Author Archives: larry

Graduation Day 2016

Posted on June 14, 2016 by larry

Today my oldest son graduated from Renton High School. It was a good day, kind of sad when the finale is reached.  When things end like this, it is good though. Just doing pushups and situps, tomorrow I will try … Continue reading →

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Foot Sore Again on Race Week

Posted on June 13, 2016 by larry

Dunno why but my foot is acting up again.  I am hitting the gym today though.  Aerobic stuff, just bench and situps. I like the gym, feel like I am getting a real workout.  Maybe on Wednesday I will go … Continue reading →

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Countdown 7 segment

Posted on June 12, 2016 by larry

I been messing around with the TM1678 and having it countdown. I wanted to use it to limit my son for time he is allowed on the Internet. I got it talking over wifi to an MQTT server, and I … Continue reading →

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Got The NRF24L01+ working

Posted on June 11, 2016 by larry

After I posted yesterday I was going to start over, and I did.  It Works!! Here is version 1 I needed it smaller though.  This was a little challenge Works too, I also redid the code on the Raspberry Pi … Continue reading →

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Starting New With NRF24L01+

Posted on June 10, 2016 by larry

So I probably got some bad NRF units.  Apparently there are a slew of counterfeit ones on the market.  Something tells me the old ones I had were counterfeit.  I got some new ones today, hopefully they are good ones. … Continue reading →

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Frustrating NRF24L01

Posted on June 9, 2016 by larry

Been struggling a lot with the NRF24L01, works but it is inconsistent. I am thinking of just sitting tight and waiting for the NRF24L01+ which is an improved version. Really tired today, was up late.  Hope to get to bed … Continue reading →

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Relearning the NRF24L01

Posted on June 8, 2016 by larry

I pulled out a 3.3v pro mini and attached an NRF24L01 to it and it seams to work. I am running through some sketches with it to see how it goes. Hoping to get it to start up using a … Continue reading →

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Deck 95% done

Posted on June 7, 2016 by larry

Our back deck is 95% done, just a few more spots and we are good. I am moving much better, foot doesn’t really hurt, just feels weird. Still not running though, at least doing real pushups and situps.

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Servers Overheating

Posted on June 6, 2016 by larry

Been really hot the past few days and our servers been overheating. I had to shut a few hosts down, I had a meetup today and need some services though. Foot still hurts.

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OpenHAB Production

Posted on June 5, 2016 by larry

OK, I got openhab in production.  Looks good, hope it works out. Need to figure out how to lock things down more though.  Am going to VPN in probably. Also, interesting thing about VPN, I got a Linksys router to … Continue reading →

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