What it is KnobSwitch is a minimal entertainment center controller. One big-ass knob for volume control and one selector switch for input source. What it does Gives you instant, simple selection of your input source and volume control. Communicates to… Continue Reading
What it is An Excel spreadsheet that helps calculate positions of SMD pads when creating footprints for use in EAGLE. EAGLE Footprint Scratchpad This sheet was used to create a footprint for the EByte E73-2G4M08S1C BLE module based on the… Continue Reading
What it is A Python script that runs periodically (in a CRON job) to automatically download files that are ready in your Bitport.io account, and are not yet in your local media folder. Resources https://bitport.io/api https://rapidapi.com/blog/how-to-use-an-api-with-python/ https://stackoverflow.com/questions/23347056/what-is-a-callback-url-in-relation-to-an-api
After installing the LXQt Debian image from eLinux.org, then Pi-Hole, then Docker in order to run Home Assistant, I quickly ran out of space on the onboard 4GB eMMC. Freeing eMMC Space Backed up the eMMC using this script <link>.… Continue Reading
You have GOT to be kidding me. All that work to replace a +15v LDO and my stereo takes a dump again a few months later. +15v shows ~0.75v when powered up. Remove the +15v LDO, check operation of just… Continue Reading
I recently got a pile of “J5019” USB battery charger-booster boards from AliExpress, and decided to apply one of them to a work project. We had a high-detail, light-up demonstrator of our product made that looked really nice. It even… Continue Reading
For several years now, my Marantz SR8500 A/V receiver has randomly refused to power on from standby, and occasionally kicks out of operation. I think it has something to do with the ambient temperature and humidity, which has been outta… Continue Reading
A multi-person, multi-color, completely absurd totem we created for Electric Forest 2019. What it’s made of Custom firmware programmed in C and compiled by the Arduino IDE Plush frog LED party lights ESP32 device Motor controllers Speaker driver Speaker (similar,… Continue Reading
What it is A big button that lights up an LED strip to catch my attention when I’m wearing noise-cancelling headphones and in a zone. What it’s made of Firmware written in C, compiled by the Arduino IDE Arduino Pro… Continue Reading
External 1.2MB 8″ floppy disk drive Abstract: I have a weird obsession with ancient storage media, so I bought a 8″ floppy disk drive built in 1983 and a pack of disks. I wanted the ability to read and write… Continue Reading
Pi-Hole is a great way to block website ads in your house because it works at the routing level, denying DNS requests to common advertisement domains. It works flawlessly on the Raspberry Pi, but to run it on a Beaglebone… Continue Reading