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The UAL IoT network is set up for devices that cannot authenticate to UAL-WiFi or eduroam because they don't support WPA Enterprise (802.1x) authentication using a username and password. Or because, like with Raspberry Pi, configuration is prohibitively compli...

MQTT is a networking protocol that uses a 'publish-subscribe' model (where some machines 'publish' data to an endpoint, and others subscribe to that data stream) to share data. It's commonly used to share networked sensor data. We run a MQTT server at the CCI,...

Join us on a virtual tour of our Greencoat Building, at any point feel free to stop and navigate around just like Google Street View.

Apporto is a system used for remote access Cyber Security Labs. GN3 User guide Apporto Guide

Nerve Lab was part-funded in 2023 by the Regional Investment Fund. Combining the latest in wearable neuroimaging technology, motion capture and AI-powered performer/audience analytics, Nerve Lab will provide a space for teams from across industry and UAL to de...

These notes are based on a workshop run by Agnes Cameron, and were developed as part of B Claxton and Eva Sajovic's Hack'n the Knit workshop series. These instructions are based on a tutorial for making two-stage astable oscillators on the website Electronics ...

Dobot Magician V2 What is it? The Dobot magician is a 4 Degree of Freedom robotic arm. What can it do? Some use cases of the Dobot Magician consist of: Drawing of writing using its pen end-effecotr. Pick and place using its suction or fingered gripper. Basi...

One of the most common issues with accessing UAL websites is that people have changed the DNS settings of their computer to use Google's (8.8.8.8) or Cloudflare's (1.1.1.1) public DNS for privacy or speed reasons. Symptoms The internet works fine, but you cann...

For Windows: If your laptop is new, and you have never used it to compile a Python file, it is most likely that it does not have it installed already, but it is always good practice to check first. Open your Windows terminal. For Windows, you can access diffe...

Safety guidelines This robot requires an induction before you use it for the first time. If you have not completed this induction, please contact Rohit Ramesh Thampy on slack Please remove any loose jewelry or clothing before working with this robot. If yo...

If you are brand new to the Python programming language, you first need to have it properly installed on your computer. To run a Python program, you will need a Python interpreter. If you try to install Python from the official page python.org, you are essenti...

NOTE: Mac OS no longer has a pre-installed version of Python in their systems (Starting from macOS Catalina). For Mac users, there are different ways to install Python: by going to the official Python page and installing it directly from t...

What is it? QTrobot is described an expressive humanoid social robot. What can it do? Using its inbuilt functions and APIs you can get it do some interesting things. Have a look at its competences page to get a full understanding of its capabalities. Powering...

What is it? The Turtlebot 4 is the latest addition to the Turtlebot series, which is a popular robotics research and education platform. The Turtlebot 4 shares the same base as the iRobot Create 3 and it is powered by ROS2 (Robot Operating System 2). For refer...

What is it? The 3pi+ 32U4 (standard edition) by Pololu is an ATmega32U4 micrcontroller based programmable modile robot. The micrcontroller powering this robot is the same one that is present in an Arduino Leonardo and Arduino Micro. To find out more about this...

Image files captured using digital cameras often contain a large amount of information about how and where they were taken, the type of camera that took them, and other information about the image. This is called the 'exif metadata', and it is standard across ...

There are loads of different ways to put your work online, and trying to figure out what will work for you can be quite overwhelming. The good news is, depending on what you are trying to do, most approaches will work! The approach you take will depend on what...

For the beginner who just started physical computing, there is always an unavoidable challenge - "How to solder?" On this page, we will try to show you the basic knowledge of how to solder, what equipment we have, and what the general process you can do in CCI...

Safety guidelines This robot requires an induciton before you use it for the first time. If you have not completed this induction, please contact Rohit Ramesh Thampy on slack Users must be 18 or over to use this robot. Always ensure to follow the risk asse...

Global and Virtual environments Now that we have installed Python, we mentioned that it comes with certain pre-installed basic libraries. But what happens when you want to use Python for a specific task and need to install additional packages? For this, Python...