Category Archives: Technical

Little Bit of Gym

Posted on August 29, 2015 by larry

Today I hit the gym a bit, nothing heavy, but I needed to do something other than pushups and situps. Got to admit, it is similar, chest push machine and leg extensions. Remember last night I installed the new printer, … Continue reading →

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Was Going To Run

Posted on August 25, 2015 by larry

I was going to run today when I got an emergency call from work. Our virtual center server crashed. I was able to ssh in and immediately knew what was wrong. Still cut into my evening and I was unable … Continue reading →

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Need A Beginner’s Guide

Posted on August 24, 2015 by larry

I need to put together a beginner’s guide not only on how  to use arduino, but the inital tools you need. I had another meetup today and the question came up again on what should I buy. So during this … Continue reading →

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Exhibit Next Week

Posted on August 19, 2015 by larry

Slowly getting my stuff together for the exhibition next week. Two Arduino Exhibits Sonic Distance measure with LCD RFID reader Two Raspberry Pi Mobile Network Center Kodi Media Center Two ESP8266 Arduino – ESP01 Button ESP-01 Finally got it in … Continue reading →

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NodeMCU Adventures

Posted on August 6, 2015 by larry

I finally started messing around with my NodeMCU, I simply tried lighting up some LED’s and it has been a challenge. Apparently D1 is not D1 on the NodeMCU, I found a picture online of how it maps, but I … Continue reading →

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Smart Doorbell Works

Posted on July 22, 2015 by larry

Got my smart doorbell working. Actually have a video of it, but may redo it.  Looks OK. Anyway just doing pushups and situps.

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Issue With Hard Drive

Posted on July 16, 2015 by larry

I build a new PC for my son yesterday and we needed to transfer some data from his laptop to his new machine. After the files seemingly copied over, I had him pull the hard drive, but not all files … Continue reading →

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Different NodeMCU

Posted on July 11, 2015 by larry

So here are the two different NodeMCU Here is the bottom.   Will need to do more research but I believe the one on the left is version 1.0 and the one on the right is 0.9 Will post more … Continue reading →

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Nice Run Again

Posted on July 9, 2015 by larry

Ran cedar river again with the family, was a good one. Almost ran the entire 2 miles, pretty sure was more than a mile and a half, I think next time I will stretch out better, I think I can … Continue reading →

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No Need To Learn Lua

Posted on July 8, 2015 by larry

No need to learn Lua, I figured out how to work with the Arduino IDE, there was a QIO DIO setting I had to change. Also I noticed with the ESP-01 model, it needs enough current. Just doing pushups and … Continue reading →

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