Category Archives: Technical

Playing With Graphics Display

Posted on October 1, 2019 by larry

Playing with the different graphics modes for my new ESP822 with OLED display. Kind of disappointed the screen does not display right. The bottom does not go all the way Going to experiment a bit more, maybe I got the … Continue reading →

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Getting Multiple Message Boxes Up

Posted on September 30, 2019 by larry

Today build several more message boxes up. Also added a push button switch. Should do a BOM and an instruction list.

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Message Box In Prod

Posted on September 28, 2019 by larry

Looks like this message box is pretty darn stable. Putting it in to a bit of production. I think I will order a few more.

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New Message Box

Posted on September 27, 2019 by larry

I don’t know how many iterations of this box I went through. I know that there were many versions of this I think this is the cleanest one by far. Just caseless.

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MQTT Presentation

Posted on September 23, 2019 by larry

I did it, but didnt need the laptops. I should lower my personal expectations for myself in these meetups. Although to be fair, I am not always sure what goes right. The device was a hit, no one used the … Continue reading →

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Makernet Training Laptops

Posted on September 22, 2019 by larry

Its been a while since I last got together my makernet training network. I forgot a lot of stuff that went with it. Thinking of going Windows 10 as well. With that I would need a bunch more infrastructure.

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MQTT Device For Class

Posted on September 21, 2019 by larry

Set up an MQTT ESP822 device for class. Just the hardware, working on the code tomorrow. Amazing I got this far, cause I was out most of the day today at Whidbey Island for a Cross Country meet.

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On Call At Work

Posted on September 17, 2019 by larry

I been burning a lot of hours at work, but today I kind of felt blindsided by a test at work. One of the upper managers decided to test on call response, felt like it was targeting me. Anyway, was … Continue reading →

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Using Cloudflare DoH

Posted on September 13, 2019 by larry

Finally figured out how to use cloudflares encrypted dns. Got to admit it is kind of a hack, but it works. OMG dunno what happened but it is flying now. Internet seems fast. Normally I go to the gym on … Continue reading →

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9/11 Anniversary

Posted on September 11, 2019 by larry

Today is the 18th Anniversary of the attacks from terrorists in the US. When I went to work I saw some first responders climbing some stairs. I joined them for a couple of floors then did my own set with … Continue reading →

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