RepRapDiscount Full Graphic Smart Controller (12864) + RADDS + Arduino Due
As a follow up to the post regarding setting up the RepRapDiscount graphic display to work on a RADDS board and an Arduino Due, I’ve made an adapter that will not require any special cable. It works with normal flat cables. If you are interested in using one of these, I’m selling the surplus PCBs […]
Read MoreOpen a terminal window and run this for each spacer you want to add: I’ve tested in macOS Big Sur.
Read MoreAs a proof of concept, I used Magento 2 and beer bottles, because beer makes good demo :), but this device (or variations) can be used with most of the available eCommerce platforms and with a lot of product types.
Read MoreEspecially for the frontend devs, testing on real mobile devices the current implementation is important. Deploying to testing servers is a solution but is very time consuming when small tweakings are required. Being able to test on a mobile device right away the current development state from your machine, before even committing the changes, is very convenient. […]
Read MoreTough title. Basically, I’ll share here my experience in setting up GDB to work with CLion on a MacOS (HighSierra) to debug C programs running on a Centos in a Vagrant (Virtualbox) machine. The first step, download GDB source code on your MacOS and compile it like this (from inside the source code folder): ./configure […]
Read MoreAfter spending several days trying methods I found on various sites, I gave up and decided to put to work my electronics skills. So, here it is the setup which worked for me on the following configuration: RepRapDiscount Full Graphic Smart Controller (12864) Arduino DUE with RADDS Repetier firmware (current version 0.92.9)
Read MoreToday I encountered a situation where I had to add a product to cart by code. Here is how I did it: $id = ‘1’; //Product Id $qty = ‘1’; //Quantity $_product = Mage::getModel(‘catalog/product’)->load($id); $cart = Mage::getModel(‘checkout/cart’); $cart->init(); $cart->addProduct($_product, array(‘qty’ => $qty)); $cart->save(); Mage::getSingleton(‘checkout/session’)->setCartWasUpdated(true);
Read MoreThis extension will add a tooltip field in attribute editor and options editor. You can enter in this field even a CMS block id or a simple text to be used as tooltip. This will display a small tooltip icon right next to the Attribute or Option name. By hovering or clicking this icon the […]
Read MoreWanted to add some CSS or JS to a specific page but don’t know what handle it has? Add the following after <body> in your main template (Eg: 1column.phtml): <?php Zend_Debug::dump(Mage::app()->getLayout()->getUpdate()->getHandles()); ?> Or better, use this extension.
Read MoreIn case you want to reload the order success page, to implement some template changes, you’ve observed that this is not possible. There is an easy way to make this possible. A small core hack. Don’t forget to revert the changes as soon as you’re done with the order success page reloading. In /app/code/core/Mage/Checkout/controllers/OnepageController.php public […]
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