Category Archives: New Toys

New Wifi Motion Sensor

Posted on June 17, 2015 by larry

Finally got my first production motion sensor up. Seems to work great. Setup was pretty easy since I have done it before I know I can have it directly send an email, but I have opted for it to talk … Continue reading →

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Almost Ready to Run Again

Posted on June 15, 2015 by larry

Taking today and tomorrow off, then I will be back on the road. Tomorrow I know I got some stuff scheduled so it will be difficult to work out. Days seem long though, cant seem to sleep right. Maybe I … 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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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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ESP8266 Module

Posted on May 27, 2015 by larry

Whoa, its finally here, this is a module that you can load like an arduino and have it go on the Internet wirelessly. It is an extremely cool device for a maker/geek like me, was hoping to get farther with … Continue reading →

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Mothers Day 2015

Posted on May 10, 2015 by larry

It was a great mother’s day.  Pretty busy one at that. Got up at 8AM and forced the kids out of bed to go get mom and grandma something. Kids had a joke to get flour instead of flowers. Also … Continue reading →

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Bringing Back Router from a Brick

Posted on April 30, 2015 by larry

I have bricked one of my routers, a Linksys E2500 router. The cause was a bad firmware update. I was able to take it apart and add a serial TTY connection. Once in the serial console I was able to … Continue reading →

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