Category Archives: Electronics

Inkplate Weather Display

A little while ago I ordered an Inkplate 10, which is a project pairing old Kindle E-Paper displays with ESP32 microcontrollers. Mine arrived a bit ago, and I’ve been looking for a good project to use it on. Recently we’ve … Continue reading

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Geiger Counter Kit

I recently saw that the MightyOhm Geiger Counter kit was on sale, and decided it would be fun to pick up as a simple, fun kit. In terms of the kit itself, it was simple to assemble, and the instructions … Continue reading

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Measuring Mains Frequency

Mains frequency in North America is specified at a frequency of 60Hz, however in reality that number varies up and down a small amount as load and generation balance on the power grid. As generation exceeds load, physically the turbines … Continue reading

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New Oscilloscope

For a number of years I’ve had some older analog oscilloscopes without storage capabilities, paired with a Saleae Logic, which has done well for my use cases in general, but there are some limitations. If a signal was faster than … Continue reading

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Storage Expansion

For the last several years I’ve had a storage shelf attached to my home server supporting roughly 30TB of redundant storage making use of ZFS, which I’ve been quite pleased with. I use it to store all my various media, … Continue reading

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