In Week 2 we made a single LED blink using an Arduino, now about 99.9% of the time this would be overkill (the 0.1% of the time is when you are learning); actually tell a lie, There is a VERY good reason to flash a LED with a micro, but […]
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After my last post where I said I had some better ideas for how to make the head in CAD: This is the CAD parts: There are 5 main parts, all smaller than 200 x 200 x 200 mm. Tamarisk has been Printing the parts for me:
…Are negligible! Following on from my last post; that seems to have got a wide readership, I got sent this link and asked to review it; the title of the article is “Scientists Appeal that 5G Wireless is as Hazardous as Asbestos”, which I think we can all agree contains […]
One of the Podcasts I listen to is the RoboHub Podcast. In ep268 they Interviewed Audrow Nash, the show-notes give a good description: In this episode, Audrow Nash interview Magnus Egerstedt, Professor at the Georgia Institute of Technology, about a way for anyone interested in swarm robotics to test their […]
If you do any amount of design with 3D printers, sooner or later you will find your self using bearings between two bits to help them move; normally you will reach for a “skateboard bearing” or a 608ZZ, however if you need a size that is not a 608ZZ the […]
On LinkedIn a while ago Glen one of the reps at Würth Elektronik offered free PCB fidget spinners. I asked nicely if MiniBoyGeek could have one, and as such one was delivered, I am glad I opened the bag before giving it to him. A fun little build of 9 […]
Even before Covid-19 took over the UK, and caused people to not want to handle cash, cash has been falling out of favour for years, the BBC reported on this back in 2019, and produced the following chart: I have a Monzo bank card, and am very happy with it […]
At work, I am trying to make some automated test equipment, (I also have some personal test equipment to automate as well). At work I use MS Windows 10 for my laptop, home I use macOS, and for embedded test equipment I am planning on using Raspberry Pi and Pi […]
SMD SMT Chip Test Clip Meter Lead Probe Multimeters Probe Lead Tweezer – https://amzn.to/3iBNq7Q Examples of Resistors Heating element Light bulb Wiring harness Human body Uses: Resist current flow. Create voltage drops. Dissipate power. SMD Resistors:
Tamarisk wanted to try out Ghost for her site, However, since Sandraudiga runs the ISP Manager management system between Debian and the webserver and other services we need to avoid upsetting it, letting ISP Manager upset her site, or causing any issues that break any other services running on Sandraudiga… […]
As soon as you start using any computer for more than about 5 minutes, you will start to customise it from its factory state. And that only gets “more interesting” when you start to use more than one computer at a time…
The LEGO Technic 8880 Super car was realised in 1994, So I assume that the Photo of myself and my nanna was from a Christmas around 1994-95, This new year Bob, Kimble, and Steph came to Birmingham to spend the evening with MiniBoyGeek, Tamarisk and Me. Of course we had […]