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Some old articles I had published in online/print magazines. Also, some articles published by my students (some of the links may be dead).

Print Articles

My articles published in the Indian Linux magazine, Linux For You

• Hack a microcontroller with GNU/Linux (online)
• Hack a mobile phone with Linux and Python (Online)
• Let’s build a toy thumb drive (Online)
• Tracing tricks with ptrace (Online)
• Filesystem Fun with FUSE (Online)
• Exploring Numeric with Pygame and Matplotlib (Online)
• Fun with Real-Time Linux and LED’s
• Linux on Mars?? (You know, I have a sense of humour…)
• Web Cam Control with RTAI
• Joystick, LED’s, …

My GNU/Linux Docs

• Linux Kernel Notes
  • Download Gzipped PostScript File

My Lego Docs

• Programming LegOS (Gzipped PostScript file)
• Programming LeJOS (Gzipped PostScript file)

My Linux Gazette Articles

• Learning to Program with Dr.Scheme
• PowerPC Assembly Programming on the Mac Mini
• Measure CPU Fan Speed with an RTAI/LXRT Stroboscope!
• Experimental Physics with Phoenix and Python
• Functional Programming with Python
• AMD64 Linux Kernel and the NX bit
• Dissecting the ACPI Button Driver in kernel 2.6
• Experiments with kernel 2.6 on a Hyperthreaded Pentium 4
• Thinking about caching
• Simple Joystick control of a servo motor with RTAI/Linux
• Python Generator Tricks
• Let’s build a Cool Linux Toy
• Mathematical Explorations with Scilab/Linux
• A simple pulse width modulation trick with Linux/RTAI
• Servo motors, Linux/RTAI and other fun stuff
• Linux Through an Oscilloscope
• Programming the SA1110 Watchdog timer on the Simputer
• Fun with Simputer and Embedded Linux
• Special Method Attributes in Python
• Exploring parsing and virtual machines with Python
• Static checking of C programs with LCLint
• Using SWIG to interface scripting languages with C/C++

LDP HOWTO’s written by students

Here are a few HOWTO’s written by my students from Govt Engineering College, Trichur (GEC). Some of them are part of the Linux Documentation Project.

• CI UML HOWTO
• GCC Frontend HOWTO
• RTLinux HOWTO
• Valgrind HOWTO

LG Articles written by students

Here are a few Linux Gazette articles written by my GEC students:

• uClinux on Blackfin BF533 Stamp - A DSP Linux Port
• Stepper motor driver for your Linux computer
• Digital Speed Control with RTAI/Linux
• Shelling your Linux box with Festival
• Experiments with the Linux kernel: process segments
• Lexical closures in C
• Compiling the Linux kernel
• Writing your own shell
• Discover the hidden 8 bit Sound card in your PC
• Understanding Threading in Python
• Inter process communication - Part 2
• Inter process communication - Part 1
• Process tracing with ptrace
• Process tracing with ptrace - Part 2
• Handling Power Status Using snmptrapd
• Writing your own toy OS - Part 1
• Rapid Application development using PyGtk
• Writing your own toy OS - Part 2
• Writing your own toy OS - Part 3