Tux Droid is a

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wireless

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mascot (210mm × 180mm × 140mm - with lowered wings) with a programmable interface, allowing it to announce events by its gestures and by ALSA driven sound. The events are detected by specific gadgets, which are handled by the Tux Gadget Manager. The Tux Droid supports

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2.4 or later and needs an 800 MHz

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and 128 MB

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. Communication from Tux Droid to the computer is via signalling operating in the 802.11 WLAN band, but not compatible with

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. The receiver resembles a plastic fish, and connects to the host computer's

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port. An infrared remote control is supplied; signals from this are received by Tux Droid and sent to the host software over the wireless link. For media detection it needs an internet connection. The mascot is driven by

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RISC microcontrollers. The new version supports also Windows-based PCs. The Tux Droid can be used with

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and

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(both at 32 Bit).

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Kysoh society has filed for bankruptcy in August 2010. Official sites are unavailable. Two communities are available to get help and information on Tux Droid.

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homepage of Tux Droid

Tuxdroid-community – Unofficial Community
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joelmatteotti at github
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