Legacy Personal Blogs

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Tevo Tarantula i3 Prusa Printer - Wires - Part 2

powderjockey

So the printer is built and all of the carriages move nice and smoothly. Now there is a wad of wires, switches and electrical parts that need to be all connected in order to make this printer, print. If you remember at the tail end of Part 1, I...
- 12 Apr 2018
Fluke PRV240FS Proving Unit Battery Consumption

three-phase

I purchased the PRV240FS proving unit around seven weeks ago now to go with the Fluke T110 voltage tester that replaced my old Kewtech unit that decided to exit the tool bag in two halves detailed in a previous blog; My new voltage probe has arr...
- 11 Apr 2018
Check out 'Storage Insights #1 - Why Not All SD Cards are Created Equal' -element14 Community

delkinindustrial

Storage Insights #1 - Why Not All SD Cards are Created Equal
- 11 Apr 2018
Sigfox sensor node

jeanmatthieud

Hi ! This is my first blog post on Element14 community.I'm french, and I discovered electronic few years ago. I try to share what I'm discovering every day with my blog. I recently created a Sigfox node. This node gets some informations fro...
- 11 Apr 2018
NTSC/PAL Video Display Shield

wolfgangfriedrich

Open ArduinoEnter Your Project for a chance to win a grand prize for the most innovative use of Arduino or a $200 shopping cart! The Birthday Special: Arduino Projects for Arduino Day!Back to The Project14 homepage Project14 Home Monthly Themes Monthly...
- 9 Apr 2018
AMS101 Evaluation Card IP (AD5065 Dual DAC)

dhmarinov

AD5065 Dual DAC AXI Introduction This article describes the implementation of the AD5065_Dual_DAC_AXI IP and the motivation behind it. The author of this t...
- 9 Apr 2018
Tevo Tarantula Prusa i3 Printer - Build - Part 1

powderjockey

I'm going to try and give the Tevo Tarantula Prusa i3 Printer a bit of a review. I was kind of looking at getting a 3D printer, but the price of them seemed out of reach. Knowing nothing about 3D printers I would read some posts around the Inte...
- 7 Apr 2018
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