After I finished my last Real Time Clock project, I was relatively happy with the outcome, well, everything except for the accuracy; and what good is a clock without accuracy? I used the DS1302 which I’m sure is a pretty decent RTC(real time clock), if you pair it with a crystal that’s perfectly matched for

The ESP8266 relay project started off as an attempt to control a relay with the ESP8266 from a wireless interface, such as a web browser. The idea can easily be achieved with a few different modules which are available from eBay relatively inexpensively. I however usually don’t like the idea of assembling several modules to

After my first fan controller was competed and working, I was pretty happy with it. But as I learned more, experimented more, and became familiar with more hardware, I realized much more could be done with the controller. With the previous controller, I used the Attiny85, which was perfect for the job it was given,

A few years ago, I was spending a considerable amount of time away from my apartment. Some of this time arose during the winter months, and I found myself wanting to reduce the heating costs of the apartment, and therefor the temperature while I was away. Because the unit is adjacent to a few others,

One of the first Arduino projects that I started off playing around with was a clock. The project went through various iterations, and served as a learning experience for me. The first few sets of code I ran did not use a RTC (real time clock). At first I didn’t notice, or was not too

I have a computer desk that I like quite well. It it was designed to be used with a desktop computer, and has all the attributes that are common with computer desks, such as keyboard trays and so on. One thing that may be a bit less common however, is that there is a cabinet

In early 2017, I developed some interest in seven segment displays, and in how to drive them. Because of the large wealth of information surrounding the Arduino IDE on the internet, finding a program that could drive such a display proved to be a relatively easy task. Before long, on my breadboard I had a

Being a part of the irc.p2pchat.net community for quite a number of years, and during that time collecting data from various rooms, I thought it would be fun to try and compile that data in to a interesting format. Looking into the software I could use for such an activity, I stumbled upon Pisg, (Perl

Years ago by a forgotten party, I was introduced to a piece of software for monitoring Linux systems; it’s name is Munin. What Munin does is to analyse all sorts of system logs for important attributes, and graph them for you. If you’re running a Linux distribution there’s a good chance there will be a

Providing software support in a IRC chatroom can prove daunting at times. The users seeking assistance will have varying levels of familiarity with the software in question, and oftentimes lack a basic understanding of how to use the software at all. Online documentation is quite helpful,  pointing them in the way of this documentation can