Category Archives: Arduino

Student Kit

Posted on September 29, 2015 by larry

A lot of times I get asked what should people get to start of their maker kit.  I have a partial answer, here is the student kit I have I will create a dedicated page for these items, but this … Continue reading →

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Garage Sensor

Posted on September 28, 2015 by larry

This is my first official device of my sensenshow project.  It is a garage sensor to see if the garage door is open, and if there is motion. Another thing it will monitor is temperature and humidity so my dog … Continue reading →

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Washington State Fair 2015

Posted on September 26, 2015 by larry

We made our annual visit to the Washington State Fair today.  It was fun, at a lot.  Instead of doing rides though we ended up playing some games.  One of my daughter’s wanted to do rides though, so maybe next … Continue reading →

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Another Meetup

Posted on September 21, 2015 by larry

Was nice to get another meetup going.  Not sure what I can do to improve attendance though.  Just 3 people attended. Still, I was able to setup quickly and breakdown. Need some additional things though,  like extension cables. I did … Continue reading →

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PAX 2015

Posted on August 31, 2015 by larry

What an awesome day, my foot held up for the day. We did our second PAX visit, thanks Mandy for the tickets, I trust her, although there was this sign.  I knew she could get me some some legit tickets. … Continue reading →

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Need A Beginner’s Guide

Posted on August 24, 2015 by larry

I need to put together a beginner’s guide not only on how  to use arduino, but the inital tools you need. I had another meetup today and the question came up again on what should I buy. So during this … Continue reading →

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Exhibit Next Week

Posted on August 19, 2015 by larry

Slowly getting my stuff together for the exhibition next week. Two Arduino Exhibits Sonic Distance measure with LCD RFID reader Two Raspberry Pi Mobile Network Center Kodi Media Center Two ESP8266 Arduino – ESP01 Button ESP-01 Finally got it in … Continue reading →

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NodeMCU Adventures

Posted on August 6, 2015 by larry

I finally started messing around with my NodeMCU, I simply tried lighting up some LED’s and it has been a challenge. Apparently D1 is not D1 on the NodeMCU, I found a picture online of how it maps, but I … Continue reading →

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Need to Learn Lua now

Posted on July 7, 2015 by larry

Yesterday I posted that there was a problem with my new NodeMCU unit, there is no problem, the issue is that there are two versions of this product, a 0.9 which works with the Arduino IDE and a 1.0 which … Continue reading →

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Weird… Free Time

Posted on June 26, 2015 by larry

I feel like I should be in a hurry but I am not. No Races No Presentations No work related projects I do have to get my stuff ready for packing for a trip, but for the most part I … Continue reading →

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