Category Archives: Electronics

Lathe Project – Transistor Heatsinks

Posted on 2016-04-12 by Nigel VH

I’ve recently been working on a small HF amplifier project, using common TO-92 style transistors. I needed some heatsinking capability to keep the transistors at a reasonable temperature, so I whipped a couple small aluminum heatsinks up on the lathe. … Continue reading →

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Homebrew Weather Station

Posted on 2016-04-12 by Nigel VH

I’ve recently been playing with the Electric Imp platform of Internet of Things devices. They’re fairly inexpensive, and very easy to use, so when SparkFun recently was having a sale, I picked up their Weather Shield, and Sensors. With some … Continue reading →

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YouTube Series

Posted on 2015-08-22 by Nigel VH

I’ve recently finished up a series of videos I’ve uploaded to my YouTube channel, which albeit long I think you may find interesting. There are a bunch of projects I’ve documented on this blog, most of which show the shiny … Continue reading →

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Kickstarter

Posted on 2015-08-22 by Nigel VH

No, I’m not going to tell you about some cool project on Kickstarter I backed. Instead, I’m going to tell you about one I helped CREATE! Some time back, a couple of guys, Casey and Morgan, who had an idea … Continue reading →

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2015 Balloons Launch

Posted on 2015-05-30 by Nigel VH

Launch happened the morning of Saturday, May 30st. We had one launch from Moses Lake, WA, which reached nearly 26km in altitude. We were successful in recovering the payload string, and received good data throughout the flight. The flight carried a … Continue reading →

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