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Setup Docker host

Motivation

A new personal computer or server must be setup with a Debian OS and Docker must be installed. The Docker services from an old PC moving to the new one.

Setup and install

Installation

First add the apt sources from the Docker repositories and install Docker according to this guid...

ddns-update for dynamic updates

Motivation

Some services like inadyn or ddclient for updating a resolvable name at a DynDNS provider are sometimes hard to configure. The ddns-updater comes in a Docker image and a web interface for monitoring the state. So let's try this out.

Prerequisits

To let interact the ddns-updater with...

Eclipse GDB (DSF) Remote Debugging

The goal is to setup the simple remote debugging facility of Eclipse for cross target debugging. The target need to run the gdbserver. With this solution, it is only possible to debug the application on user level.

Debug configuration

Create a new debug configuration for a remote target. Open De...

IgH EtherCat Master on BBB/RPi

The IgH EtherCat Master can be build and installed on a single-board computer (SBC) like the BeagleBone Black or the Raspberry Pi. The master is using the Ethernet interface to connect to the EtherCat slaves, so an additional ethernet connection like WLAN is needed to login, install, build and setup all needed components. A realtime kernel must be used to operate EtherCat on time critical tasks like servo motor control.

Eclipse Remote Systems Explorer

The Remote Systems Explorer is a useful plugin to gain access to a remote target running Linux having a shell, file transfer and process handling of the target. Also a remote Eclipse-workspace via ssh could be established.