For Want of 0.1 mm…
October 19, 2010
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I got the printed circuit board for my aquarium light and power controller project from Olimex in Bulgaria yesterday. It looked great! Unfortunately, all of
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PCB Design Software
September 25, 2010
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After struggling to lay out my aquarium controller on a “permanent” prototype board I decided to see if there were some software design packages which
When in Doubt, Visit the Hardware Store
September 11, 2010
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In my ongoing saga to build a wooden box for my aquarium controller, I finally reached the stage where I need to assemble the four
Don’t Just RTFM, Pay Attention to It!
September 10, 2010
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All my life I’ve tended not to Read The Futzy Manual. I skim instructional documents for key/new information, and then get on with the job.
Linux Saves Windows Server
August 13, 2010
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I run Exchange as my home mail server. Unfortunately, the Windows Server 2008 machine that hosts Exchange is flaky. For the last 18 months it
It Can See! Or maybe “hear”…
August 5, 2010
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I’ve updated my Arduino-based aquarium microcontroller project to incorporate an ultrasonic sonar sensor. The aquarium lights now stay dim during the day, except when someone
You Can Never Have Enough 0.1 uF Capacitors
August 2, 2010
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I had almost gotten my ultrasonic sonar detecting aquarium light controller to work when I ran into a weird problem: the hardware and program code
Sonar Is Cool!
July 23, 2010
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One of the things I find oddly intriguing about working with microcontrollers is that they interact with the environment. This isn’t some amazing insight, of
Redmine, We Hardly Knew Ya
July 23, 2010
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Yesterday I received word from WebFaction, my hosting company, that Redmine was using way more memory than my account limit. After doing some research, apparently
VirtualBox, Ubuntu and GumStix
July 19, 2010
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My next embedded programming project will involve a single board computer (SBC), rather than a microcontroller. I’ve come across several kinds in my research, but