Updating the Server — Welcome Debian, bye bye openSUSE
My provider has upgraded its VServer plans. Now offering 1GB of RAM, 20GB of disk and some more CPU power for the same price, but openSUSE was phased out. My old VServer only hat 256MB or RAM and was...
View ArticleNitelite upgrade — another RGB thingy
A few days ago I visited my parents. The main purpose was to ‘deposit’ my new Lecroy WaveAce 224 DSO. I bought it as a gift for myself, but I haven’t fulfilled all criteria to receive the gift yet....
View ArticleSmall project #10 — IKEA Samtid reading-light upgrade
Yet another reincarnation of a PT4115 based LED lamp. This time I chose to add a micro-controller to the mix. No, not an ATtiny13 but an ATtiny45, as it contains a much desired feature for this job:...
View ArticleSmall project #12 — IKEA Samtid mood-light upgrade
This upgrade is based on the loved-by-everybody WS2812B intelligent RGB LED and works just fine with Adafruit’s NeoPixel library. //www.youtube.com/watch?v=2TPGtW_iQ8U The concept is – once again –...
View ArticleSmall project #12 ½ — IKEA Samtid mood-light-upgrade upgrade
Someone, I won’t mention any names here, practically coerced me into upgrading this little project a bit. Now there’s the option to add a bluetooth module (HC-05, JY-MCU “ZS-040”), which supports...
View ArticleYOUYUE 858D+ hotair station — Release V1.45
A small but helpful upgrade, if you’re into acquiring your own temperature calibration data. At some undetermined time in the future this might be expanded to a full multi-point calibration mode. The...
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