FC's Free Software

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Here is some free software, it comes with absolutely no warranty and minimal support. I am interested in hearing about bugs.

All of these programs have been licensed and released under version 2 of the GNU General Public License (GPL) as open-source software.

Linux Audio CD Burning Utilities

A collection of shell scripts and Python programs for working with audio CDs under Linux. These utilities work with (and require) the free software packages Broadcast 2000 (Now called Cinelerra), ecasound, sox, cdparanoia, and cdrdao. The scripts help with transferring DAT tapes to CD, copying CDs, performing stereo volume normalization, etc. This is a fairly unpolished collection of software. It is not complete by any means, but it contains some useful utilities.

binaud.tar.gz Source Code (dated April 24, 2007)

Unix File Date Watcher

The fwatch utility camps on a named file and runs a specified script when the file's date changes.

fwatch.tar.gz C Source Code

Unix X11 Color Table Editor

This program is very useful for manipulating color tables under various Unix operating systems. It only works under an 8 bit color model, which goes back to the Sun/Solaris system that it was developed under. The program compiles under Linux, to use xacte, start the Linux X server with the -bpp 8 option to use the 8 bit pseudocolor mode.

xacte-1.3.tar.gz Source Code

Davis WWW Weather Station

This code is used to connect a Davis Weather Monitor II to a Linux computer running Linux. It is known to work on Red Hat and Ubuntu Linux. The data is stored as one ASCII formated file per day. Version 2.3 was released February 18, 2006. The file maxmin.py is a Python language program that makes an html table with current, maximum, and minimum data values for the last 24 hours.

dv2.3.tar.bz2 C Source Code

maxmin.py Python Source Code

Bandpass Filter Calculator

Here is a C program for calculating 2 pole Radio Frequency bandpass filters for use in the short wave bands and beyond. The program should work on any machine that can compile C. It is useful for designing ham radio filters.

bpf.tar.gz Source Code

Linux Cross Assemblers

Here is a list of free Motorola 68XX cross-assemblers and other microprocessor development resources for Unix and Linux environments.

DOS Fractal Generator

Here's an ancient DOS executable program that generates random fractals and hopalong curves, it's a bit dated, but it makes nice screen art.

mandala17.zip Binary

Check out FC's Electronic Circuits page, there are a few free programs associated with some of the projects there. My Morse Code Beacon Keyer project has a C program that generates morse code memory images.

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