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If the worst should happen!

Posted on 2 September 2017 by admin

Finally got around to having a proper holiday in the UK and here I am at the end of it with no tan, a few kg heavier and no actual support problems to report other than a few RTFM problems. … Continue reading →

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Re-Envisioning Mobile Communications

Posted on 23 August 2017 by admin

What follows is an un-researched flight of fancy I’m totally over smartphones! I went back to a dumb phone 12 months ago and my old smartphone is now just used as the remote control for Netflix, Viber calls (see below) … Continue reading →

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Why so quiet?

Posted on 23 February 2017 by admin

Well I have actually been busy. Two of the electronic boards have gone into production and a third more complicated 4-layer board is nearing completion for the client. Unfortunately these wont be open sourced as the client has some close … Continue reading →

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Uploading file data as a C Header

Posted on 12 October 2016 by admin

Quick and simple post. If you have a micro-controller and need to use some data from a file (say a static HTML web page or a bitmap) and you don’t have a file system then you need to convert the … Continue reading →

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CO2, Temperature and Humidity Monitor

Posted on 13 September 2016 by admin

CO2 Monitoring is mandatory in many workplaces and it affects two of my clients directly in Barrel Halls where wine is stored and aged in temperature and environmentally controlled areas. The table below shows the affects of various concentrations in the … Continue reading →

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PT100 Control Board for Raspberry Pi. Completed!

Posted on 22 August 2016 by admin

I have recently completed this project. It has the same specification as the previous post however a few improvements have been made in light of new information. The board is intended to accurately control the temperatures of 4 wine tanks … Continue reading →

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Raspberry Pi PT100 temperature sensor and control board

Posted on 8 June 2016 by admin

I am currently working on a small Project for David at Wine Technologies (vinwizard.us) to replace an older proprietary temperature control PLC. David decided he would like to use a Raspberry Pi due to the fact it is very powerful, … Continue reading →

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Ever get the feeling something big is about to happen?

Posted on 10 March 2016 by admin

I always seem to start blogs these days with how crazy busy I am, and while that is true, it is also boring and totally un-newsworthy. Instead lets talk the future, and, as anyone who knows me will tell you, … Continue reading →

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Serial Port combiner for RFID station

Posted on 22 December 2015 by admin

I have a project where the HMI (Human-Machine Interface – ie the touch screen PC) is situated 20M from the station. Normally I would move the screen but this time it was not possible. The station has a printer and … Continue reading →

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Adding a Message Of the Day or Quote of the Day to your system

Posted on 19 October 2015 by admin

Got handed a nice SQL file a few years back, one which I slip into most of my applications and one that generates quotes of the day, (or Message of the day – MOTD) there are 1462 records or about … Continue reading →

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Catch Production system. First Screen shots

Posted on 10 October 2015 by admin

Wow, I’ve never been so busy! The first incomplete version of the Catch Production System has been installed in the factory. Several parts still need to be written such as the packing and dispatch screens and these will be addressed … Continue reading →

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Bloody Auditors!

Posted on 16 August 2015 by admin

… Are one of the main the reasons I’ve been glued to my PC for the past 3 months, during my usually quiet times. As your business transitions from small to medium or you start to export items (especially food-items) … Continue reading →

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ICD3 Finally working in MPLABX

Posted on 17 July 2015 by admin

I had almost given up on this one. Around the move from MPLAB8 to MPLABX my poor old ICD2 debugger stopped working, my PICKIT3 still worked OK but I never got to the bottom of it. Working mostly on the … Continue reading →

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