… several Solarbotics Ardweenys. They are extremely tiny Arduino clones designed for the breadboard.
Year: 2011
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this week, I have been mostly solderin’ …
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now *that’s* more like it …
After bumping along at about 600Kbps for the last few weeks, Bell (through TekSavvy) finally kicked my connection over to 3 megabit. I don’t think we’ve ever managed this speed before, as I think I’ve been routed to a different exchange. Whee!
Update: Yowza! Looks like I’ve been upped to as close to the 5M that I can get …
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big trouble in little microSD
It was a bit of a fight to get the SparkFun microSD Shield working. At first, I thought it was my choice of cards. Then, on reading the manual (ahem), I discovered the section “I downloaded a FAT library for Arduino on my own from the Web but it’s not working! Why not?“. It seems that the SparkFun shield uses non-standard pins for signalling, which they consider a feature, but some consider a bug.
After fixing the code in the awesome sdfatlib library, I’ve now got it logging the temperature of a cooling container of hot water:
You might just be able to make out the LM35 pressed up against the measuring cup.I remember making a right mess of this experiment in my school final Physics practical exam. I also used to do this in my first job when bored testing Campbell CR10 dataloggers, making a nice 1-d cooling curve with a thermocouple and a cup of hot water.
I think the heating came on a couple of times, as there shouldn’t be bumps in the curve. Here’s the data. -
four decades of xedit
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you say homage, I say ripoff
Can you tell the difference?
- Exhibit A: Flesh #1 (Beatle Dennis) [mp3] by Robyn Hitchcock. This version recorded in April 2009 Live at Cat’s Cradle. Originally on the Robyn Hitchcock & The Egyptians album “Globe of Frogs”, released 1988.
- Exhibit B: Is it Cold in Silverlake? [mp3] by Buddy (original dodgy mp3 harvester link here). Seemingly recorded in 2009.
(awesome sleuthing by fegmaniax)
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it looks like Scotland’s sneezing …
I think that IfItWereMyHome.com needs to work on its tracing of the UK.(via)
I realize that I first started using 