Globalement un bon produit, mais je suis un peu partagé, voire un peu déçu; pour ce niveau de prix l’expérience utilisateur devrait être meilleure selon moi, j’espère qu’il y aura des améliorations prochainement, et qu’ils feront mieux avec le 3
Commentaires/Evaluations
Positif
+ Très fin et léger + Ecriture fluide + Bonnes options d’écriture (types de crayons/stylos etc) + L’envoi par mail en plusieurs formats au choix est fonctionnel + La charge semble bien tenir
A améliorer
– Actions touch assez peu réactif, déplacer un bloc n’est pas fluide du tout, fermeture d’un document, sélection d’outils etc. manque de réactivité – Prix très élevé – Intégration Google Drive bancale, mauvaise expérience; ne permet pas de définir un dossier par défaut vers lequel envoyer les notes, export uniquement en PDF… et pour avoir un accès illimité à cette fonctionalité bancale il faut payer ? Il faudrait améliorer cela avant d’en faire un business… – L’export de plusieurs fichier simultanément en SVG n’est pas possible dans l’App PC, incompréhensible – Pas possible d’envoyer 2 fichiers en même temps depuis la tablette, l’option ‘Send’ disparaît lorsqu’on sélectionne plusieurs fichiers – Fonction Export de la tablette pas claire, parfois il propose l’esport vers ‘MyFiles’, parfois vers le cloud … (un truc que je n’ai pas compris?) – Les Apps (PC/Android) ne semble pas amener grand chose
En bref pour un prix aussi élevé j’espérait mieux de cette solution, assez limitée, produit trop ‘fermé’ selon moi, il aurait fallu investir plus dans le produit et les fonctionalités et moins dans le marketing (qui fait un peu croire à un produit parfait…) J’espère pouvoir réviser certaines opinions lors de prochaines mises à jour du produit…
Apairage du bracelet sans problème Apairage du brassard est restée figé, après un certain temps j’ai fini par forcer la fermeture de l’app et après redémarrage tout OK (bacelet FW 1.8, brassard FW 1.6)
App très claire et simple, en bref fait bien le job, mesures régulières (sauf bien sûr durant plages très actives comme on doit être tranquille pour prendre une tension)
Commentaire/suggestions
Il faut parfois forcer la fermeture de l’app et la réouvrir pour que la connexion se fasse à nouveau
La fermeture/boucle du bracelet pourrait être améliorée (un peu plus d’espace entre les bords de la boucle et le bracelet) pour simplifier la fixation, (comme on doit l’enlever au moins une fois par jour pour la douche)
Une prise de tension manuelle pour référence contextuelle pourrait avoir une vraie valeur ajoutée, hors statistiques, juste pour une évaluation complémentaire, avec possibilité d’y assigner une note (p.ex. stress, sport, café, etc.). Ceci dit une prise manuelle avec le brassard est possible
Il manque clairement la possibilité d’exporter les mesures dans un format exploitable pour analyse plus détaillée (cvs pour analyse Excel p.ex.)
Update on the series, now FreeCAD 016 is out, time to compile it on OpenSuse Leap 42.1. Few change, I had to add a repository to have a minimum version 1.55 for boost-devel. The dependencies needed are here.
So let’s go again, to the command line, this is what I did :
tar -zxvf freeCAD..... (name of file)
cd freeCAD..... (name of directory where it has been extracted to)
And launch compilation (This took some time even on a good NB with SSD, 20GB RAM and a Quad Core CPU, it only uses 1 core, no more than 4GB RAM and little HDD writes. You can follow the progress in %
Yet another update, this time it is FreeCAD 015 installation on OpenSuse Leap 42.1. Last post was 015 on 13.2. – There are not many changes really, merely the repositories. Unfortunately, FreeCAD is not in the official OpenSUSE repositories and the packages I found didn’t work for me :-/
As said in past posts, FreeCAD is a very good Open Source 3D CAD program, I use it sometimes to make 3D objects I print, and sometimes post on Thingiverse, and as far as I could see, the package ready for OpenSUSE has some issues, so I decided to compile myself, based on information I found here and there (i.e. http://www.freecadweb.org /wiki/index.php?title=CompileOnUnix) and by trying out, looking at results and error messages. As said before it may not be complete or perfect, but that worked for me on a fresh OpenSUSE Leap 42.1 install
So let’s go again, to the command line, this is what I did :
Let’s add sources for dependencies (that is quick) :
‘Trust’ sources when asked for
cd
sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ PythonDev
sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ Games
sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_Leap_42.1/ KDE:Extra
Refresh repositories (that takes a bit longer)
sudo zypper refresh
And launch installation of dependencies (that is longer)
This is an update of my article about installing version 014 on OpenSUSE 13.2 – Now it’s 015’s turn to be compiled on OpenSuse 13.2 – There are some minor changes compared to previous versions.
