Imthiaz Blog

Qik 2s9v1 + Proximity Sensor + Gear motor with Arduino

Imthiaz — Mon, 16 Apr 2012 21:29:10 +0000

For the past two days I have literally lost my patience with Qik 2s9v1 dual serial motor controller. I have referred so many website and I could not make this controller work. After hours of searching I found this library … Continue reading →

EasyDriver + Stepper Motor with Arduino

Imthiaz — Mon, 09 Apr 2012 23:51:31 +0000

Today was a busy shopping day in Deira, Dubai. Finally found a location where I can buy electronic stuffs like resistors, capacitors, LED etc. The things I bought today was Regulated Power Supply Soldering Station Once I was home, I … Continue reading →

Liquid Crystal Display with Ardunio

Imthiaz — Sun, 08 Apr 2012 20:45:13 +0000

The learning process with Arduino continues… Last week I had ordered bunch of goodies from Sparkfun, and today morning I received them. I tried to assemble few circuits, but I understood I need to get a decent soldering station to … Continue reading →

Temperature Sensor with Arduino & LED

Imthiaz — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:34:19 +0000

This is a mini project using Arduino. This uses a temperature sensor and Arduino Uno. Reference: SparkFun Inventor’s Kit Sample Project – 02, SparkFun Inventor’s Kit Sample Project – 10

Upgrading RAM for my 27 inch iMac mid 2011

Imthiaz — Sun, 25 Mar 2012 16:30:34 +0000

I had 4GB RAM which was the default when I bought the mac. After upgrading to Mac OS Lion I really needed more memory, Especially when I am working with Xcode. Local cost was around AED 580 (160 USD) for … Continue reading →

Imthiaz’s Blog powered by Amazon CloudFront

Imthiaz — Sat, 24 Mar 2012 19:42:19 +0000

I have been experimenting with Amazon Web Services for sometime. I was successful in offloading media traffic with the help of Amazon S3 and Amazon CloudFront plugin for WordPress. But it was never enough. Please don’t think my blog traffic … Continue reading →

AWS – Adding extra EBS volume to your EC2 instance

Imthiaz — Fri, 16 Mar 2012 14:03:15 +0000

When you boot an Amazon Linux EC2 instance it boots with a 8GB EBS volume. If you need more space you need to add additional drives. This article can help with that...

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Amazon IAM Policy – Readonly Access to single s3 bucket

Imthiaz — Mon, 05 Mar 2012 14:42:01 +0000

IAM policy can be used to give readonly access to a single S3 bucket in Amazon cloud for a particular user.

Koothanallur Home Construction Updates as on 01-Feb-2012

Imthiaz — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 14:01:59 +0000

Publicis Groupe Acquires Flip Media, Leading Middle Eastern Digital Agency

Imthiaz — Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:34:18 +0000

Publicis Groupe announced today its acquisition of Flip Media, a leading digital agency in the Middle East. The agency will be folded into Leo Burnett Worldwide and will retain its name. Founded in 2003 and headquartered in Dubai (UAE), Flip … Continue reading →