Category Archives: Technical

Christmas Lights Kind of Up

Posted on December 3, 2019 by larry

We got our lights up and they can be turned on and off via ESP8266 with a 433Mhz transmitter. Also when it is on we can control some of the lights via bluetooth. Will try to see if I can … Continue reading →

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BLE Kit

Posted on December 2, 2019 by larry

Got my Bluetooth Low Energy Kit setup. Need more Raspberry Pi zeros though, then it will be complete. Also dog is kind of weird, took him to vet today, and she said he may have an injured back. So crating … Continue reading →

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New BLE iTags labeled

Posted on December 1, 2019 by larry

Got my new BLE tags logged, it does look good though. I would like to get more in to BLE. I convinced my wife to get some Christmas lights controlled by bluetooth. This is cool.

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Documented Raspberry Pi and CentOS Builds

Posted on November 30, 2019 by larry

I finally got documentation that works on installing my project on a Pi. Working on Linux for years, so it was pretty easy. Documentation is rough, and needs some refining but it is good enough at this stage. Building CentOS … Continue reading →

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Good Bye Old Stove, Hello New One

Posted on November 27, 2019 by larry

Our stove came in today. Our old one was long in the tooth, way before I started blogging, I think it is older than my youngest kid. Served us well for over a decade. We got a new LG stove, … Continue reading →

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New Home Monitoring Server

Posted on November 26, 2019 by larry

I decided to take advantage of the Black Friday deals early and found a replacement for my home monitoring server. Not a laptop, but a Small Form Factor PC. It is the HP 260-P026 based on a I3 processor. It … Continue reading →

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Making Graphs Look Good

Posted on November 25, 2019 by larry

Spent a good chunk of the evening setting up an RRD graph for my BLE Sentry project. It is starting to come together. I know can view different time lines.

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Our Honda CRV

Posted on November 24, 2019 by larry

Liking the car We got the car yesterday and took possesion late at night, too dark for any picutures. Here it is today. Purchased some accessories, like USB cables, a cover, but the most pricey was the floor mats. They … Continue reading →

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iTag Tracker on Pi0

Posted on November 19, 2019 by larry

It works, and it works well. I got it sensing itag info and recording it to a graph via RRD. I don’t have a complete Bill of Materials but so far it is about $40 and that includes power supply, … Continue reading →

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Scanning Kind of Works

Posted on November 17, 2019 by larry

Here is a screen shot of the chart It works but I have to add the rrd data as a batch file. I am pretty sure I can figure out how to add it via python instead of some weird … Continue reading →

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