As said in last post, FreeCAD is a very good Open Source 3D CAD program, I use it sometimes to make 3D objects I print, and sometimes post on Thingiverse, and as far as I could see, the package ready for OpenSUSE has some issues, so I decided to compile myself, based on information I found here and there (i.e. http://www.freecadweb.org /wiki/index.php?title=CompileOnUnix) and by trying out, looking at results and error messages. It may not be complete or perfect, but that worked for me on a fresh OpenSUSE 13.2 install
So let’s go again, to the command line, this is what I did :
Let’s add sources for dependencies (that is quick) :
‘Trust’ sources when asked for
cd
sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/devel:/languages:/python/openSUSE_13.2/ PythonDev
sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_13.2/ Games
sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_13.2/ KDE:Extra
Refresh repositories (that takes a bit longer)
sudo zypper refresh
And launch installation of dependencies (that is longer)
The idea of this project is to build a vacuum cleaner ‘module’ for Thymio II.
The challenge is to find or build the proper parts so as it is as simple as possible, and in the idea to challenge everyone interested, to submit and test code that would allow Thymio II to cover a room as fast as possible, making only usage of the integrated sensors and features of Thymio II.
NB : The challenge goes beyond the scope of the initial thoughts that are described, the parts made hereafter need to be changed, the suction system is too poor at this stage, and needs a replacement (probably based on cyclone separator) as it sucks only very tiny dust, the current system induces turbulence in the dust container (fluid dynamics) and thus not ready for prime time.
I’m working on it and testing but any proposal is welcome 🙂
So for this, let’s start with the ‘making’
The ‘making’
Thymio II has of course the possibility to be extended with Lego parts. As there are some constraints I decided to also use 3D printed parts, as well as, of course, some other parts for aspiration
3D printed parts
I designed the 3D printed parts with FreeCAD 014. I used FreeCAD because it is off-line (not a Cloud solution which would need permanent Internet connection), and because I used it before, thus know it a bit, and also because it is multi platform (Windows, OSX, Linux).
The parts where made with the ‘Parts’ module of FreeCAD, only using primitives with fusions and cuts. It’s quick and dirty, and an expert would probably do much better.
I designed 3 parts :
The hose (front aspiration part)
The dust container
The top cover for the dust container, which holds an aspiration system and the batteries. This will depend on the suction system adopted
I printed these parts with my Solidoodle 2 3D printer. It’s not the best today but works fine for the purpose. You might have to use a 5mm diameter drill to ‘rework’ the Lego holes, depending on how precise the 3D printer is
Lego
For the Lego part I tried to make it simple and easy to remove.
Once assembled with the other parts, the whole vacuum cleaner module can be easily removed from Thymio II as one piece.
I used LDD (Lego Digital Designer) to generate the assembly instructions and list of needed Lego bricks. You can of course use other bricks to have the same result if you don’t have the bricks listed.
I used a flexible pipe to ‘connect’ the front aspiration part to the dust container as seen on picture.
This can usually be found in pet shops where you can buy aquariums, I used 4 pipes, 13 cm long and with a diameter of 10 mm
Suction system (motor)
This is probably the most challenging part. The Suction system is mounted on the top cover of the dust container. It is made by a ventilator/motor/turbin and a battery pack. I tested several ones, but at this time the performance is still poor. Depending on the aspiration surface, type of engine and rotor, as well as the motor power, the results vary a lot, there are unwanted side effects. Furthermore, as adding a filter will even more reduce the suction, I may have to develop a ‘cyclone’ system.
The Code
The code is another big thing. The current tests base on the Thymio II ‘Explorer’ mode (yellow). I will probably base the code on it and adapt it. It will be an interesting challenge to write optimal code so as Vacuumio covers as much as possible of a room as fast as possible.
This is a quick visual guide on how to open this all in on computer. I spent some time fiddling aroud to find the scres and clips. I hope this will help those who want to give a new life to this computer by adding (changin) RAP or replacing the slow 5400 RPM Hard Drive by a faster SSD on SSHD
So here is what the model looks like
Front
Back (sorry for the fuzzy image)
There are 9 screws to remove to open it, 2 are visible, the next 3 under the cache situated under the stand
One the cache removed you can access the 3 next screws and remove the stand
You now need to remove the cache on the DVD drive by simply but gently pulling it, you can then access the next 2 screws
Al last, remove the rubber parts at the bottom of the screen, and you can access the last 2 screws to open it
Here is a visual so as you can see where the clips are, this was not simple to find but you must unclip it with, ie a screw driver or so
Inside of it you can access the hard drive directly by removing 1 screw, or the memory by removing several more screws (not all shown by arrow) and take off the main plate
This is not very precise but I hope it can help; as I didn’t find any instruction or manual on the web I wanted to share at least some info.
This is an update… sort of, of the article from February which was about installing version 013 on OpenSUSE 13.1 (that was in French, decided to post this one in English)
As said in last post, FreeCAD is a very good Open Source 3D CAD program, I use it sometimes to make 3D objects I print, and sometimes post on Thingiverse, and as far as I could see, the package ready for OpenSUSE has some issues, so I decided to compile myself, based on information I found here and there (i.e. http://www.freecadweb.org /wiki/index.php?title=CompileOnUnix) and by trying out, looking at results and error messages. It may not be complete or perfect, but that worked for me on a fresh OpenSUSE 13.2 install
So let’s go, to the command line, this is what I did :
Let’s add sources for dependencies (that is quick) :
‘Trust’ sources when asked for
cd
sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/games/openSUSE_13.2/ Games
sudo zypper addrepo http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/KDE:/Extra/openSUSE_13.2/ KDE:Extra
Refresh repositories (that takes a bit longer)
sudo zypper refresh
And launch installation of dependencies (that is longer)
