The value of an over-exuberant penchant for experimentation and fiddling should never be underestimated, if only because it helps measure the onset of age-associated mental debilitation. In other words, everyone needs a hobby. Or two. Or ten.
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I don’t enter many contests. I see little value in getting something for free. It’s far more interesting to earn them. But every now and then something catches my eye that seems worth the minor effort of a big reward. So a while back, perhaps back in September or so, […]
Halloween haul from Arrow
So here’s my use case: I need a camera that is easily positioned away from the Raspberry Pi and can stream via mjpeg-streamer. Not huge requirements. Here is why the Raspicam doesn’t fit that use case. I’ve received a camera with the wrong cable from a Chinese distributor via Amazon. […]
Why a Raspicam isn’t better than a USB webcam.
So my little aeroponics project is growing beyond its real needs, but once you start assembling legos it’s hard to stop. I’ve added an ESP8266 for wireless connectivity and a really small OLED LCD display. The latter will let me monitor the system without either serial (FTDI Basic) or wireless […]
Adruino updates: APC w/ESP8266 and OLED LCD
One of the directions my PiBox project is headed is as a central hub for sensor management. This implies the ability to communicate between the PiBox and the sensor node using BLE or Wifi. PiBox can do that already over Wifi (and supports basic BLE communication though lacks a meaningful […]