Category Archives: New Toys

Christmas Lights Kind of Up

Posted on December 3, 2019 by larry

We got our lights up and they can be turned on and off via ESP8266 with a 433Mhz transmitter. Also when it is on we can control some of the lights via bluetooth. Will try to see if I can … Continue reading →

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New BLE iTags labeled

Posted on December 1, 2019 by larry

Got my new BLE tags logged, it does look good though. I would like to get more in to BLE. I convinced my wife to get some Christmas lights controlled by bluetooth. This is cool.

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Good Bye Old Stove, Hello New One

Posted on November 27, 2019 by larry

Our stove came in today. Our old one was long in the tooth, way before I started blogging, I think it is older than my youngest kid. Served us well for over a decade. We got a new LG stove, … Continue reading →

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New Home Monitoring Server

Posted on November 26, 2019 by larry

I decided to take advantage of the Black Friday deals early and found a replacement for my home monitoring server. Not a laptop, but a Small Form Factor PC. It is the HP 260-P026 based on a I3 processor. It … Continue reading →

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Our Honda CRV

Posted on November 24, 2019 by larry

Liking the car We got the car yesterday and took possesion late at night, too dark for any picutures. Here it is today. Purchased some accessories, like USB cables, a cover, but the most pricey was the floor mats. They … Continue reading →

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Processing iTag Data

Posted on November 14, 2019 by larry

Data collection totally works, and in a manner I like. Each device writes to a file with a power and time stamp. Now I need to graph the results are at least parse the info some how to show when … Continue reading →

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Amazing Seahawks Football Game

Posted on November 11, 2019 by larry

Wow, this is the first time a saw a Seahawks game go all the way down to the Overtime wire. Five periods of football, and the Seahawks winning fieldgoal in OT came as time expired. I had a headache prior … Continue reading →

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Pi Platform for BLE

Posted on November 4, 2019 by larry

I got my pi setup for the bluetooth scanning tool. Finally got a dedicated platform to test for bluetooth devices.

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IR and ESP8266

Posted on October 28, 2019 by larry

Got an IR LED working on an ESP8266. Not as straightforward as an arduino. There is a custom IRremoteESP8266.h that was needed. It kind of works.

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Devil You Know

Posted on October 27, 2019 by larry

There are better NodeMCU v3 out there, but I been playing with this one and it seems to work. Verified it with a blink sketch to multiple LEDs const byte LED0 = D0; // LED0 By PIN SD1/SD2 const byte … Continue reading →

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