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The Expert, helpful neighbor and friend

The problem was a project I built for my boys was no longer working.  I put everything together just a few months back and one of the relays was now failing me.  The actual problem was the switch no longer … Continue reading

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The internet is for … porn

  HP 1312 color laser printer Perhaps I am pretty easily persuaded by the brand as quite a few years back I purchased a HP color printer – the 1312 multi function printer to be exact. It is a bit … Continue reading

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Got a new tablet for the price of fastfood meal …

… well, that is a bit of an exaggeration.  I owned a Samsung Galaxy S tablet which no longer worked.  It had the darndest symptoms. doesn’t charge past 77 % takes a day to get to 77% spontaneously restarts shortly … Continue reading

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From computers to microcontrollers

I kept telling Mikhail that the big advantage to using the Raspberry Pi was no matter what project I put it into I could set it on the window sill and ssh to it.  It was a fast small and … Continue reading

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Evolution of LED Lighting – software solution

In my previous blog entry, Evolution of LED Lighting – hardware and tools, I only managed to describe the tools and hardware as well as a first project to test the ability to upload new programs to the device. Some … Continue reading

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Evolution of LED Lighting – hardware and tools

Flashback I wanted to buy home automation electronics, nothing really fancy just a WiFi controller for a led strip.  When shopping for things like this Pay attention.  I saw something that spoke about WiFi and was really quite cheap so I … Continue reading

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Evolution of LED Lighting

When the children were really young they had a very tiny little nightlight.  It didn’t really give off all that much light but it was enough to keep the boys happy.  But nothing lasts forever and as it turns out … Continue reading

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just making it – a 4x4x4 led cube

Some time back, I had a fair amount lot of free time and did watch things on you tube.  A friend of mine showed a number of cool LED cubes that were trending at that time. It seemed so cool … Continue reading

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