3D Printing with Delta Printers

I am very pleased to announce my latest book, "3D Printing with Delta Printers" (Apress 2015). This book is focused entirely on delta printers including how to properly, build, configure, calibrate, use, and maintain your delta printer. The book is a companion to my "Building and Maintaining Your 3D Printer" (Apress 2014).

You can find both books in bookstores and online book retailers.

Enjoy!

New! MySQL Connector/Arduino release-1.0.4 GA and Documentation

After several iterations and a long period of community evaluation, I am happy to report I've released the newest, stable release of the MySQL Connector/Arduino. This library is designed to allow you to connect your Arduino via an Ethernet or WiFi shield to a MySQL database server running on your network (or the Internet!).

New Documentation!

Best of all, I've written a reference manual that includes examples of how to use the connector in a variety of ways. Included in the document are advice on how to write your sketches, troubleshooting tips, and a long FAQ compiled from the many questions from my blogs.

Changes

The only code change in this release is to fix a defect when using the connector with the latest versions of MySQL.

Downloading the Connector

To download the connector library and the new reference manual, visit lp:mysql-arduino.

For More Information

As a reminder, there is a forum for Q&A which can be found here. I try to check and respond to forum entries weekly.

Happy Arduino!

Announcing MySQL Utilities release-1.6.1 Alpha!

The MySQL Utilities Team is pleased to announce a new alpha release of MySQL Utilities. This release includes a number of improvements for useabilty, stability, and a few enhancements. A complete list of all improvements can be found in our release notes.

New Enhancements!

This release represents a stable release of the product. Along with several defect patches, we also include the following enhancements.

Improved support for MySQL 5.7 early releases
Improved output for mysqldbcompare
Improved SSL support

New Utilities!

This release also has three new utilities for you to try out:

mysqlslavetrx - skip transactions on one or more slaves to solve errant transactions and consistency errors - docs
mysqlbinlogpurge - purge old binary logs - docs
mysqlbinlogrotate - rotate the binary logs - docs

How Can I Download MySQL Utilities?

You can download MySQL Utilities 1.6.1 Alpha from the following link using one of the pre-built installation repositories including a source download. Click on "Development Releases" to see the 1.6.1 release downloads.

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/tools/utilities/

Where is the Documentation?

You can find online documentation for MySQL Utilities version 1.6 at:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/index-utils-fabric.html

Announcing MySQL Utilities release-1.5.4 GA!

The MySQL Utilities Team is pleased to announce the general availability (GA) release of MySQL Utilities. This release includes a number of improvements for useabilty, stability, and a few enhancements. A complete list of all improvements can be found in our release notes.

New Enhancements!

 

This release represents a stable release of the product. Along with several defect patches, we also include the following enhancements.

• Improved support for MySQL 5.7 early releases
• Improved output for mysqldbcompare
• Improved SSL support

How Can I Download MySQL Utilities?

You can download MySQL Utilities 1.5.2 GA from the following link using one of the pre-built installation repositories including a source download.

http://dev.mysql.com/downloads/tools/utilities/

Where is the Documentation?

You can find online documentation for MySQL Utilities version 1.5 at:

http://dev.mysql.com/doc/index-utils-fabric.html

New! Connector/Arduino release-1.0.3-rc is ready!

I've completed a new release of the Connector/Arduino! The new release contains some minor improvements as follows.

• Code has been changed slightly to help with long latency issues over wifi and slow connections.
• A new cleanup method was added to cleanup a final OK packet after a stored procedure call with a result.
• Code now compiles without errors for the latest Beta Arduino IDE (const error).

Enjoy!