Category Archives: Technical

Awesome XC Meet Today

Posted on October 12, 2019 by larry

Had a fun cross country meet today everyone seemed to PR. Girls did really well. Brought some sandwhich stuff and looks like it was good. Also worked a bit on my bluetooth LE.

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Sensing Bluetoooth LE

Posted on October 10, 2019 by larry

Trying to get my Linux devices to sense bluetooth LE. I can see it, but cant seem to connect to it. I think the version of bluez on my pi is too old. Will try and manually install new one. … Continue reading →

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Last Minute Makerfaire

Posted on October 8, 2019 by larry

Forgot about this last minute makerfaire. Rushing to get something out. Did get the SDR running, but it was meant for IoT.

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Message Box 2019 Final

Posted on October 2, 2019 by larry

Got the hardware set for the final 2019 Message Box Version. Here is the Bom Qty Item Cost Ext 1 0.91″ OLED Wifi ESP8266 10.45 10.45 1 Half Length Breadboard 2.02 2.02 1 Active Buzzer 3V 0.17 0.17 1 5mm … Continue reading →

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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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