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When liberty is taken away by force it can be restored by force. When it is relinquished voluntarily by default, it can never be recovered. - Dorothy Thompson.
Category Archives: C Programming
Don’t look Behind The Curtains!
My recent goals to work with and learn some newer, more popular, micro-controllers, and to try some different programming languages, has made me also take another look at the ways things have progressed since I started my career. My programming … Continue reading
Posted in C Programming, Electronics, ESP32-C3, Other Programming, Pascal Programming, Philosophy, PicoMite, Programming, Retro, RP2040, RP2350, Speculation
Tagged Ramblings of an old man, The Stack
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My first week with Kubuntu/Linux
I guess it is early days, but generally I would class the migration as a great success. There are not many caveats in this, I went hard this first week, and it can do all the things I want it … Continue reading
Posted in C Programming, FOSS, Pascal Programming
Tagged Kubuntu, Lazarus, Linux Migration
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At what point do you stop learning new programming languages?
Like everyone in the 70’s I started with BASIC and I guess Machine Code (not really assembler as you had to hand-write the 6502/Z80 op-codes and POKE them into lines in the code) BASIC did its job perfectly for me … Continue reading
Posted in AI, C Programming, Electronics, Funny, MRP, MySQL, Other Programming, Pascal Programming, Programming, Speculation, SQL, The Future
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Continuous Floatation in Wineries
There are two common methods to clarify juice before it goes into fermentation. Firstly there is cold-settling, where you just leave the juice alone for several days and wait for the clear juice and lees (the juice particulates) to separate. … Continue reading
Posted in boz, Boz NZ, Bulls-i, C Programming, Indevin, MRP, Pascal Programming, Process Automation, Programming, SCADA, SQL, Uncategorized
Tagged Allison Droguett, Clarification, Continuous Floatation, Factory Automation, Fran Monsalve, Grape Receival, RFID, SCADA, Touchscreen, Winemaking, Winery Automation
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Flip, Flap, Flop! – Solari Fix.
About 13 years ago, before this web site, and back when I used to be called boznz.com, I put out a simple project to reverse engineer some soft-flap display units (brand-name Solari). My clients CEO had bought 20 of them … Continue reading
Posted in C Programming, Electronics, Indevin, Repair, Soft-Flap Display, solari
Tagged Repair, Soft-Flap Display, solari
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On-Time and Under-Budget. Where some IT projects are Probably Going Wrong.
This will be a short post, and not technical like my usual ones, it is about many of the seemingly hundreds of failed IT projects out there, where companies have been let down by the big IT companies and consultants. … Continue reading
Posted in boz, Boz NZ, C Programming, Electronics, ESP32-C3, IT Failures, LoRa, Motor Controllers, MySQL, New Zealand, NZ, Other Programming, Pascal Programming, Project Management
Tagged boz, boz nz, boznz, C Programmer, Delphi Developer NZ, Delphi programmer, Delphi Programmer NZ, Electronics Design, Electronics Design NZ, Pascal Programmer, SQL administrator, SQL Developer NZ
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2025, My Final Vintage and Open For New Business
Fran, Allison and Me by the Wineries Continuous Floatation System March 2025 I developed the original Bulls-i winery management program for Indevin Ltd back in 2008 when they were just a small winery based in a single site in Blenheim, … Continue reading
Posted in Boz NZ, Bulls-i, C Programming, Electronics, Indevin, MRP, MySQL, New Zealand, NZ, Other Programming, Pascal Programming, Programming, Project Management, SQL, Villa Maria
Tagged C Programmer, contract work, Delphi Developer, Delphi programmer, Electronics Design, end of project, full-time, indevin, New Zealand, part-time, SQL administration, SQL Development
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Industrial Display
Recently required some large character displays for displaying of a 4,5 and 6 digit number behind a customised dashboard prominently displayed in several locations in the factory, the digit must be readable from very far away and needed to be … Continue reading
Posted in C Programming, Electronics, FOSS, Uncategorized
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USB Real-Time Clock for Raspberry Pi, etc
Unlike a PC the Raspberry Pi does not come with any sort real time clock. Usually this is not a problem as it is connected to the Internet and a simple poll of one of the many clock sources will … Continue reading
Posted in C Programming, Electronics, FOSS, Uncategorized
Tagged CDC, DS1307, PIC16F455, Raspberry Pi, RTC, USB
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Uploading file data as a C Header
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
Posted in C Programming, Pascal Programming, Uncategorized
Tagged C Header, Lazarus
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PT100 Control Board for Raspberry Pi. Completed!
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
Posted in C Programming, Electronics, FOSS, Uncategorized, Vinwizard
Tagged PIC 16F1782, PT100, Raspberry Pi
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Raspberry Pi PT100 temperature sensor and control board
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
Posted in C Programming, Electronics, Uncategorized, Vinwizard
Tagged 16F1782, AN687, EasyEDA, PT100
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