These instructions are to use an SD card as extra storage on your beaglebone black. The beaglebone boots from internal memory and has micro SD card available for storage. I used a Ubuntu operating system (running inside Virtual Box) to format the SD card and create the uEnv.txt file that tells the BBB not to...Continue Reading
Host machine running Windows 7 VB machine running Ubuntu Task at hand: Increase disk space of VB machine1. Open up command prompt in host machine Navigate to C:\Program Files\Oracle\VirtualBox Type the following command: VBoxManage modifyhd “C:/PATH/VB_HARD_DISK.vdi” –resize SIZE_IN_MB (Ref: http://askubuntu.com/questions/88647/how-do-i-increase-the-hard-disk-size-of-the-virtual-machine) 2. New hard drive space will be unallocated and has to be merged into the original hard disk....Continue Reading
In Non-Engineering Speak The following post explains a communication protocol used to transfer data between two devices synchronously. Data is transferred serially, which means one bit at a time. Due to its special design, at a particular time, as a device is transmitting a particular bit, it also receives a bit from the other device....Continue Reading
Head of electric vehicle association says group is “quite confused and we are seeking clarification from the government” Rebecca Bundhun- The National, Updated: February 17, 2018 05:16 PM Sohinder Gill, the director of corporate affairs at the Society of Manufacturers of Electric Vehicles (SMEV), which represents Indian electric vehicle (EV) and electric vehicle components makers, talks...Continue Reading
Dyson plans to enter electric cars business :Best known for slick-looking vacuum cleaners and hand dryers, James Dyson has already stated his intentions to tackle a completely different machine — the electric car. Dyson is planning a trio of new EVs for the next decade that will also adopt a solid-state battery pack, , embarking...Continue Reading
The EV mission is currently in a flux, caught between the politics, bureaucracy and the industry. On more than one occasion, the ministers have reportedly talking of withdrawing subsidy, citing 12% GST(against 28% of IC engine vehicles) as incentive enough for EV proliferation. The bureaucracy is in a tussle on who would be the guardian...Continue Reading
Electric Buses Will Take Over Half the World Fleet by 2025. The number of electric buses will triple within seven years, and virtually all of them will be in China. The total number of electric buses in service is forecast to more than triple, from 386,000 last year to about 1.2 million in 2025, equal to...Continue Reading
It is difficult to predict the the Lithium prices over a 5 years horizon. Some analysts say that the prices may harden over 5 to 7 years , primarily due to China controlling the raw material prices and the world demand surging. However we can quite definitely forecast the 2 to 3 years price trends...Continue Reading
Flex Engine bikes, capable of running on 100% petrol as well as 100% ethanol will be introduced in India soon as per the Federal Minister Gadkari. The Minister is said to have been making such revolutionary statements before, only some of them have seen actual traction. Gogoro Inc, the Taiwanese electric scooter maker backed by former US vice president...Continue Reading
Power Minister R K Singh on Wednesday made a pitch for tax incentives for electric vehicles and said the ministry will soon come out with regulations for promoting e-mobility in the country. The power ministry will also do away with cross subsidy in the proposed power tariff policy to promote e-mobility, as nobody will buy power at Rs...Continue Reading
