Category Archives: Arduino

Getting Good With Soldering

Posted on October 1, 2014 by larry

Today was the first time ever, I liked soldering. I am getting good at it, the things that really helped my like soldering are A Good Soldering A work area with space (not cramped) Ventilation Light Clean Tip Rosin I … Continue reading →

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New Makerspace

Posted on September 30, 2014 by larry

There is a new makerspace in Renton called Frankenstein Makerspace. I like it because it opens up the use of tools for me.  Hopefully I can help him become successful as well.  I will do a better article later. Got … Continue reading →

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Not Eating

Posted on September 24, 2014 by larry

Had a small breakfast, zero lunch, and it is nearly 11PM and I have not eaten dinner yet. Starving, but I did not run, been trying to get an ISP on one of the proto boards going.  Failed miserably. Gonna … Continue reading →

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Eleventh Hour Effort

Posted on September 12, 2014 by larry

Hate rushing but I did it to myself. Rushing hard to finish up my arduino presentation materials. At this rate I looking at going to bed at 1AM. Still, looks pretty good, and I did work out with my personal … Continue reading →

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Struggling With Ethernet And Arduino

Posted on September 8, 2014 by larry

Glanced up at the clock and did not realize it was already 11:53PM Time flies, but I was troubleshooting an arduino problem. After I post gonna do some quick pushups and situps.

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Sensor Ran Out Of Power

Posted on June 24, 2014 by larry

It has been about a week but I only noticed today that my sensor that I setup to test how long it will last on battery, sent its last message on June 17, 2014, at 1:38AM.  I recall bringing it … Continue reading →

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Low Power Arduino Still Going

Posted on June 1, 2014 by larry

On May 1, 2014 at 10AM I brought online a low powered Arduino an 4 AA batteries. http://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=4215 This is June 1, and it is still cranking along.  Pretty darn good. Still sore from running yesterday, just doing pushups and … Continue reading →

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Replicate On to PCB

Posted on May 15, 2014 by larry

I tried to replicate what I did on to a PCB today, so frustrating, not sure why it is not working. I suspect power because it works with the serial power 3.3v. Will try with 5.0 volts after I remove … Continue reading →

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Feeling Accomplished

Posted on May 14, 2014 by larry

Wish I timed my run today, not sure if I beat my best time this year or not, unofficially I ran it at 52:45. Also got couple cool things done with my arduino, I got it down to 48uA and … Continue reading →

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Final Visit To Inglemoor

Posted on May 8, 2014 by larry

It was fun, took one pic with them, enjoyed it. They are my target demographic, hope they do well. I was beat today, getting up earlier than usual is tiring. No run today, pouring hard, this weekend, gonna clean up … Continue reading →

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