Category Archives: Arduino

Weight Gain

Posted on October 22, 2026 by larry

Today was a rest day, so I did not burn a lot of calories, it is weird because I am so heavy today. I think it is the soup I had for lunch and dinner last night after weigh in. … Continue reading →

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Bigger LED Ticker

Posted on August 11, 2026 by larry

I started putting together the larger version of the LED tracker. There are some new problems that are coming up, for one it needs more power. Another is ESP32 signal, it may not pass properly across all of the LED. … Continue reading →

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Personal Maker Space

Posted on July 23, 2026 by larry

Fell into an interesting rabbit hole today, I want to my personal maker space equipped and organized. Here is what I was thinking (with the help of chatgpt) I have most of these items, but wanted to list them here … Continue reading →

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Burned Out Units

Posted on June 2, 2025 by larry

I am starting to convince my self that something, a power surge could have burned out some of these RF units I set up. A reboot did not fix things. I took the carcass of one of them to look … Continue reading →

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RF 433Mhz Good

Posted on May 29, 2025 by larry

For the most part, the house is zigbee, but got couple other protocols in the works. Like I mentioned in the Sonoff works well, so I have very stable 433mhz and low powered too. I purchased one more sonoff and … Continue reading →

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Sonoff White

Posted on May 28, 2025 by larry

Recall I am pretty happy with a sonoff black I have, and the tasmota DIY devices I setup didnt last. While cleaning up I did come across a Sonoff White R2. I flashed it, pretty easy, didnt to the hardware … Continue reading →

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Failing Custom Tasmota Devices

Posted on May 27, 2025 by larry

Most of my Tasmota Devices have failed, at least the custom RF 433Mhz Receivers. I am hoping it is just the receiver unit. I order another batch hoping they will fix the issue. Remember this post Glad I didnt decomm … Continue reading →

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Message Box Gen 4 Plus Done

Posted on January 27, 2025 by larry

I am done with this gen of the PLUS model, still working on the normal model. Looks pro, moving on to either the standard message box or the Last Man project. So the software I discovered was the called gammu, … Continue reading →

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Disaster, Message Box Face Broke

Posted on January 26, 2025 by larry

Of all things to happen, I was about to finish putting together the faceplate for the production Message board plus when the faceplate slid off the table. When it landed on the floor, the four standoffs holding the LCD display … Continue reading →

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On to the next phase

Posted on January 25, 2025 by larry

Regarding my nagios pi box, got all the parts, I can get it a least all together to do logic testing. Got nagios running today, and will get the phone thing working soon too. Maybe tomorrow. That is not all … Continue reading →

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