After seeing the 3D print designs from Akyelle on Thingiverse I wanted to see if I could make a version which could be controlled from a smartphone over Bluetooth. I had code for controlling addre...
It can be a challenge to get Japanese input working in the Openbox window manager on Debian. Personally I forget how to do it after each OS reinstall, so here’s a quick guide: Add Japanese locale ...
Inspired by old Valmet 901 / 911 forest harvesters this is an attempt to create 3D printed caterpillar tracks which envelop the regular tires of a Konghead RC truck Test drive of caterpillar track...
The holiday season means different things to different people. In this case it means pointing the light ring, which has been aimed toward me during so many Zoom calls, towards something else. May I...
To make it more interesting I thought it’d be cool to restrict the machine learning model to a single type of item and add support for voice control to change between types. While I was at it I add...
Last night the object detection project, which is using a Raspberry Pi model 3b+ and an Intel / Movidius Neural Compute Stick 2 (NCS2), finally started working as expected. The video feed comes fro...
After a fresh install of Ubuntu server 20.04 on a Raspberry Pi (3b+ in this case) you may find that the default login (user: “ubuntu” password: “ubuntu”) won’t get you logged in. After waiting for...
After having received several inquiries from people about how to get started with EdgeX Foundry I’ve decided to write a hands-on tutorial. Hopefully this will make it easier for newcomers to setup ...
After finding an unfortunate lizard which had fallen into our garden sink I 3D printed a staircase to allow any future visitors to escape on their own. This is a modified (resized and broadened) ve...
In early 2020 a new feature was added to the PowerEdge 14G servers called “Telemetry Streaming”. This feature makes it possible to send a continuous stream of telemetry containing in-depth informat...