Olimex MOD-WIFI-ESP8266-DEV - Software Setup
Getting to the point where I had a workable software setup for the ESP8266 took me a bit.ESP8266 Software Setup – LinuxI made use of CNLohr’s excellent instructions and youtube video and the Toolchain...
View ArticleIt Worked for Me - WinPE, BitLocker and a Corrupt Windows 8.1 OS Disk
Recently my daughter’s Window 8.1 laptop developed problems with it’s SSD drive. Before I could get a good backup of the data on the system it stopped booting. I had setup this computer as a rush job...
View ArticleQuick Note - Windows 8.1 Corrupt OS Disk - Take 2
Here is another take on accessing the data on the corrupt Windows 8.1 BitLocker secured drive. SystemResuceCd to boot the system from. Rufus to create a bootable USB flash drive from an ISO file....
View ArticlepcDuino3 Nano - Debian / OpenMediaVault
This is another in the series documenting my setup of a new home server with the Linksprite pcDuino3 Nano. A listing for the entire series can be found here. More information on the pcDuino3 Nano...
View ArticlepcDuino3 Nano - u-boot, kernel, rootfs and sdcard build instructions
This is another in the series documenting my setup of a new home server with the Linksprite pcDuino3 Nano. A listing for the entire series can be found here. More information on the pcDuino3 Nano...
View ArticlepcDuino3 Nano - OpenMediaVault Install
This is another in the series documenting my setup of a new home server with the Linksprite pcDuino3 Nano. A listing for the entire series can be found here. More information on the pcDuino3 Nano...
View ArticlepcDuino3 Nano - Home Server NAS Performance
This is another in the series documenting my setup of a new home server with the Linksprite pcDuino3 Nano. A listing for the entire series can be found here. More information on the pcDuino3 Nano...
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pcDuino3 Nano / OpenMediaVault - Setup Windows File Sharing
This is another in the series documenting my setup of a new home server with the Linksprite pcDuino3 Nano. A listing for the entire series can be found here. More information on the pcDuino3 Nano...
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ESP8266 Program Examples
Back in December I had ordered and received an Olimex MOD-WIFI-ESP8266-DEV. I posted some overview and setup information. It Worked for Me - Olimex MOD-WIFI-ESP8266-DEV Olimex MOD-WIFI-ESP8266-DEV -...
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It Worked for Me - An Webserver under FreeRTOS on an ESP8266
If you are looking for a webserver to run on an ESP8266 using the FreeRTOS SDK the httpserver_raw server in the contrib-1.4.1.zip file is worth a look. It compiles and runs using the Unofficial...
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It Worked For Me - Arduino Pro Mini DTR Reset Fix
I am not sure what happened but all of a sudden the DTR Reset on one of my Arduino Pro Mini boards stopped working using my 3.3V FTDI Basic. Using an SN3904 NPN Transistor I was able to get it working...
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TI SimpleLink SensorTag 2015
I recently came across the TI’s latest SimpleLink SensorTag and was immediately intrigued. Here is a device that for $29 gets you Bluetooth Smart packaged with a microcontroller and 10 sensors in a...
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TI SimpleLink SensorTag 2015 - First Steps
After running through the Android (or IOS) App the next step was to manually read and write data from and to the sensor tag. For this I used a Raspberry PI B running the most current version of...
View ArticleTI SimpleLink SensorTag 2015 - Reading the Device Name
In the last post we reviewed setting up a Raspberry Pi with Bluetooth to access the sensor tag. We finished up by successfully performing a Bluetooth Low Energy scan which saw the sensor tag and...
View ArticleTI SimpleLink SensorTag 2015 - Reading Temperature and Humidity
Next up we are going to read the temperature and humidity from the HC1000 Humidity Sensor. Each of the sensors that are accessible on the sensor tag has a GATT Service defined for it. Below is the...
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TI SimpleLink SensorTag 2015 - Python
Code for these examples is on GitHub in the dhSensorTag2015 repository.Having successfully accessed data on the sensor tag I decided to try my hand at programmatically accessing data from the sensor...
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TI SimpleLink SensorTag 2015 - Development Environment Guide
Gerard at 43oh has posted an excellent guide for setting up the development environment for the CC2650STK. I highly recommend that you check it out before you attempt to install Code Composer Studio.
View ArticleProject Raspberry Pi Music Player
Two weeks ago my wife informed me that the CD player attached to our stereo wasn’t working. After a tinkering with it for a while, I decided that I wasn’t going to be able to fix it. Over the years,...
View ArticleIt Worked For Me (Sort Of) - Raspberry PI and D-Link DWA-171A1
I recently purchased a D-Link DWA-171A1 Wireless AC Dual Band USB Adapter to use with a Raspberry PI 2 B after seeing a posting that stated that it worked out of the box. Well…It didn’t work out of...
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Adventures in IOT - Particle Photon
Last summer I came across the Particle Photon and decided to pick up two of them and give them a try. Fast forward a number of months and I decided on a simple project combining a DHT22 temperature and...
View ArticleNew Setup Guide Posted - lirc on Raspberry PI 3
A setup guide for setting up lirc on the Raspberry Pi 3 has been posted. Setup guides are reference documents that I create for installing hardware, software and entire systems. They consist of the...
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Another Adventure with IOT - CallerID Project
Over the past year or so I have been looking for an IoT project. Last summer I came up with one which was to capture caller id information and display it on our multiple computers around the house so...
View ArticleIOT- Mongoose OS
In preparing for another IoT project I came across Mongoose OS. Mongoose OS describes itself as “an operating system for connected products” and is a product of Cesanta. It is open source and...
View ArticleWhat I Have Been Up To
Over the past several years I have not been good about posting about the projects I have been working on. This post is a high level overview of what I have been up to.Home Automation (September...
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IoT House Monitor
In the fall of 2018 I developed an initial prototype of an IoT House Monitor using Particle boards, the Particle platform and ThingSpeak. The goal was to prototype a device that would monitor...
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