Category Archives: Arduino

Inglemoor High School Visit

Posted on May 7, 2014 by larry

Last week after my after my arduino presentation, an observer named Luke pointed me into the direction of a high school student named Hilary. Today I visited her in Mr Wierusz class at Inglemoor High School to help her and … Continue reading →

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Wire Strippers and IR Replicator Device

Posted on May 4, 2014 by larry

Didn’t run like I expected today, just stayed indoor for the most part, too late to run just going to do some pushups and situps, need to keep my heartrate down before I go to bed. Someone asked me what … Continue reading →

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As Low It Will Go

Posted on April 29, 2014 by larry

This is as low as I can get it, not sure how people got the nrf24l01 2.5mA I don’t know how others get it lower, maybe it is because of the voltage regulator I used, could be my measuring system. Tomorrow … Continue reading →

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Second Presentation This Linuxfest

Posted on April 27, 2014 by larry

What an awesome day, did a lot. Woke up this morning took my sweet time and looked at the schedule and my presentation was due at 10AM, I thought it was at 11. Rushed my oldest son there to help … Continue reading →

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Linuxfest Presentation

Posted on April 26, 2014 by larry

Presented at Linuxfest today and I killed it. I didn’t think I had it in me. Did an introduction to Arduino. Swam some laps in the pool for a workout today.

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Still Coughing

Posted on April 19, 2014 by larry

Was in a fog most of the day, last night I took some cough medicine and it really took me down. Feeling tired and sluggish most of the day, then latter was dehydrated. Now that I got the arduino an … Continue reading →

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Arduino to Raspberry Pi Wireless Goodness

Posted on April 16, 2014 by larry

FINALLY I got my Raspberry Pi and Arduino to talk to each other.   I need to document this soon or else I will forget. Anyway, the IR is GPIO, the LCD is I2C and the NRF24L01 is SPI. Major … Continue reading →

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New LCD Display

Posted on March 28, 2014 by larry

Went to Alphatronics today and Chuck the owner asked me to take a look at an LCD 16×2 display he got.   Weird that the pins are on the side rather than top in one row. He sent me a … Continue reading →

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Sleep Study Tonight

Posted on March 26, 2014 by larry

Just doing pushups and situps today, got to get a good night sleep during this sleep study. Got to sleep with a weird device tonight.     Speaking of devices, I getting better at putting together my DIY arduino.  My … Continue reading →

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Documenting My Project

Posted on March 15, 2014 by larry

Got a pretty decent draft going on for my Arduino project.  I have it in MS Word and will clean it up there.  Then I will transcript it to my web site when I am done. Been really busy today, … Continue reading →

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