Category Archives: Arduino

Linuxfest Hangover

Posted on May 8, 2017 by larry

As with all conferences I go to, the next few days are full of ideas.  Some actually do come to fruition. One of the things I want to finish, which I been working on forever, is a messaging box.  Over … Continue reading →

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Fridge, Tulips, and Buzzers

Posted on April 29, 2017 by larry

A lot went on today. First up, I figured our fridge has a fried controller.  Dropped $100+ to get that   part.  If it doesn’t fix it, I am not sure what we are going to do next.  But looks … Continue reading →

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IoT Exhibit

Posted on April 27, 2017 by larry

Got my IoT Exhibit up, got the units up. Got the Uni and the Pi capable of going on the Internet.  I will change the words that are displayed for now, but I will probably not focus on this after … Continue reading →

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Getting Demos Ready

Posted on April 25, 2017 by larry

I just realized that I am going to have gone through three presentations in two weeks. It has been a struggle getting my exhibits up. Kind of a pain. The magic mirror sucked up a bunch of time. Looking for … Continue reading →

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Meetup Tomorrow Missing Presentation

Posted on April 23, 2017 by larry

Hopefully I can cobble something together for tomorrows presentation I did get all of the units I needed built, but I came across three that were bad.  There are probably more but I have to go through all the batches. … Continue reading →

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Devices For Class Ready

Posted on April 19, 2017 by larry

I have 15 devices ready for the class.   I want to get that number up to 20, also I do not have the necessary USB-TTL adapters. Now for the next few days I work on the presentation. Also I … Continue reading →

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Web Code For Linuxfest Class Up

Posted on April 17, 2017 by larry

I got the web code up for my Linuxfest class.  Also got MQTT running. Kind of cool, web seems to be working but it does have a few bugs, MQTT is sold though, way easier to code. Hope to get … Continue reading →

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Connected DDWRT to AWS

Posted on April 8, 2017 by larry

Took a bit of figuring out, I got all the routing and iptables functions figured out correctly, although I did not know it yet, but the thing I did not know was there was a setting on the server called … Continue reading →

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Start of Christmas Weekend

Posted on December 22, 2016 by larry

Woohoo, week is over, got an official day off tomorrow and Monday, plus light work week next week.  I need the rest. I took some time to get back to Arduino, I picked up on another reason not to like … Continue reading →

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Cleaning House Sleeping Great

Posted on December 10, 2016 by larry

I build a new arduino device today to do a 30-30-30 reset of routers. Jumper cables are too long, but it works.  I originally placed a nail under it hoping the weight of the gadget would hold down the reset … Continue reading →

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