Nanodesktop (previous version here) is updated once again with several additions such as support of TrueType font and compression/decompression of zip files. If you're a PSP homebrew developer you should check out pegasus2000's Nanodesktop. The changelog in the full article.


Download: Nanodesktop 0.3.4
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Developer Pegasus2000 visited the QJ.NET Forums earlier to announce the release of Nanodesktop Blind Assistant CFW0002. This homebrew's updated build will carry improved algorithms for its facial recognition feature, as well as a new room recognition function. The rest of the changelog is available in the full article.


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Those searching for examples of programs related to Pegasus2000's Nanodesktop software development kit may want to look at bigboss' Nanodesktop Audio Recorder as an example. Using the GoCam's microphone, this application just adds even more functionality to your Sony PSP. Check out the full article for more details.

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Developer Pegasus2000 dropped by the QJ.NET PSP Development forums to announce the the first official release of Blind Assistant for the PSP. This application's latest build now carries support for the Sony Go!Cam accessory. Other details are available in the full article.

Download:Blind Assistant CFW0001 (first official release)
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Is it coincidence that developer Andrea Badiali (a.k.a. andbad) has released an update to Visual Application, now compatible with CFWs and the PSP Slim thanks to the Nanodesktop update.

If you remember, Visual Application is the first third-party Nanodesktop program that provides applications like a text-to-speech synthesizer and MP3 graphical player. The program is now on version 0.2.

Check out the full article to check out what's new with the program.

Download: Visual Application v0.2
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Developer Filippo Battaglia (otherwise known as Pegasus2000) dropped by our forums to give us the latest on the Nanodesktop Software Development Kit, now on version 0.3.3.

For those who've missed out on the previous releases, Nanodesktop provides homebrew developers with a set of libraries to make coding easier. Check out the full article to find out what's new.


Download: Nanodesktop SDK v0.3.3
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Homebrew developer pegasus2000 dropped by the QJ.NET PSP Development Forum and informed us about a proof-of-concept video that shows the SIFT algorithm working under the Playstation Portable.

For those not quite familiar with it, SIFT stands for Scale-invariant feature transform and is one of the many computer vision algorithms that are used for extracting distinctive features from images. Watch the video after the jump!

If you want to talk about versatile Software Development Kits (SDK) for the PSP then you've probably come across Filippo Battaglia's (aka Pegasus2000) Nanodesktop. The developer has recently released a new demo program which supports the SQLLite library and is compatible with both Nanodesktop and PSPE.

Read more about this new demo released for Nanodesktop after the jump!

Download: Nanodesktop SQLLite Demo 5

PSP homebrew developer Andrea Badiali has just release the beta build for Visual Application v.0.1. This application is a based on the Nanodesktop library, and carries functions like a text-to-speech synthesizer, calculator, and WAV/MP3 graphical player. Users will also want to know that it's written in Italian. Further details are available in the full article.

Download: Visual Application v.0.1
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Developer Filippo Battaglia (Pegasus2000) has announced that Nanodesktop v0.3.2 is finished and ready for use. If you missed our previous coverage on this application, it is a Software Development Kit (SDK) which provides developers with a set of libraries that make it easier to code homebrew.

This latest version of Nanodesktop implements most of the additions that Battaglia previously announced including the ndCurl and ndGCurl libraries which manage network connections and file transfers as well as the ndFlite vocal synthesis engine.

In addition to this, coders will appreciate the new Media Application Program Interface (API) which allows the programmer to decode .WAV and MP3 files without using the main processor or external libraries.

Here's a list of all the changes as taken from the documentation:

• Fixed a trouble with Virtual Keyboard (Dancol bug)
• Introduced network support in KSU mode
• Introduced ndCurl library for network support
• Introduced the first gCurl job
• Introduced EAS (Envelope Audio System) for audio support
• Introduced Media API per Media Engine WAVE and MP3 decoding (hardware assisted)
• Introduced ndFLite for voice synthesis
• NanoC has a new architecture, more portable
• Fixed troubles with fstat and time functions
• Introduced cvAux support in ndOpenCV. Now PentLand (PCA) and EigenFaces recognition algorithms are available
• ndHAL_WebCam has a new design, ready for future GoCam support
• Introduced trasparent firmware control   
• Fixed a bug that caused missed passage of 64-bit LBoxCode to the LBox items

If you plan on using Nanodesktop v0.3.2, you should go over the Installation Guide PDF included with in the compressed file. That said, this SDK will undoubtedly speed up homebrew development time as it includes some very useful libraries and additional routines that developers won't have to create from scratch.

Download: Nanodesktop 0.3.2
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