Monthly Archives: December 2015

End of 2015

Posted on December 31, 2015 by larry

Overall 2015 was not a great year, I lost a lot of motivation. But there is promise for 2016, and a big difference between Dec 2014 and Dec 2015 is I feel hope. I want 2016 to be the year … Continue reading →

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Different Models of Motion Sensor

Posted on December 30, 2015 by larry

Recall this sale from last week Well I had a 62447, and it is the most hackable of the three I have.  This 61910 is good too but the signal pin is really hard to solder. I hope to get … 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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Unproductive Day

Posted on December 27, 2015 by larry

I have been pretty good about doing stuff the past few days.  Today not so much. I did get a few things done, cleaned up some wiring, and found a router to hack.  But I feel like I did not … Continue reading →

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Missed Winter Solstice

Posted on December 26, 2015 by larry

Through the rush of the holidays I forgot about winter solstice.  The shortest daylight of the year. At least we can expect the days to get longer. We went to Snoqualmie today to play in the snow.  It was fun, … Continue reading →

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Christmas 2015

Posted on December 25, 2015 by larry

Recall yesterday I said this season didn’t have as much of spirit as the past years, but I played some Christmas music we opened some gifts, and it was a good day. Not much surprise for our gifts, but it … Continue reading →

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Christmas Eve 2015

Posted on December 24, 2015 by larry

My son mentioned something that I felt but did not really notice, this year the holidays did not have the merry feeling. I have no explanation why, but it is try. It is not a sad holidays, just not the … Continue reading →

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Four Day Weekend

Posted on December 23, 2015 by larry

Today was a pretty chill day at work, but after today I got 4 days of no work. I am going to take the rest of the night off to chill, but I am going to do a bunch of … Continue reading →

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Problems With Motion Sensor

Posted on December 22, 2015 by larry

I purchased a few more of those sensors today and came across a few issues. There are different models, the are similar, but the electronics is different. The model I had originally had different channels listed, but the store only … Continue reading →

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