Legacy Personal Blogs

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This blog contains the legacy personal blog posts of our members, other than our Top Members whose content has been migrated into individual blogs in this area. Our new platform does not have personal blogs so this is how we have preserved the personal blog posts of our members from the Jive platform. No new posts will be permitted in this blog. Instead, if you wish to create blog content, please post it in the blog in the most appropriate topic area.

Failure and things I need to work on

ajkatz83

Unfortunately for me, I ran out of time with the Hack Like Heck contest. For most people it would be like any other contest, but for myself, I was really looking forward to accomplishing something big for here, personally speaking, that for once I wa...
- 5 Apr 2018
Hasbro's Haslab raises $3.85M for Jabba's Sail Barge

jomoenginer

So, Hasbro has created its own crowdsourcing platform called Haslab where in it's latest venture has succeeded in raising $3.85M with the Vintage Collection Jabba's Sail Barge (The Khetanna). It's a nice looking replica of the Barge and will certainl...
- 5 Apr 2018
New Open Source Project InfraPi for Panasonic grid-eye sensor

bernhardmayer

Now that my work on the stove assistant for the Pi Chef Design Challenge (Pi Chef Design Challenge ) has come to a good status I turned the source code of my programm for the Panasonic grid-eye sensor to open source. You can find it at github: https:...
- 2 Apr 2018
Weather Dashboard for the Raspberry Pi

vlaine

Weather Dashboard for Raspberry Pi is a fun and easy project.It is highly configurable and can adapt to multiple screen size. Source code: https://github.com/vlaine/Weather-Forecast-Dashboard Wiki: https://github.com/vlaine/Weather-Forecast-Dash...
- 2 Apr 2018
GraspIO RoadTest review

vlaine

Follow this link to see my Grasp.IO RoadTest reviewGraspIO Cloudio + Raspberry Pi 3 - Review This board is really fun to work with so check this out
- 2 Apr 2018
Throwing in the towel | HLH

baldengineer

Last night I had strong hopes I would be recording my first gameplay video before going to bed. However, that did not happen. As of this writing, the screen is working. Most of the buttons work. Except, when controlled by the Pi. When the Teensy...
- 1 Apr 2018
Keysight U1461A Insulation Multimeter Test Fault Update #2

three-phase

This is a continuation of trying to solve the inaccurate insulation resistance measurements observed on the Keysight U1461AU1461A whilst testing a generator rotor winding Following on from the tests carried out in the two previous blogs Keysigh...
- 1 Apr 2018
Hack like Heck update!

rocits

My latest Hack like heck update : Pi Play AR ( I & II ) | Lights, Camera .. Refraction!!! Pi Play AR (I) Playstation 1 >>> Pi Station >>> Mini Pi Station + VR Headset Modded >>> AR Headset + 2x Playsta...
- 30 Mar 2018
Right-Only Controller Mod Bounty

jackblackadder

I have autoimmune problems and it attacks my muscular and nervous systems. For the past year my right eye has grown more "lazy", so I've used my hair to hide it. My left arm and hand also became number, weaker. I play games and live-stream as a...
- 29 Mar 2018
Hacking Like Heck: No etch, just sketch

airbornesurfer

With internal space at a premium inside the case, I really wanted to etch a custom PCB for this build. Unfortunately, it's really not my forte and I don't have enough time or material to practice. As such, I built the controller board the old-fashion...
- 28 Mar 2018
A little bit about me...

lhfrew

My forte is low level analog. I have the patent on the all electric utility meter that is probably no on your house. It has the capability of remote reading and activating as well as de-activating, I know.
- 27 Mar 2018
Wireless Power Transfer Demo Kit

djfraz

I posted a little while ago regarding looking for information on wireless power transfer for a group project for one of my university courses. I wanted to publish here the results from the project, it is a simple t-shaped frame carrying two sli...
- 27 Mar 2018
Hacking Like Heck: SSH Into My Heart

airbornesurfer

Now that the Dremel work is done, I've been able to retool the workstation and begin work on the software side of the project. I hate to have to resort to RetroPie as the OS for this project, but it really does handle everything I need and it is the ...
- 27 Mar 2018
Which Thermocouple Type to use?

lab1971

Thermocouple types can be subdivided in 2 groups, base metal and rare (noble) metal: -200°C up to 1200°C – These thermocouples use base metals Type K – Chromel-AlumelThe best known and dominant thermocouple belonging to the group chromium n...
- 26 Mar 2018
Smart Home Movie Lighting

djfraz

After buying myself a google home mini a couple weeks ago I started looking into Smart Home devices, and got put off by the pricing of a lot of the devices and that most devices need a dedicated hub. I then discovered Openhab, https://www.openhab.org...
- 25 Mar 2018
Latest project - Star Wars

dwinhold

Hi Everyone, Here is a fun project I have been working on. The Death Star is made from bamboo and turned on a wood lathe by hand. The Tie Fighter is made from solid wood and also turned on a lathe. The Tie Fighter was also made at 1:20 scale I w...
- 24 Mar 2018
Frequently Asked Questions About Temperature Measurement

lab1971

Information given here is for general guidance only and is not definitive – it is not intended to be the basis for product installation or decision making. Labfacility Ltd cannot be held responsible for any misinterpretation or incorrect assumpt...
- 21 Mar 2018
Hacking Like Heck: Getting Prepped

airbornesurfer

Good evening, Hecklers! I just wanted to take a moment to update my progress on this challenge. It's been a crazy couple of weeks here with my car finally giving up the ghost and having to deal with all the headaches that come with that (hooray ...
- 21 Mar 2018
Surface Temperature Measurement

lab1971

Although thermocouple assemblies are primarily tip sensing devices, the use of protection tubes (sheaths) renders surface sensing impractical. Physically, the probedoes not lend itself to surface presentation and stem conduction would cause reading e...
- 20 Mar 2018
Case Milling CAM (and what is CAM anyway?) | Hack Like Heck Build Log

baldengineer

This week felt like the week of experiments. I have never milled Sintra (PVC) before and I have never used Fusion 360 to generate the mill's CAM files. My enclosure is using layers of PVC for a couple of reasons. First, my 3D printer's build ...
- 20 Mar 2018
RetroPie Portable, part I

ajkatz83

So it's been a few eventful weeks try to design a custom enclosure for the Hack Like Heck Contest here on Element 14. I have been using Fusion 360 trying to figure out as to what would be the best...
- 20 Mar 2018
Thought I would share this was feeling lonely on vacation until this.

gam3t3ch

I found a RadioShack in Granada in Nicaragua while I was taking a trip around in the horse and buggy tour. Didn't get to go in but looks like you have to buy shades to go it must be amazing in there.
- 18 Mar 2018
Miscellaneous notes on the DLP-2000 projector

packetgeek

For now, these are mostly reminders to myself. I'll incorporate them into my write-up in the coming week. In no partciular order:The device comes assembled, mounted on top of the Beagle Bone Black (BBB). Although it appears to need i...
- 17 Mar 2018
Transistors: The Astable Multivibrator (Featuring SuperLEDman).

jc2048

I'm still very short of time, so this blog is just a quick, simple one. Well, it had to happen eventually, here I am doing the astable multivibrator (an oscillator circuit). This is going to be in two parts. First a look at the circuit in t...
- 17 Mar 2018
Aaaand Liftoff!

crankin

Well, Here I am. Element14's website, creating a blog. Interesting. I suppose I should introduce myself. I was born in Hershey, PA. My family swiftly moved to NE Ohio. (For non-Ohioans, think Cleveland) I went to school in the most rural ...
- 16 Mar 2018