Raspberry Pi Data Logger with InfluxDB and Grafana
A need popped up at work for a data logger for various lab tasks. Quickly looking at the market, I failed to identify a lab tool for data logging (cheap, easy but powerful setup, remote access);...
View ArticleNixie Pipe – Modern Day LED Nixie Tube
Nixie Pipe is my interpretation of a modern day Nixie Tube – the cold-cathode vacuum gas-filled tubes from the 1960s. The project came about when I decided to make a clock for my kitchen, with specific...
View ArticleAdventures with Flippy the Flip-dot Display
Considering my next project, I wanted to make an electromechanical display using magnets. I turned to the internet for inspiration and quickly came across Flip-dot displays; solenoid driven pixels. A...
View ArticleHonock – Hexagon Honey Clock
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View ArticleIs Bristol Choking – Air Pollution Web App
I had some of my Nixie Pipe displays showing air pollution data collected by the council, using a Python web scraper at an art trail and people seemed very interested and unaware of the data. I...
View ArticleSamsung Frame TV Oak Tripod Stand
Being part of a generation that doesn’t watch TV…except documentaries and films…and YouTube…as well, might as well watch it on a big screen. Got a TV, a Samsung Frame – designed to look like a picture...
View ArticleWooden Bits Binary Clock FPGA Port
In attempt to get started with FPGAs and Verilog, I decided to port Wooden Bits to a Lattice IceStick – selected because of the Open-Source IceStorm toolchain. Counters and flip-flops are the first...
View ArticleWhitterm-220 2.0
Having used my clever serial terminal – the WT-220 – for a few years now, I’d identified improvements I wanted to make. I was never that pleased with the cobbled together electronics (based on what I...
View ArticlePi-Hole and Smokeping using Same lighttpd Service
I was having random – or not so random – internet dropouts on a 4G WiFi router. I wanted to ascertain when they occur and if it’s internal wireless or WAN to troubleshoot. smokeping is an old but...
View ArticleGame of Life on a Flip-Dot Display
With the passing of John Conway, I decided to add ‘Game of Life’ to a Flip-Dot project I’m working on, in honour of his work. I show a couple of random starts, a start from text ‘Hello!’ and a start...
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