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Time is not your friend
Prioritisation is a painful thing, as a business person you must prioritise for the customers and projects you already have (and will be charging for) over cooler projects and new customers you think you may have. When you work for … Continue reading
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New Project “Catch 2”
Looks like I’m going to be re-writing my production processing software for one of my favourite client Omega Seafoods to add sales order functionality and enhance the production side accuracy using barcodes, all left off the original 2007 spec and … Continue reading
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Fill Sensor Testing
The fill Sensor Mark 4 has proven to work real well with normal white and reds but sucks a bit when using clear bottles, so it was time to rip it out and look at where this bit went wrong. … Continue reading
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Version 4 or is that 5!
While I’m looking into writing some of the firmware, and a PC Program to handle all the comms I thought I’d better fix all the hardware bugs I found and get a new version out. Version 4 was just me … Continue reading
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Mobile Terminal Version 3 Up and (nearly) working
Getting a solder stencil really paid off as the new board came out of the oven cooked to perfection (well almost!) Prototype powered on with Wi-fi connection made. So whats working? Well the inspection showed a few pins of the … Continue reading
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Boards and stencils from smart prototyping
Just for info, here are the latest PCB’s that I made at Smart Prototyping. First is the 3rd Version of the Mobile Terminal board, the gold finishing is nice but doesnt really come out on the photo. Below is the … Continue reading
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Almost there!
Stuart installed the latest revision onto the production line yesterday as they had a run of Sauvignon Blanc in standard green bottles going through. When I got there I was greeted with a “it dont work” as the manager had … Continue reading
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Things not quite right
As predicted the fill sensor performed miserably on clear bottles using the default settings and one of the operators noticed a mysterious lock up, where the sensor seemed to hang every now and then but became responsive again after a … Continue reading
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Fill level sensor update
Did a final tweek of the firmware and installed it in the production line. The system will now 1. On Power-up or Reset wait for user input from the (soon to be depreciated) keypad for 20 seconds then default to … Continue reading
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PCB’s and Prototypes
Version 1.0a schematic and board were completed in September and the PCB Gerber files sent to Seeed Studios to be made up. These guys did a great job and a swift turnaround on my last project so I was keen … Continue reading
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Equipment Spending Spree
With the prospect of soldering 0.5mm pitch SMD’s I’m going to bite the bullet and order some proper equipment. Found a great site called smart-prototyping who supply a lot of decent prototyping gear for at or below your normal eBay … Continue reading
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