Category Archives: Technical

Mailbox Broken In To

Posted on June 10, 2015 by larry

Today I came home to a mailbox that was broken in to. Either I will get a heavy duty mail box or get some sort of monitoring on the mailbox. I tried to get some sort of arduino going but … Continue reading →

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Full Breadboarded Arduino and ESP8266

Posted on June 8, 2015 by larry

Got the ESP8266 and other components working on a breadboard. Looks pretty clean, I will adjust a few things though. As a followup from yesterday’s post regarding the FTDI I got it working again, the trick was to prevent auto … Continue reading →

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Pain in the ass FTDI chip

Posted on June 7, 2015 by larry

OK, no more FTDI chip, I will move on to the CP2102. I recently tried downloading a sketch from my Windows 8.1 box using an FTDI chip and noticed it was not working. This is how a working FTDI chip … Continue reading →

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Confused with Arduino ans ESP8266

Posted on June 6, 2015 by larry

Although I got partial communication with between arduino and esp8266. I am not sure how to get it working but I got a few ideas. As a standalone I do have it working. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Breadboard Compatible (Somewhat) ESP8266

Posted on June 5, 2015 by larry

Got some addition ESP8266 today that did not have the headers soldered on so I took this opportunity to make it more breadboard friendly. Basically I flipped on of the rows and put it on the top. Looks way way … Continue reading →

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Need To Get Documentation In

Posted on June 4, 2015 by larry

I have some time over the next few days to get some documentation together on the ESP8266. Slowly getting there but I do have a ways to go. Also add to the fact I am learning a lot about this … Continue reading →

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Prepping for Load Test

Posted on June 3, 2015 by larry

I am setting up for a load test on the ESP8266, as I post I am waiting for it to charge. Yesterday I did figure out how to restore the firmware, in doing so I learned a lot about the … Continue reading →

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WIfi PIR

Posted on June 2, 2015 by larry

Woohoo got the wifi prototype going. Finally got this working wirelessly. Just doing pushups and situps.

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Good Exhibit At WWU

Posted on May 29, 2015 by larry

Finished my exhibit at Western Washington University. Good news is that the private network was fine, but connecting to the Internet was a challenge. One thing I need to improve is power.  That seems to be the time consumption task … Continue reading →

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Prepping for another exhibit

Posted on May 28, 2015 by larry

Getting ready for another exhibit, another new venue, Western Washington University. I am not sure what to expect, I am limiting what I will exhibit though. Just doing pushups and situps.

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