I have noticed something in the past 12 months, something a little profound. I have noticed that I am no longer scared that a project will be too big or too complex for me, or that a project will use … Continue reading
February and March have flown by and I’m now coming to the end of my major support period (thank god!) Have got a real backlog of work to catch up on, including the full re-write of the Omega Seafoods Production … Continue reading
Thanks to Hack-a-day for approving my suggestion to put on the fill level sensor write-up and thanks to all the comments on the site and via email I hope the files prove useful to at least one person As a … Continue reading
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
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
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
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
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
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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