In my prior blog, Smart Solar Lighting Project - Initial design ideas I discussed my initial design thoughts for my smart lighting project. In this blog, I will drill down deeper into the design, addressing each of my features. First, here...
For the past couple of months, I have been working on the replacement of my deck. From dismantling the existing deck, building and improved foundation, installing the new deck and adding new trim pieces (railing, stairs, garden spaces and artwo...
I can't remember that last time that my system came crashing down, resulting in the blue screen. It used to happen quite frequently back in the days that I was working on drivers and such, but it came crashing down today. I don't know if ...
I have been building and shipping close to 50 boards for one these boards for my clients (a DMX based Animatronics controller board). I usually ship lots of ten boards to him and he uses them as needed and sends a payment for the boards as they...
Back in October, luislabmo was sharing his prize from the project14 'Electronic Toys for Fun and Learning' competition which gave me some ideas to speed up my soldering/assembly process. As a result of that conversation, I started looki...
(Updated 7/15/2019 - See Below) During my roadtest of the PicoScope 5444D MSO, one of the disappointments that I had was with the quality of the supplied Digital Probes. Here are my comments from the review: The quality of the probes ...
Almost three years ago we move to Texas in order to be close to our grandchildren. While we were looking for a home, we had a short list of desires:1) more than 1/2 acre2) room for a nice garden3) room for a shop We did well in the process...
The Sleigh is packed and the weather (at least here) is clear enough for a flight tonight. The flamingos and ducks have been providing my family holiday grins for about 15 years now. My wife and I blended our two families (we each had a ch...
Greetings, I have moved one step closer to living in the modern era. After much thinking, researching and a lot of agonizing, I bought a 3D printer. I settled on the Monoprice Maker Select Plus 3D Printer. Like a lot of new tec...
A little more than 10 years ago, I did some blogging on another site on various embedded topics. I hope to redo some of these posts or further expand on some of the topics. Given some of the recent conversations about FPGAs I thought I mi...
Upon moving into our 'new' home in Texas (5/2016), we noticed an under-cabinet lighting system was in place in our kitchen. We thought cool, this will help brighten up our kitchen. I found the remote, tried all the buttons, but no...
Looks like I we be going lefty for a while. I went into surgery to clean up a couple of bone spurs in my right (primary) shoulder this morning. They had planned to inspect both the rotator cuff and bicep for any potential damage. We...
I love engineering. I have put in a solid 40 years of work, including a short stint as a self employed consultant and product designer. About 2 years ago, after taking a deep look at our retirement savings and investments, my wife and I d...
