Category Archives: New Toys

Pretty Good Day

Posted on October 23, 2019 by larry

Got my fitbit goals done, which felt great because it has been a while. While getting the last 2000 steps there fall reminded me she was here. Walk was getting dark, but man it is a sight to behold. On … Continue reading →

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Got BLE Scanner Working

Posted on October 20, 2019 by larry

Finally I can now scan for BLE devices. But just because I can scan does not mean I can interpret what they are saying.

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Bad BLE Scanner Device

Posted on October 19, 2019 by larry

I highly suspect the device I have is bad. I try to put it in to flash mode and the LED does not light up. Going to try and get a replacement, if it too is bad, I am going … Continue reading →

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New Bluetooth LE Sniffer

Posted on October 18, 2019 by larry

Got the sniffer installed, but can’t seem to find the documentation to get it working. Will post more on how it goes, for now at least I got it out of the box.

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Sensing Bluetoooth LE

Posted on October 10, 2019 by larry

Trying to get my Linux devices to sense bluetooth LE. I can see it, but cant seem to connect to it. I think the version of bluez on my pi is too old. Will try and manually install new one. … Continue reading →

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Message Box 2019 Final

Posted on October 2, 2019 by larry

Got the hardware set for the final 2019 Message Box Version. Here is the Bom Qty Item Cost Ext 1 0.91″ OLED Wifi ESP8266 10.45 10.45 1 Half Length Breadboard 2.02 2.02 1 Active Buzzer 3V 0.17 0.17 1 5mm … Continue reading →

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Playing With Graphics Display

Posted on October 1, 2019 by larry

Playing with the different graphics modes for my new ESP822 with OLED display. Kind of disappointed the screen does not display right. The bottom does not go all the way Going to experiment a bit more, maybe I got the … Continue reading →

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Getting Multiple Message Boxes Up

Posted on September 30, 2019 by larry

Today build several more message boxes up. Also added a push button switch. Should do a BOM and an instruction list.

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Message Box In Prod

Posted on September 28, 2019 by larry

Looks like this message box is pretty darn stable. Putting it in to a bit of production. I think I will order a few more.

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New Message Box

Posted on September 27, 2019 by larry

I don’t know how many iterations of this box I went through. I know that there were many versions of this I think this is the cleanest one by far. Just caseless.

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