Announcements

[photron]

Brick Daemon 2.1.0

 

• Add authentication support (disabled by default)
  
• Add WebSocket support (port 4280, disabled by default)
  
• Make USB device lookup more robust in case of some USB driver bugs on Windows
  
• Update bundled libusb to 1.0.18 on Mac OS X, fixes a SIGFPE bug
  
• Update bundled libusb to 1.0.18 on Windows, adds support for Intel and AMD USB 3.0 root hubs
  
• Improve handling of request packets with invalid length in the header
  
• Handle rare case of socket_receive failing with EWOULDBLOCK
  
• Don't lose connection to USB devices on host-resume-from-suspend on Linux and Mac OS X (requires pm-utils on Linux)
  
• Increase upper limits for pending requests and USB write queues
  
• Add socket_send queue for clients, enqueue packet instead of disconnecting client if socket_send would block
  
• Only dispatch response to the first client with a matching pending request, fixes response duplication
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux (amd64, i386, armhf), Mac OS X

[borg]

Firmware: Master Brick 2.2.1

 

• Remove "Suspend to Disk fix", seems to make problems on some windows versions
  

Download: Master Brick

[borg]

RED Brick circuit boards arrived

• Blog entry
  

[batti]

10% Easter Discount

• Blog entry
  

[batti]

MATLAB and Octave Bindings released

• Blog entry
  

[borg]

RED Brick news! Prototype works!

• Blog entry
  

[borg]

RED Brick: Does it work?

• Blog entry
  

[batti]

Revised Documentation and Kits

• Blog entry
  

[batti]

Maker Faire 2014

• Blog entry
  

[borg]

RED Brick Software Infrastructure

• Blog entry
  

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 2.1.1

 

• Add extern "C" markup to all files to force proper symbol names in C++
  
• Explicitly use ANSI version of WinAPI functions to support UNICODE builds on Windows
  
• Add simple library Makefile for Linux
  
• Fix race condition between device destruction and callback dispatch
  

Download: C/C++

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 2.1.2, C# 2.1.1, Delphi/Lazarus 2.1.1, Java 2.1.1, JavaScript 2.0.1, LabVIEW 2.1.1, Mathematica 2.1.1, MATLAB/Octave 2.0.1, Perl 2.1.1, PHP 2.1.1, Python 2.1.1, Ruby 2.1.1, Shell 2.1.1, VB.NET 2.1.1

 

• Add support for WS2811 and WS2812 to LED Strip Bricklet API [all]
  

Download: C/C++, C#, Delphi/Lazarus, Java, JavaScript, LabVIEW, Mathematica, MATLAB/Octave, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Shell, VB.NET

[photron]

Brick Viewer 2.1.1

 

• Use a more recent UI style on Windows
  
• Store port, authentiation options and secret per host and double host history length
  
• Use a signed Brick bootloader driver on Windows
  
• Add support for WS2811 and WS2812 to LED Strip Bricklet plugin
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[borg]

Plugin: LED Strip Bricklet 2.0.2

 

• Add support for WS2811 and WS2812
  

Download: LED Strip Bricklet

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 2.1.3

 

• Fix strnlen redeclaration in some MinGW environments
  

Download: C/C++

[borg]

Plugin: LED Strip Bricklet 2.0.4

• Use measured timings instead of faulty datasheet values
  

Download: LED Strip Bricklet

 

 

Firmwares: DC Brick 2.0.3, IMU Brick 2.0.4, Master Brick 2.2.2, Servo Brick 2.0.5, Stepper Brick 2.0.5

• Remove rarely used USB hotplug feature (prevents accidiential stack restart after heatup)
  

Download: DC Brick, IMU Brick, Master Brick, Servo Brick, Stepper Brick

[borg]

LED Strip Bricklet supports WS2811 and WS2812(B)

• Blog entry
  

[borg]

Plugin: LED Strip Bricklet 2.0.5

• Frame duration of 0 now means that no more frames shall be set
  
• Set RGB values at least two times to make sure that they are really written
  
• Fix possible overflow if Brick with two Bricklet connectors is used
  

Download: LED Strip Bricklet

[borg]

API Bindings and package management

• Blog entry
  

[photron]

Brick Daemon 2.1.1

 

• Add live debug log view to logviewer.exe on Windows
  
• Include signed version of the Brick bootloader driver for Windows
  
• Workaround race condition in USB hotplug handling on Linux
  
• Fix crash if client with pending responses disconnects
  
• Fix possible mismatch while handling responses for identical requests
  
• Avoid broadcasting unexpected responses in most cases
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux (amd64, i386, armhf), Mac OS X

[borg]

Fully automatic photography turntable

• Blog entry
  

[borg]

New Bricklets: Color, NFC/RFID and Solid State Relay

• Blog entry
  

[photron]

Bindings: C/C++ 2.1.4, C# 2.1.2, Delphi/Lazarus 2.1.2, Java 2.1.2, JavaScript 2.0.2, LabVIEW 2.1.2, Mathematica 2.1.2, MATLAB/Octave 2.0.2, Perl 2.1.2, PHP 2.1.2, Python 2.1.2, Ruby 2.1.2, Shell 2.1.2, Visual Basic .NET 2.1.2

 

• Add support for Color, NFC/RFID and Solid State Relay Bricklet [all]
  
• Rename bindings/ folder to source/ in ZIP file [C/C++, Delphi]
  
• Replace System.console() usage with an Eclipse compatible pattern in examples [Java]
  
• Move NPM package into nodejs/ folder of ZIP file [JavaScript]
  
• Add main Tinkerforge.js script to simplify direct usage of the Node.js source code [JavaScript]
  
• Only use MSG_NOSIGNAL if it's really defined [Perl]
  
• Remove CPAN package from ZIP file, include relevant files into the source/ folder [Perl]
  
• Get rid of the egg and easy_install, use setuptools directly or pip instead [Python]
  

Download: C/C++, C#, Delphi/Lazarus, Java, JavaScript, LabVIEW, Mathematica, MATLAB/Octave, Perl, PHP, Python, Ruby, Shell, Visual Basic .NET

[photron]

Brick Viewer 2.1.2

 

• Add support for Color, NFC/RFID and Solid State Relay Bricklet
  
• Rename main.exe to brickv.exe on Windows
  
• Make rainbow work better on small LED counts and add moving-dot mode to LED Strip Bricklet plugin
  
• Allow double click anywhere in a device tree row to jump to the corresponding tab
  

Downloads: Windows, Linux, Mac OS X

[photron]

Plugin: Piezo Speaker Bricklet 2.0.2

 

• Duration 0 stops beep, duration 4294967295 (UINT32_MAX) results in an infinite beep
  

Download: Piezo Speaker Bricklet