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Cheese Fridge project
Wow, almost six months since my last post! Yes, I’ve been busy. I’ve recently started making cheese. Generally you start off making soft cheeses like Brie & Camembert. After a little while these cheeses no longer do it…
Read More »Petit Studio Raspberry Pi HDMI extender cheap cable fix
Note: This fix is NOT due to a fault of the Petit Studio Raspberry Pi Camera extension kit, it’s due to the use of cheap HDMI leads. I brought some Petit Studio Raspberry Pi HDMI camera extenders from…
Read More »EP Solar MPPT Tracer charge controller serial code
Following on from my previous post working out the EP Solar Tracer serial protocol, I’ve got code working on a Raspberry Pi. It’s even validating the CRC checksum.
Read More »EP Solar MPPT Tracer charge controller serial interface
I’m currently involved in a project to set up a solar powered wireless station and wanted to remotely monitor the battery charge process. I looked into a number of charge controllers to see if any of them could…
Read More »dump1090 binary built for Raspberry Pi / Arm
If you’re after a binary of dump1090 for the Raspberry Pi without having to build it, here’s a compiled binary for you. I built it on Arch linux, but it also works on Raspbian, or likely any other…
Read More »Pulsecounter PCB’s have arrived
I posted recently about detecting power loss in an AVR and quickly writing values to EEPROM before power is lost completely and have since received the PCB’s I ordered from oshpark. This is the first time I have…
Read More »AVR – Detecting loss of power and writing to EEPROM
As part of a recent AVR project, I wanted a way to increment a counter and store it even if the power was lost. This could be done with an external flash memory device, but I wanted to…
Read More »Soldering ESCs
I’m using 30 Amp hobby King ESCs in my Quad Copter. They each come with five bare ends which need connectors soldered to them. Here’s a picture showing the result of about two hours of soldering and heat…
Read More »Fun with Loctite and Brushless Motors
It turns out four motors is four times the work of one… and four times the Loctite. I’ve attached the spinners to the motors and the motors to the motor mounts using Loctite Threadlocker Red 271. This should…
Read More »Quadcopter frame assembled
I’ve finished assembling the Quadcopter frame. The instructions are a little cryptic and I have plenty of screws missing over, but I’m confident it will work. The build quality is reasonable for the price tag. I’m still waiting…
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