LaserCAD using the network interface is a great way to communicate with your laser cutter. Unfortunately the program seems to choose the wrong interface card on my desktop and there appears to be no way to change this besides disabling all other network adapters and running the program again. https://r1ch.net/projects/forcebindip Download the Zip file install…
Electronics, Laser Cutter, Tools
Laser cutter stepper motor driver upgrade
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
It was definitely time to clean up the wiring inside this laser cutter.. Something that was lashed together as quickly as possible and now has some wiring issue somewhere, best replaced with newer tech. Original double sided hand taped and etched PCBs made in 2004 for my CNC mill project – partly still working 2016
Electronics, ESP8266
ESP8266 Battery Voltage Monitor Simple
by Chester Lowrey • • 2 Comments
Real time graph – Warning may appear to freeze your browser as it downloads data points from Thingspeak – assuming the system is still running – started 2016-9-1 😉 This is a small 110AH 12V lead acid battery charged by about 200W solar panels – the spikes in charging are from clouds going by +…
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ESPEasy Access Point
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
ESPEasy does not properly go back to captive portal once bonded to another Access Point. you must create an AP with the same parameters as before.. at least this is my finding.
KiCad
KiCad Libraries
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
https://github.com/metacollin/kicad-gigalib Integrating FreeRouter with KiCad Newer branch of freerouter
Uncategorized
My First Atomic Clock – Rubidium Frequency Standard
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rubidium_standard “A rubidium standard or rubidium atomic clock is a frequency standard in which a specified hyperfine transition of electrons inrubidium-87 atoms is used to control the output frequency. It is the most inexpensive, compact, and widely used type of atomic clock, used to control the frequency of television stations, cell phone base stations, in…
ESP8266, Thingspeak
Thingspeak Graphs – Beta
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
POE
DIY gigabit POE network switch – Works with Ubiquiti 24V passive gigabit POE devices
by Chester Lowrey • • 2 Comments
I had the idea of modifying a TP-Link 8-Port Gigabit Ethernet Desktop Switch (TL-SG1008D) to be a 24V gigabit POE switch. I recently started using Ubiquiti’s gigabit WiFi gear and needed some devices to run directly off a 12V DC battery, so I could not use the provided 120V POE power injectors.  (12V to 24V provided by…
Energy, Power Monitoring
Remote Power Monitoring system AC or DC current measurements
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
Cloud IOT Hosting / Storage Options Looked at in initial exploration of subject: Example: http://www.openhomeautomation.net/cloud-temperature-logger-esp8266/ Github for above project: http://github.com/openhomeautomation/esp8266-cloud http://dweet.io/ http://www.freeboard.io/ http://bsautner.github.io/com.nimbits/ – Desinged to be installed on local hardware like raspberry pi – is being maintained but does not seem to be highly used http://platformio.org/ https://temboo.com ESP EASY Firmware – The firmware option I am using…
Hydroelectric
Air Vacuum Relief Valve for Micro Hydro Electric Systems
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
Quite often in a micro hydro system you may have a section of pipe that is not at a perfect downhill grade or even goes uphill – this can lead to air getting trapped in these sections and greatly restricting water flow. One way to deal with this problem that the irrigation industry has come…
Projects
Arduino Heatpump Controller
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
Some links to get the ideas started.. https://github.com/ToniA/arduino-heatpumpir https://www.openhardware.io/view/41/Heatpump-airconditioner-controller My heatpump: Klimaire KSIF009-H115-S 9,000 BTU 15.2 SEER Ductless Mini-Split Inverter Air Conditioner Heat Pump System with 15′. Installation Kit (115V), , 9,000 BTU – 115 V
LEDs
LED Poi Links
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
https://learn.adafruit.com/supernova-poi?view=all# https://github.com/adafruit/Kinetic_POV inner PC tube 16.21mm OD 12.88 ID – cut to 157mm long – cut notch in side for wires to exit outer PC tube 25.9mm OD 22mm ID cut to 28cm – end with cap should be cut straight – holes for end cap drilled after fully assembled
3D Printing
Repairing STL files for Simplify3D printing using Meshmixer
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
http://www.meshmixer.com/download.html To level with bed  Analysis – Layout/Packing To create solid from overlapping meshes Edit – Make Solid Solid Type: Sharp Edge Preserve Solid Accuracy: ~400 – These can be tweaked depending on scale of your mesh Mesh Density: ~400 Hit update – this may take awhile
Computers, Webdev
Really nice touch enabled image carousel with pinch to zoom
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
https://github.com/SunboX/ST2_ImageViewer Demo: http://sunbox.github.io/ST2_ImageViewer/demo/ImageCarousel/ Edit – May only work in Chrome – no extensive testing done – but does not start properly in IE or Firefox on windows. Desktop and Android mobile version of Chrome seem to work perfectly.
Multi Copters
Flysky I6 Transmitter adding additional 10 channel mod
by Chester Lowrey • • 0 Comments
3/8/2016: Updated links: Firmware and info:Â https://github.com/benb0jangles/FlySky-i6-Mod- Thread with discussion:Â http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2486545&highlight=v1.5 Internal Voltage Sensor Mod:Â http://www.rcgroups.com/forums/showthread.php?t=2402288 Important!: Binding must be done through hidden menu with new firmware Hold down both sticks bottom left corner while turning on remote Use bind function. Short the B pin to ground on receiver before it is turned on. Binding should be…