Category Archives: Technical

Still Coughing

Posted on April 19, 2014 by larry

Was in a fog most of the day, last night I took some cough medicine and it really took me down. Feeling tired and sluggish most of the day, then latter was dehydrated. Now that I got the arduino an … Continue reading →

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Arduino to Raspberry Pi Wireless Goodness

Posted on April 16, 2014 by larry

FINALLY I got my Raspberry Pi and Arduino to talk to each other.   I need to document this soon or else I will forget. Anyway, the IR is GPIO, the LCD is I2C and the NRF24L01 is SPI. Major … Continue reading →

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IR on Raspberry Pi

Posted on April 14, 2014 by larry

Got the IR working on a Raspberry Pi.  It uses normal GPIO port communication whereas the LCD used I2C.  Next to attack is the RF Nordic adapter, but initial attempts hint that this may be a challenge. Another thing I … Continue reading →

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LCD Display on Pi

Posted on April 12, 2014 by larry

No doubt that I am more versed with Linux than with Arduino, but I found it easier to get my Arduino to display an LCD 16×2 screen over my Raspberry Pi. But I did it   Tomorrow I hope to … Continue reading →

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Totally Out Of Shape

Posted on April 4, 2014 by larry

I admit I am out of shape, there are a few things that can get me back on track, I did get my CPAP today and it is promising.   Bitcoin mining is doing OK, I am happy with its … Continue reading →

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Bitcoin Mining Up

Posted on April 2, 2014 by larry

First off, I need to clarify that I am in it primarily for the acedemic portion of it. If I make a profit, great, but I put in $100 with another $100 coming from a friend into these USB Ant … Continue reading →

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Need To Get To Bed Earlier

Posted on April 1, 2014 by larry

Still feeling tired even after I sleep a decent amount of time. I do no think my night sleep gets me to REM. Today there was a VMware user group conference.  Was sleepy for some of the presentations, need to … Continue reading →

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New LCD Display

Posted on March 28, 2014 by larry

Went to Alphatronics today and Chuck the owner asked me to take a look at an LCD 16×2 display he got.   Weird that the pins are on the side rather than top in one row. He sent me a … Continue reading →

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Sleep Study Tonight

Posted on March 26, 2014 by larry

Just doing pushups and situps today, got to get a good night sleep during this sleep study. Got to sleep with a weird device tonight.     Speaking of devices, I getting better at putting together my DIY arduino.  My … Continue reading →

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Glad I Do Backups

Posted on March 16, 2014 by larry

My laptop has been crashing the past few days, I wasn’t sure why, it is less than 7 months old so I shouldn’t be having problems.  I tried to reimage it with clonezilla and I saw a ton of ATA … Continue reading →

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