Category Archives: Technical

Mounts for ESP-01

Posted on December 29, 2015 by larry

One of the problems with the ESP-01 is mounting it on a breadboard, another is programming it, and finally getting 3.3V power to it when most of your power is 5V. I think I solved all 3. I had this … Continue reading →

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Arduino IDE 1.6.7

Posted on December 28, 2015 by larry

Today I loaded up the Arduino IDE 1.6.7, I liked how the way it updated my libraries, but something in the built in wire library seemed broken. That was a show stopper. Here is a simple sketch that puts text … Continue reading →

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Unproductive Day

Posted on December 27, 2015 by larry

I have been pretty good about doing stuff the past few days.  Today not so much. I did get a few things done, cleaned up some wiring, and found a router to hack.  But I feel like I did not … Continue reading →

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Missed Winter Solstice

Posted on December 26, 2015 by larry

Through the rush of the holidays I forgot about winter solstice.  The shortest daylight of the year. At least we can expect the days to get longer. We went to Snoqualmie today to play in the snow.  It was fun, … Continue reading →

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Problems With Motion Sensor

Posted on December 22, 2015 by larry

I purchased a few more of those sensors today and came across a few issues. There are different models, the are similar, but the electronics is different. The model I had originally had different channels listed, but the store only … Continue reading →

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New Used Printer

Posted on December 21, 2015 by larry

I got another printer, hopefully this one works out.  It is an Epson XP-400. It is listed for $9.99 but I got it at half price for about $5.00.  Most people will say it is the ink that is expensive. … Continue reading →

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IoT Motion Sensor

Posted on December 20, 2015 by larry

This mod was so amazingly simple.  A couple of weeks ago I saw this ad in some Harbor Freight flyer I got. Since I had a coupon I decided to try one out.  I am sure glad I did, now … Continue reading →

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Wife’s New Phone

Posted on December 19, 2015 by larry

My wife finally got a new phone.  She got the Samsung Galaxy S6 Edge. It looks like a fine piece of tech.  It is certainly faster, than our S3. I am thinking of getting the Note 5 myself.  

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Power Still In NodeMCU

Posted on December 16, 2015 by larry

I was hoping to use a mosfet to hold an nodemcu powered on, then when it is done what it is doing, it would shut itself off by bringing the collector down I am going to try this with an … Continue reading →

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Installing MRAA and UPM on a RPi 2

Posted on December 15, 2015 by larry

I spent a little bit of time trying to get UPM (Useful Packages & Modules) running on a Raspberry Pi 2. I think this is a way to go.  A LOT of devices are supported here. http://iotdk.intel.com/docs/master/upm/modules.html One dependency is … Continue reading →

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