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EspoTek Labrador Board

6 January, 2022 wrightmac Arduino, hardware, oscilloscope, Raspberry Pi, software

Oscilliscopes have always caught my attention, but not having a real need for one there is little excuse for the price they cost. A while back I saw this USB board and some software that created a simple, yet useful … the rest of the story. . . “EspoTek Labrador Board”

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BSD v Linux – Battle for My Desktop

18 February, 2020 wrightmac BSD, In Progress, KiCAD, Linux, macOS, Photography, Project, software, VM
Debian installed on the home setup

Well Apple has done it to me; they are making me look elsewhere for my OS needs. I have been with Apple since an Apple Plus and have used Apple products my whole career. … the rest of the story. . . “BSD v Linux – Battle for My Desktop”

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B.A.M. Update – It Lives!

11 September, 2019 wrightmac Arduino IDE, Art, Geometry, hardware, In Progress, partsBin, software

The past couple of nights I have been working towards having the BAM, a pintograph, up and drawing. Last night was the night; mostly.

I did run into one issue. The motor was not responding to control via the L293D, … the rest of the story. . . “B.A.M. Update – It Lives!”

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B.A.M. update to the update

10 September, 2019 wrightmac Arduino, Arduino IDE, Art, Binary Art, hardware, In Progress, partsBin, Project, software

This is a quick update to the hardware for the BigArtMess (BAM). I was going to give it a little classier name, but I like it.

I was a stumped for a couple of days as what to use for … the rest of the story. . . “B.A.M. update to the update”

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ItsyBitsy JoyDraw

6 July, 2019 wrightmac Art, hardware, ItsyBitsy M4 Express, partsBin, software, Uncategorized

I have been playing around with the Adafruit ItsyBitsy M4 Express and CircuitPython. Tonight I was digging through my box of attachments to see what I could learn about. A joystick. Well that sounds like fun. All I have with … the rest of the story. . . “ItsyBitsy JoyDraw”

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Fun CLI: Weather via the command line

22 June, 2019 wrightmac funcli, macOS, software, terminal

This evening during my web wanderings I stumbled upon a fun little command. It is pretty simple. An example is below, just replace the city and state with your own to get the weather. 

Wttrin2

I stumble upon all kinds of … the rest of the story. . . “Fun CLI: Weather via the command line”

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Almost ready

30 May, 2019 wrightmac ESP8266, In Progress, LED, Project, software, Uncategorized

 

I am trying to finish up this part of the project so I can get the board off to be made. The two parts I need are on order. If all goes well everything should come in about the same … the rest of the story. . . “Almost ready”

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Art Week

2 May, 2019 wrightmac Art, Binary Art, Generative Art, Math, Nature, software

Mr. Petey is off on a tangent this week. I saw a shiny penny and now I am off to the races. It started with the tulips out front. They are slowly going their way and I have been wanting … the rest of the story. . . “Art Week”

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Oooo, Oooo a shinny penny!!

12 April, 2019 wrightmac Clock, ESP8266, hardware, Project, software

I have a new project, my latest shinny penny if you will. I only wish I had a real penny for each of these and then I could retire and get about half of the done. Last night as I … the rest of the story. . . “Oooo, Oooo a shinny penny!!”

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MacPi Plus Project

28 March, 2019 wrightmac Apple, hardware, Project, Raspberry Pi, software, Vintage Computer

This is the story of a project that has been in the works for a little while and is finally coming together. The story of another Raspberry Pi going into an old computer case. I like to think of it … the rest of the story. . . “MacPi Plus Project”

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Lessons learned

23 February, 2019 wrightmac backup, blogging, software

While I am not sure exactly what happened, after 11 hours of working to get things upright again, I have to admit a small defeat. All of the posts from 2018 seemed to have disappeared. NNNNOOOOOoooooo. I thought I had … the rest of the story. . . “Lessons learned”

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My Valentine

9 February, 2018 wrightmac Arduino, Arduino IDE, Art, ATTiny, Design, hardware, software

My Wife puts up with all of my fussing and tinkering, so this year I decided to put some of it to good use. To show her how much I care and hey, I can do tinkering for her too. … the rest of the story. . . “My Valentine”

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