Category Archives: Technical

Rough Day

Posted on January 13, 2025 by larry

New meds keeping me awake, not getting any sleep. Today I went to bed at 5AM and still woke up in time for work. I think the deep sleep I had over the weekend helps. My KVM failed again, I … Continue reading →

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Projects Near Term

Posted on January 12, 2025 by larry

The dev version of my message box is done. You know what, they work.!!! I am actually putting together a production 3rd one. Realistically, this may be Gen 4 plus version. The 3D printer is printing a test model I … Continue reading →

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Ultimate Rest!!

Posted on January 11, 2025 by larry

Man I rested long time today. Went to bed at 2:30AM and woke up at 1PM. Incredible sleep. Didn’t have much time to do workout today, but I got time to work on some financial stuff with my sister and … Continue reading →

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Strings in C are horid

Posted on January 10, 2025 by larry

Playing around with strings in C is painful. Am rusty, been doing Python for a while now and it is getting confusing. The physical part of dev phase of my project is nearly done. What that means is that I … Continue reading →

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OK Need a Break

Posted on January 9, 2025 by larry

After yesterday, I admit my body hurts. I need time to heal. Sounds like an excuse, maybe it is, but I am sore. As for my projects, I got a lot of stuff going, I tried to use a screw … Continue reading →

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Oh My Legs

Posted on January 8, 2025 by larry

Did 30 minutes on the elliptical machine today, haven’t done something like that for a while, certainly used a new set of muscles. Good news is I am almost final with my dev prototype. More pics tomorrow, it is still … Continue reading →

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2025 Moving Along

Posted on January 7, 2025 by larry

Year is moving along, yesterday was Three Kings and a time we take down decorations. Most of the decorations are down, just the gutters. I did get my steps in for the first time this year, 10k steps and 10 … Continue reading →

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Alarm Box Done

Posted on January 6, 2025 by larry

I had this for a while now, not functional. Note the raspberry pi, it had a relay connected to it with an Arduino Nano. I just went straight ESP8266, ESP-01 no less It works, can go in to production immediately. … Continue reading →

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Ongoing Electronics Projects

Posted on January 5, 2025 by larry

Couple of the little electronic things I am working on Got some lights ESP relay, my message box dev unit is coming together, and a new way to boot off of an iso. Gonna be fun, but this is a … Continue reading →

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Back to ESP-01

Posted on January 4, 2025 by larry

Got some relays today and need to program some ESP-01 for it Need to make sure your orient the ESP-01 correctly. Anyway it works. Couple other notable maker things, I started 3D printing a development case for my GEN4 message … Continue reading →

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