Untar tar, gz, xz files
Modern tar does not require you to know special tags for special endings, but it recognizes most of .tar,.tar.gz,.tar.xz file extensions and you can easily extract the content using command:
tar -xf fulltarnameUncompressing tar files is simple as that in terminal. (more...)
Nucleo-F401RE UART serial debugging port
There are many guides around internet but none really tell you that you can get serial output (or printf) through ST-Link debugging tool. As usual for serial ports you will need to install program that prints COM port data. (more...)
Download videos from YouTube and convert to mp3 in Linux terminal
Did you ever wanted to download video from YouTube to listen of it on your mobile while you do not have internet access? And of course you are in Linux as it is simplest to work with Andorid phones. To download video from Youtube the good program is youtube-dl and to convert it you will use avconv (former ffmpeg). (more...)
Beginner STM32 Nucleo F401RE Tutorial mbed
I have gotten ST new mbed.org programmable Nucleo F401RE development board which is also Arudino compatible. It shows the amount of dedication ST has put into this board to make Cortex core even more accessible to newbies. (more...)