Category Archives: Arduino

Meetup on MQTT

Posted on December 5, 2016 by larry

Today I had a meetup on MQTT.  I thought it was gonna be boring but it ended up being OK.  We got some demo going and they figured it out. Showed some arduino code too and how it worked.  Surprisingly … Continue reading →

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Working With New LCD

Posted on November 30, 2016 by larry

At one of my recent presentations I lost my LCD screen. I finally got time to play with a new one. Got it connected to a DHT11 to display Humidity and Temp, Looks cool. I need to get on this … Continue reading →

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ESP8266 New Network

Posted on November 28, 2016 by larry

I got the first ESP8266 talking to the AWS server securely.  Seems pretty simple but in hindsight that was a lot of work. I got the development board working first, then I got a nodeMCU.  Currently it communicates via MQTT. … Continue reading →

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Looking At Topic On Meetup

Posted on November 21, 2016 by larry

We had a general open topic today for our meetup.  We spoke about a wide variety of things including something I am allergic to… politics. But there was a desire to log information to a file, so I decided to … Continue reading →

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New Lab Network

Posted on November 10, 2016 by larry

Been busy at work.  I need to document an install of vSphere 6.0 so I am spinning up a new lab network. Should be interesting. I still got some Arduino stuff to do for my home network but I am … Continue reading →

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Multiple Motion Sensor Platform

Posted on November 9, 2016 by larry

Finally got this part of my home monitoring done.  This is the multiple motion sensor platform. Got some initial code to work, it is on the network but does nothing at the moment. Here is the bare part without the … Continue reading →

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Body Sore All Over

Posted on September 29, 2016 by larry

I am so sore, not sure why, could be due to the good workout I had on the treadmill. But it is not sore like I could a cold, more sore because I am out of shape and moving a … Continue reading →

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Preparing for another Arduino Class

Posted on September 27, 2016 by larry

So glad I have the infrastructure to do this, but I am preparing the gear for my next arduino class.  Still some work, but so much easier since I have setup a way to image the laptops, have the right … Continue reading →

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Designing Circuit Boards

Posted on September 19, 2016 by larry

Had another meetup today, we spoke a bit about counterfeit stuff, ended up talking about creating your own printed circuit boards. I am down with that.  I want to try it out.  I have some ideas of what I want … Continue reading →

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Gadget Done For KCLS

Posted on September 14, 2016 by larry

Finally got the gadget I promised KCLS done.  Had to redo a few things adding to the delay. Kind of tired, still got a lot to do.  Need to focus on my presentation next two days. Will put all other … Continue reading →

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