First, this server was donated by a friend of mine who smokes! The first thing I did was to take it completely apart, every bolt, every panel, and run them through the Dishwasher! The parts I removed were:
Right Side Door
Large Pla...
Ok, I have had this for a couple of years now, I don't even know where I got it from mostly from some surplus crud. On Temu this stuff has a bunch of 5-star reviews... The plot thickens, I tried in vain to use this stuff to hold my AC cables behind o...
This is a ubiquitous panel indicator the images are for the unit used on a 1973 Cessna 421. My indicator was used in the military as instead of "AIRWAYS" it says "INNER" which is a VHF radio beacon and is part of the ILS, Instrument Landi...
Well, here we go again, this Master Caution Panel has been decorating my lab since the 90s', and while doing a major cleanup of my worktable, I uncovered this panel, so thought to myself, why don't I put some words to my blog? Ok so here we go. There...
I have had this Mode Selector for more than a few years so I guess, "The time has come,' the Walrus said, To talk of many things:-The Walrus and the Carpenter BY LEWIS CARROLL
This one should be straightforward, on my Arduino Mega I will 2 x Schmitt...
Well, here we are again with a new project, I really need a new server/computer rack As you can see it sags, and it's a catch-all. I have had this mini rack for a long time and I want the new rack to surround it. There is a design philosophy abo...
Ok, So what is this gem, I just uncovered in my junk box, well what the heck is IEEE 1284 well not sure so I looked it up "IEEE 1284 is a standard that defines bi-directional parallel communications between computers and other devices. It ...
The history of RCA via the Wikipedia:
The RCA Corporation was a major American electronics company, which was founded in 1919 as the Radio Corporation of America. It was initially a patent trust owned by General Electri...
Well, here I am yet again talking about where my project NexGen is and isn't! I have decided to rewrite the simulators demo package in JAVA, which means rewriting the RSS, Radio SubSystem. I have decided to break this mess down into logical component...
Well, I just got back from a little shopping trip, and I found a box with an element14 logo on it. I wondered what I could have won?? Well, the letter is a form letter to all the Top Members from Christopher Stanton. So I have ...
Now, Somewhere on the Stack Exchange, I heard some crud about you just can't have a struct as a member of a struct. Well, you sure can and now for all the curious minds out there I will show you how to do it. Remember I work with flight simulation, s...
Ok, this is how I'm going to solve this mess. first, we know two things :
We know where the aircraft is in three dimensions: Lat, Lon, and Alt (above sea level)
We know where the Station is in three dimensions: Lat, Lon, and Antenna (above sea level...
Ok, I have tried to talk about this before, and as I said my math was lacking. So this time I when to the UTA's (University of Texas at Arlington) math department and got some help. So I am going to start over from the top! First I ...
Why did I say "Programming Arduino like an adult! Kill the loop()!"? First, we need to know where this construct came from. A sketch is a variant of the C++ programming language. Hell, wait doesn't C++ have a main() function? Yep, it surel...
The Analysis: The Loadmeter is divided into 3 parts. Parts 1 and 2 are identical and are the meters. Part 3 is the lighting equipment. Let's talk about the meter for a minute. The meter is most likely a D'Arsonval movement. . It...
Ok, So I have talked about the MPCD's Bezel more than one or two times. So why don't we start in, again in part II, I used an MCP2515 I/O expander to handle my Bezel Switches, which will stay at is, but instead of using CANaerospa...
Well here were are in part 4 of building my dual protocol converter from 2 Raspberry Pi Model 1 this will fit into one of my plastic ATR (shoe) boxes.
To power the pi(s), I'm duplicating the USB power circuit with two outputs. The powe...
Well, I think it is about time to reveal the design for my dual-channel protocol converter. This will take one of my plastic ATR boxes. This design takes two (2) Rasberry Pi(s) and two (2) SPI to CAN bus modules, and lastly one dual RJ45 ...
You know parts boxes are ubiquitous! If it has a top, well it is blow molded and opaque which means you can't see the stuff in the box, or you cant store odd stuff, just maybe a 3x3 cube thing like the SplashNcolor Milwaukee Packout which is ver...
