Fsc2 is a program for controlling spectrometers. Experiments are done by interpretation of scripts written in a simple language, EDL. Devices are handled via modules in order to allow easy integration of new devices. More than 50 devices are supported, connected via serial port, GPIB, LAN, or USB as well as data acquisition cards, etc. The state of an experiment can be remotely monitored via a built-in Web server. This version adds;

• Bugs were fixed for several device modules;
• Changes were made to allow compilation with the newest version of bison;
• Support for a few new devices was added.

Veusz is a scientific plotting and graphing package written in Python designed to create publication-ready Postscript or PDF output. It uses PyQt4 for display and user-interfaces, and numpy for handling the numeric data. It can create line graphs, XY plots, histograms, shapes, images and contour plots. Graphs are constructed from components, allowing complex layouts to be designed. Datasets can be interactively modified or created from within the program and the plots are built using an object-based system to provide a consistent interface. Some features include:

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AVR32 is a fairly new 32bit microcontroller core developed by Atmel. Design goals were high integration, low power consumption and a modern 32bit instruction set. Fortunately, Atmel decided to implement an AVR32 backend for the GCC compiler collection and to base the AVR32Studio IDE on Eclipse. AVR32 Studio is a free Integrated Development Environment (IDE) for AVR32 that enables you to write, build, deploy and debug your C/C++ and assembler code so that high-quality development software is for free for Linux. A new version of AVR32 Studio has been released; it is an upgrade of the 2.x.x series adding a few new features and fixes some bugs, e.g.;

Heyu provides a command line interface to communicate with the CM11A hardware module from X10. Heyu can be run from cron to automate lights, sprinklers, etc., or can store macros and timers in the CM11A memory for standalone operation. Auxiliary input is supported from MR26A, W800RF32A, and RFXCOM X10 RF receivers for X10, X10 Security, RFXSensor, RFXMeter, Oregon, and DigiMax RF signals (subject to the capabilities of the receiver). Version 2.7.0 of Heyu adds new features, enhancements and fixes various bug, e.g.:

• Added support for Oregon Wind, Rain, and UV sensors;
• Added support for the Electrisave CM113 Electricity Monitor sensor;
• Added module type KR18 for the Marmitek Security Remote keyfob hich adds four new button functions AkeyOn/Off and BkeyOn/Off.

The complete list of changes is available in the file release_notes.txt and here.