Tag: Linux

  • Fix the Blinking Red Light of Doom on Linux

    Fix the Blinking Red Light of Doom on Linux

    If you are using a Linux PC to upload a firmware application to an Arduino compatible but not an Arduino brand device sometimes you will get the oddest errors: ***failed;***failed;avrdude: Error: butterfly programmer uses avr_write_page() but does not provide a cmd() method. *** page 83 (addresses 0x0f54 – 0x0fd3) failed to write # | 100%…

  • Customizing Raspbian Images

    Customizing Raspbian Images

    At Bucknell we have been deploying devices built around Raspberry Pies to take on a wide range of duties including data collection duties in the field. The Raspberry Pi turns out to be a hardy device we can close in weather proof containers and it uses less energy than many PC solutions extending battery life…