Legacy Personal Blogs

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Update on my MPWireStripper

gam3t3ch

so thought I would show another picture here so far printing is taking more time then I would like but who doesn't want instant 3d prints?Here is my sketchup of the unit so far not all items are on the image yet missing the rear roller assembly a...
- 31 Jul 2017
Starting a new build today

gam3t3ch

So after playing with the Infineon DC Motor shield I thought well its time to get into more things motors for fun. But I didn't want to do anything normal so today I am starting making a automatic wire stripper. I have seen so...
- 28 Jul 2017
Smartwatch Helps Seniors Stay Independent with Dignity

christineyoung

Jean Anne Booth's mother was not about to wear an emergency alert device. "She thinks they're ugly, they are limited outside the home unless they are tethered to a smartphone (which she doesn't have), and she finds those big help buttons socially sti...
- 28 Jul 2017
A voice activated Trap Controller for Skeet.

barto_jg

Hi Raspberry Pi Enthusiasts, I've just completed my first Raspi project, that I affectionately call: 'BlueSkeetPi 1.0'. I used 'Blue' in the name, because I had intended to use a BlueTooth wireless mic originally, but I h...
- 28 Jul 2017
Starting a small prototyping lab- in need of equipment and mostly advice!!

fluxcap

I've been into the electronics scene now for a while and trying get get up some money to buy the equipment i need. If anyone has any old equipment that they want to let go of i'll gladly take it off your hands!! Also advice o...
- 22 Jul 2017
DIY Test Equipment: The ByEar 2000 - A Logic Probe

jc2048

I hadn't even realised that we were on to Doug's DIY Test Equipment Challenge and, look, shabaz has finished already with his Cyclops-1000: An Electronic Eye for Rotational Speed Measurement. I bet he's sitting there thinking he's won. We can't let t...
- 20 Jul 2017
Archery Timer Progress

WarrenW

I finally have got the radio link to work.The NRF24 radios I have selected worked fine with the getting started sketches but for the life of me I could not get a proper response from the radio when I sent data to the receiver.Turns out that unless yo...
- 17 Jul 2017
Begin at the beginning. An Introduction.

vannystick

“Begin at the beginning," the King said, very gravely, "and go on till you come to the end: then stop.”― Lewis Carroll, Alice in Wonderland This is the fist time I have ever started a forum post with a literary quote, but it seems so appropriate...
- 16 Jul 2017
Testing my Electric Ducted Fan Jet Motor

ninjatrent

First Test of EDF Jet Motor Prototype This is a scaled-down working model of an Electric Ducted Fan Jet Motor with Thrust Vectoring control surfaces. I constru...
- 16 Jul 2017
Tracking the Total Solar Eclipse on 8-21-2017

ninjatrent

The solar corona at the March 2015 total eclipse over Svalbard. Photo: Judy Anderson. Processing: Alson Wong. Warning! Even if 99% of the sun is covered by the moon, the remaining 1% crescent is dangerous to ...
- 15 Jul 2017
Latte Panda and LabVIEW 2016

rsc

I have been working for 5 days on this, and I'm glad to announce that I have LabVIEW working on LattePanda.To do this, I upgraded the OS to Win10 Pro, and installed DAQmx and NI-MAX 17.0 with LabVIEW 2016 64-bit.I used the 2017 instrument d...
- 11 Jul 2017
Getting started with Linkit Smart 7688 DUO

oksbwn

In this video, we will see the specs of the module, Configure using the web interface, will access the terminal using SSH. Now coming on to the board this comes is two flavors those are Linkit Smart 7688 and Linkit Smart DUO.Over here what I am havin...
- 11 Jul 2017
Is the threat of fraudulent and counterfeit electronic components about to get worse?

RogerUKEA

The influence of component obsolescence on counterfeiting has been well publicised.In January 2016, IHS Markit reported that, in the previous two years, ‘two thirds of the reports on counterfeit components are for parts that have already been discont...
- 7 Jul 2017
LattePanda

rsc

I purchased a new board to experiment with, it's called a LattePanda.http://www.lattepanda.com/ Currently, I'm running windows 10 64-bit on it. I purchased the 4G-64G version and the 7-inch display.Here's a pic:It runs at about 1.2A...
- 5 Jul 2017
The Raspberry Pi Zero Wireless has arrived!

ninjatrent

"Get it to his desk quick quickly! We can't afford to lose any more Stormtroopers." Project Iron Pi Zero Mark II Trent
- 2 Jul 2017
Initializing........

nornlight

Just a quick comment to begin the blog.. I wonder what it contains in 5 or 10 years... lolz FYI.. Gotta respect benheck !!! Anyway,Im officially open for blogging Sincerily,Andre' Sjøholt
- 2 Jul 2017
Hello World............

nornlight

Just a quick comment to begin the blog.. I wonder what it contains in 5 or 10 years... lolz FYI.. Gotta respect benheck !!! Anyway,Im officially open for blogging Sincerily,Andre' Sjøholt
- 2 Jul 2017
FHEM Port 8083

fremantle0844

Trying to setup FHEM on my RPi 3, loaded FHEM 5.8 up with all updates but having difficulty doing the last step of actually https:// <RPI IP address> : 8083/FHEMI keep obtaining "This site can't be reached". I am pretty sure of the RPi IP addre...
- 1 Jul 2017
Raspberry Pi Zero with the Pimoroni EnviroPHAT, Adafruit PiOLED, and Zero4U

ninjatrent

I recently purchased the Pimoroni EnviroPHAT and Adafruit PiOLED display for use with the Raspberry Pi Zero v1.3. I currently have the EnviroPHAT and PiOLED display connected to the RPi Zero and the Zero4U 4 Port USB Hub with the Pimoroni Mini Black ...
- 28 Jun 2017
1-Wire®︎ Grid-EYE®︎ Sensor w/Arduino-Compatible PCB Road-Test Video

adsicks

To collect the data I needed for this Road Test I decided to mount the MAXREFDES130# in an old telephone and use the Cleo 35 tft screen for my testing. Here is a short video of the Grid-EYE application I wrote. I hope this will hold everybody over un...
- 21 Jun 2017
3d ultrasonic scanner

uptownborg

an ultrasonic 3d pet scanner towel;battery powered;the flexible "rubberized"cloth transducer assembly will give 3d color video of subjects internals to allow a real time visual evaluation viewed either locally or remotely.this 3d video image can be n...
- 20 Jun 2017
DHT12 Interfacing with Raspberry Pi using I2C/JAVA/Pi4J

oksbwn

You can Subscribe on YouTube by clicking this link to show your support and be updated with the latest video on the channel like this.Subscribe: http://bit.ly/2d8pHge********************************************************************This video aroun...
- 19 Jun 2017
pic microcontroller tutorials for beginners

microcontrollerslab

Beginners level pic microcontroller tutorialsComplete list of pic microcontroller tutorials for beginnersDifference between c language and embedded c Getting started with pic microcontroller types of oscillators used in pic microcontrollers Introductio...
- 17 Jun 2017
What to do with 70 Pis?

jlangbridge

Time to create a supercomputer! Attachments:
- 15 Jun 2017
"I AM A CYBERNETIC ORGANISM, LIVING TISSUE OVER METAL ENDOSKELETON"

ninjatrent

I am not a former actor who played the part of one of the coolest cyborgs and later went on serve as Governor of California as exciting as that sounds. June 9th, one year ago I underwent a surgical procedure to repair s...
- 15 Jun 2017