Category Archives: Technology

Arduino power control

Posted on July 2, 2012 by jimbo

The digital scale project has been a measured success, as most maker projects tend to be “in the early revisions”. On the one hand, the circuit works dandy when it’s up; step on scale, weight gets transmitted, computer processes and … Continue reading →

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UAV / Quadcopter roundup

Posted on June 5, 2012 by jimbo

This post is intended to be a living document containing the information that I have about RC, planes, helicopters, quadcopters, and UAV/IMU/FPV. Discussion on LinkedIn group about UAV Arduino PID library IMU tutorial HobbyKing quadcopter frame has a good set … Continue reading →

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Home Automation roundup

Posted on June 5, 2012 by jimbo

This post is intended to be a living document gathering the information that I have about Home Automation. WebMote panStamp garden sensors battery charging monitor hybrid mains power webserver+arduino+mains control wireless power outlet control proximity mains switch uC switched power … Continue reading →

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Networked Arduino

Posted on May 24, 2012 by jimbo

I picked up two separate Ethernet solutions for Arduino while I was at Maker Faire; an Arduino Ethernet Shield, and a Nanode 5. Once I got them home (and got the Nanode soldered together), it turns out that they use … Continue reading →

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UAV design

Posted on May 2, 2012 by jimbo

After much reading and re-reading, I think that I’m finally starting to understand what’s necessary in order to build a UAV. First, let’s talk about a regular RC airplane. You have a transmitter in your hands that has some number … Continue reading →

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Insane URL-fu

Posted on April 10, 2012 by jimbo

I had an interesting use case. I needed to get some data out of a database, and then return the result in a graph. So far, the thing is not so interesting. However, there were a few twists. First twist, … Continue reading →

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Eye-Fi — easy Arduino internet access?

Posted on March 14, 2012 by jimbo

The Arduino has multiple ways to get online, from ethernet shields to ones with built-in RJ45 jacks. Then there’s all the Xbee / Bluetooth type stuff or even the USB-to-serial bridge, if you are OK involving a PC. But “easy” … Continue reading →

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Sugru is the new epoxy

Posted on December 7, 2011 by jimbo

Fashion colors, plus it loves LEGO. LEGO + Dinosaur = Rawr!

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XBMC Pronto CCF

Posted on October 11, 2011 by jimbo

Many moons ago, some kind soul set up a Pronto CCF that has every single “OBC” (which I think means “original button control”) code that XBMC understands, and put it up on sourceforge in the XBMC repository. That was 7 … Continue reading →

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Web app idea

Posted on August 22, 2011 by jimbo

I think that I would like a more personal version of digg. For instance, over the years, I have tagged (by sending the links as emails to my friends) several xkcd strips as “Like”. But there is no way for … Continue reading →

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