Well, this was a mess, and I blame it on myself. In my rush to work on the box, I disconnected all the plugs, I just wanted them out of my way. No, I did not cut them nor did I record what was hooked to what and where. So I had to do this one o...
>have talked about the CP-1252/ASN-128 before Hacking The Navigation Computer Display. I have changed my mind about using a ps2 decoder to interface with the keyboard. I will write my own. It's about 30 lines of code, not including Scanner.h ...
DC-9 Control Instrument Panel and Pedestal Light Control Assembly.
Description
Manufacture
Part Number
Control Box
Douglas
5956888-503
Height x Width x Depth*
1 7/8" x 5 7/8" x 5 1/4"
Control Box Weight
Front Panel
Spect...
This panel was used on McDonnell Douglas DC-9. It was placed on the Upper left-hand side of the Forward Control Pedestal. If you wish to see it click here. Then click on the picture and it is item 1 in the photo.Lucky the analysis will be very quick,...
This is a visual inspection to see what I'm up against. So without delay lets get into it.Disassembly: First remove the foil around the rear of the bezel. Unthread the large black ring on the back of the connector. There is a large O-ring that wi...
Ok, So you think you have a library, what maybe a dozen or so books lying and a few pdfs around? Well at the last big count, I was well over 1000, some are still in boxes, and some are lost forever. So you really should organize it. I Have a large c...
Well, here I am with another power supply. This time it is a venerable Lambda brick.ManufactureLambdaModelLM B-15Serial NumberD27233Voltage Output15vdc +/- 5%Output Current80watts.I got this beast a garage sale and for only 12 bucks now let us ...
Well here we are again back at the MPCD this seems like "The Neverending Story", oh well here goes. I had originally specified the MAX6955 LED display driver IC. A problem came up and it appeared to only support Charlieplexing, a te...
ID-453/ARN-30EImage 1 (front)Image 2 (rear) This is a Course Deviation Indicator type ID-453/ARN-30E as used in the Vietnam War era UH-1 Bell Huey Helicopter, OV-1 Mohawk, and C-7A Caribou. See diagram from the UH-1 Flight Manual. TM ...
I have talked about the Fuel load Indicator twice before, first here and then here. So here is the hardware design and its analysis.
Analysis: In my last blog I noted that between the display and the switches I am using about 25 pins + ground a...
Dang. I can find my go to WireWrap gun, a Gardner Denver 27100AB2. So I know somewhere I had a few laying around (things you NEVER get rid of!). So after digging in my warehouse for a while I found three semi-dead guns and one with a bit and sl...
Ok, you just installed Debian 9.5 with the Cinnamon Desktop. Now, what you can run a command with sudo it bitches and says your not in the sudoers file. So let's fix that first:open a root terminal, so and it should look like this:harrison@...
It took a while, on Dec 25, 2014, I showed you a picture of my bashed Lambda power supply. This must of happened in moving. So with the advent of a few "Maker Spaces" and a brand new large lab at UTA (Univesity of Texas at Arlington) and a nice hydra...
OK, so far I have shown you what you need, and what not to do, and never dos and just bad things that we tend not to do as programmers. Now I'm going to so you a program side-by-side Arduino vs eclipse using ANSI C. Arduinoeclipse/* C-3436A**&nb...
Ok now the fun stuff. Now we can do something.. We still have a small mess to clean up now. It's the Arduino's Libraries. They are quite a mess so here is what we have to doThe Arduino's IDE wants only to see two main functions:setu...
Well my Linksys WRT300N Router was rattling. Had something broken loose? I needed to find out. So here are the steps to take the router thing apart. along with pretty pictures that you guys really like.Turn the router on its back and lift and r...
Ok well here is my Universal ATR box known as ATR.poly. This design covers both master and slave units. First, let me say that the Sterilite model #1961 has 8.75" x 5" of usable space for my baseboard. So here are my design rules: (1) All c...
So I figured out what I need for the drill press. A nice sturdy X-Y table that I can move around manually and of course electrically. The bed should be about 12" square. So far this is just a pipe dream, but just maybe.DESIGN: First ...
Wire, wire, wire; So here we go I have to straighten this mess up. The Problem: I have lots of Arduinos all over, and since I embraced NASA's EADIN Lite RS485 protocols for my RSS, and Now the Joystick, Throttles, etc. the hardware keeps piling ...
I just salvaged this little jewel from an Aiwa AV-X120 Stereo Receiver, that sorta got crushed. The receiver I had found at the Goodwill for 5 bucks. What I wanted were the transformer and monolithic power amplifiers. Along the way, the volume ...
This is a really nice find at my local pawn shop. I uncovered this jewel in the Dollar box. It was sticking badly. It really needed a good cleaning. It was a Starrett model 436-1. I retracted the spindle into the sleeve and then removing ...
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