Category Archives: Technical

2000th Post

Posted on December 3, 2015 by larry

Cool, today marks my 2000th post on this blog.  That is amazing. I got the NRF24L01+ working on a Raspberry Pi 2.  Finally. I guess if I put my mind to it I could have had it done sooner. I … Continue reading →

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Moving on to NodeMCU

Posted on December 2, 2015 by larry

With the price of a NodeMCU hitting about $10, I think I am going to use that as my device of choice when doing wifi projects. I certainly will still use an Arduino, or an ESP8266, but the nodemcu is … Continue reading →

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Internet of Things XMas Devices

Posted on December 1, 2015 by larry

Here it is, hardware all done This year it is powered by two devices, a Raspberry Pi on a Red Board and an Arduino on a black board. The Raspberry Pi will drive these three message boards, a naughty and … Continue reading →

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Huge Adventure Installing Stuff

Posted on November 30, 2015 by larry

So I came accross a web site https://software.intel.com/en-us/iot/hardware/sensors/tm1637-7-segment-display And it sent me down a new rabbit hole installing upm, mraa, and an updated copy of cmake. Feels like old times again when I had to install rpm without yum and … Continue reading →

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Switching Gears On IoT Xmas

Posted on November 29, 2015 by larry

I have been pushed back on the Arduino IoT Xmas decoration. I have put everything on a Raspberry Pi now. I am more familiar with it so it should be faster to develop.

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More Progress on XMas Decoration

Posted on November 28, 2015 by larry

I got the IR in and am able to write messages on to the LCD screens. But now I am having stability issues on my ESP8266. Another maker Dave had some recommendations on stabalizing the ESP8266, luckily I have the … Continue reading →

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Huge Progress On IoT Christmas Ornament

Posted on November 27, 2015 by larry

Made a lot of progress today on my Internet of Things Christmas ornament.  I started on the code for the Arduino Uno, but electronically, I am done.   The two 16×2 LCDs, 20×4 LCD, time, ESP8266, and LM1678 are all … Continue reading →

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Power Issues With ESP8266

Posted on November 26, 2015 by larry

I am not sure what I am doing wrong, but I really struggled with my ESP8266 and its connection with the Arduino.  After some troubleshooting I figured out it is probably signal quality on the ESP8266.  I cap’d it and … Continue reading →

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Programming The ESP8266

Posted on November 25, 2015 by larry

I started programming the ESP8266, for now I just pushout some data so that the Arduino can read it and display it.  It is my hope that the data will be held on the ESP8266 since it has considerably more … Continue reading →

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Multiple Parent Teacher Conferences

Posted on November 24, 2015 by larry

Yesterday I had a parent teacher conference for my oldest son. Today the rest of the kids had theirs. It felt pretty overwhelming like I had some marathon meetings. It is all over though, just resting now and going to … Continue reading →

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