Category Archives: Technical

Car Problems Today

Posted on November 1, 2019 by larry

Had it with our car battery, went out and purchased a new one, was $180 plus I got some tools to help the vehicle. And to top it off, purchased a battery jump pack. The joys of car ownership.

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Preparing for the End of Windows 7

Posted on October 29, 2019 by larry

OK I am ready, but there is still the issue of live watching TV. Wonder if plex can do that. Anyway, I found something called EPG123 that may help. Actually did my fit bit goals today, barely, but I did … Continue reading →

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IR and ESP8266

Posted on October 28, 2019 by larry

Got an IR LED working on an ESP8266. Not as straightforward as an arduino. There is a custom IRremoteESP8266.h that was needed. It kind of works.

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Devil You Know

Posted on October 27, 2019 by larry

There are better NodeMCU v3 out there, but I been playing with this one and it seems to work. Verified it with a blink sketch to multiple LEDs const byte LED0 = D0; // LED0 By PIN SD1/SD2 const byte … Continue reading →

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Trying to get balance

Posted on October 24, 2019 by larry

In my life I am trying to achieve some sort of balance. Need to balance work, play, and rest. Sometimes these things blur. Anyway, got a little more bluetooth done, still a bit more to learn. Got some stuff to … Continue reading →

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Pretty Good Day

Posted on October 23, 2019 by larry

Got my fitbit goals done, which felt great because it has been a while. While getting the last 2000 steps there fall reminded me she was here. Walk was getting dark, but man it is a sight to behold. On … Continue reading →

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Gateway for different IoT Devices

Posted on October 21, 2019 by larry

So I figured out how to work with 433Mhz Got older X10 tech to work Built custom sensors Even got to sense LED. So now, I want to get in to bluetooth. I want all these different tech to communicate … Continue reading →

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Got BLE Scanner Working

Posted on October 20, 2019 by larry

Finally I can now scan for BLE devices. But just because I can scan does not mean I can interpret what they are saying.

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Bad BLE Scanner Device

Posted on October 19, 2019 by larry

I highly suspect the device I have is bad. I try to put it in to flash mode and the LED does not light up. Going to try and get a replacement, if it too is bad, I am going … Continue reading →

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New Bluetooth LE Sniffer

Posted on October 18, 2019 by larry

Got the sniffer installed, but can’t seem to find the documentation to get it working. Will post more on how it goes, for now at least I got it out of the box.

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