come in handy someday. I got my eclipse environment set up and ran their sample app.  (I had to use -L/usr/lib not /usr/local/lib like they say)  Now am going to go… Continue reading OpenCV