Category Archives: Arduino

Need To Prioritize

Posted on February 26, 2016 by larry

I got a lot going on, I got a running next week, my dog has surgery and my daughter has a dentist appointment.  Also I need to get moving on my presentation for Linuxfest. They accepted my class on Internet … Continue reading →

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Garage Door Model Pictures

Posted on February 22, 2016 by larry

I got most of the garage door model done. Here is the front I used a an old CD ROM drive’s mechanism to act as the garage door motor. A button on the side manually opens the door. Eventually the … Continue reading →

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Thinking About Security

Posted on February 21, 2016 by larry

I consider myself pretty advanced in technology, but I think that my knowledge of how bad things are, kind of holds me back in embracing new tech due to security. I been thinking of couple things. The reason I did … Continue reading →

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Redid My Garage Door Model

Posted on February 20, 2016 by larry

I rebuild my garage door model in to something a bit more robust.  I don’t have pictures yet, but hope to post some up tomorrow. Reason I don’t have time is I am headed up to Canada for a quick … Continue reading →

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Arduino Game Built

Posted on January 30, 2016 by larry

Finally got my arduino game going. It is supposed to be a board game but there is no board yet. It will come though.  Most of the electronics is done.

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Arduino Board Game

Posted on January 29, 2016 by larry

I got two days to come up with something to draw kids in to the STEM world. I was thinking a simple board game, monopoly like that you race across the board to the finish line.  Arduino will provide  Random … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi Relay

Posted on January 27, 2016 by larry

Nearly four years ago (short by a month) I got an arduino to locally turn a relay on and off for a power strip. http://www.apolonio.com/blog/?p=1890 I have revisited that project again using a Raspberry Pi 2. It required a lot … Continue reading →

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Exhibit Box 2016

Posted on January 24, 2016 by larry

Here is the new box I have for 2016 exhibits.  Hopefully there will be many exhibits this year. Still a lot more to work on but it looks pretty good.  I am happy with it so far. From left to … Continue reading →

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Mounts for ESP-01

Posted on December 29, 2015 by larry

One of the problems with the ESP-01 is mounting it on a breadboard, another is programming it, and finally getting 3.3V power to it when most of your power is 5V. I think I solved all 3. I had this … Continue reading →

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Arduino IDE 1.6.7

Posted on December 28, 2015 by larry

Today I loaded up the Arduino IDE 1.6.7, I liked how the way it updated my libraries, but something in the built in wire library seemed broken. That was a show stopper. Here is a simple sketch that puts text … Continue reading →

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