Category Archives: Projects

LitePlacer Pick and Place

Posted on 2019-04-06 by Nigel VH

I end up doing a number of PCB designs for various projects. Most are small one offs that aren’t a huge problem to assemble by hand, but there are instances where I have multiple to build, or large boards with … Continue reading →

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CRT Clock Build

Posted on 2019-02-10 by Nigel VH

While it’s not particularly new or novel, I’ve long been interested in setting up an Oscilloscope Clock with one of the various kits that have been available for some time. Over the holidays one of the gifts from my family … Continue reading →

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2018 Balloons Launch

Posted on 2018-05-19 by Nigel VH

The 2018 launch used a single balloon. The flight reached approximately 104,000ft in altitude, and carried carried a number of student payloads, the 900MHz voice telemetry system, a commercial APRS tracker board, my custom IRIS board. Additionally, a Raspberry Pi … Continue reading →

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Black Rock 2018

Posted on 2018-04-29 by Nigel VH

After having to cancel the trip last year due to poor weather conditions, we were able to make the trip down again this year to the Black Rock desert in the northwest corner of Nevada. We had a bit of … Continue reading →

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Cellular Webcam

Posted on 2018-03-04 by Nigel VH

A bit ago I posted about setting up an RPi with cellular connectivity which could be used for any number of ideas. One I mentioned was a remote webcam. I took the basic setup I had shown before, and attached … Continue reading →

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