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Street Name Signs in India is usually dual language. The English part is a transliterated version. 2

Almost Everything You Need to Know About Kannada Transliteration

Table of Contents1 Standards2 Unicode CLDR and ICU projects3 Transliteration4 How to type Accents and Symbols5 Footnotes Wikipedia says Transliteration is a type of conversion of a text from one script to another that involves swapping letters (thus trans- + liter-) in predictable ways. For Kannada we usually use Latin letters to represent1...

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Configuring HC-05 using NodeMCU and Performing Transparent Serial Communication

As you know I have been experimenting around Bluetooth. Until now it’s mostly on Bluetooth Low Energy (BLE) which I think is much easier to understand and implement[1 At the application level]. Last few weeks I have been exploring the Classic Bluetooth, specially Serial Port Profile (SPP). This is when I found out...

Image Credit: Espressif Systems. ESP32 is created and developed by Espressif Systems. 1

ESP32 – BLE : Building an Echo Service GATT Server

As you would know I use ESP8266 in every possible way. It’s probably the cheapest board with Wifi chip built-in. When I heard about ESP32, it was a dream come true. ESP32 packs both Wifi and BLE in one single module for less than $10. Given the size of developer fan following 8266...

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Building HOPCOMS Fruit/Veg Rate API using CouchDB

I love HOPCOMS stores. There are quite a few stores across Bangalore. They are popular for fresh vegetables and fruits. The Horticultural Producers’ Co-operative Marketing and Processing Society Ltd. or HOPCOMS was established with the principal objective of establishing a proper system for the marketing of fruits and vegetables; one that benefits both...

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Notes from IBM Code Day – Bangalore – 2018

This was my first IBM Code Day. I had never been to one and the idea of meeting other IBM Champions excited me. Just wanted to know who they were and what they were up to. Code Day also promised some demos and talks that were interesting. I am going to talk about...

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How I built A Quick Dashboard for #SpeakForMe Campaign

#SpeakForMe is a campaign to petition Indian MPs, Banks, Mobile operators and other service providers to speak for you against the Aadhaar linking coercion. You can go to #SpeakForMe to send your petition. As part of campaign I built a quick and dirty dashboard for the emails sent. This is a quick note...