Category Archives: Technology

Basic ESD Protection

Posted on 2017-05-25 by Nigel VH

A recent thunderstorm that came through the area reminded me that I needed to work on some improvements to my surge suppression systems. I have a number of outdoor ethernet devices like security cameras with rather long runs of cable … Continue reading →

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Coin Teardown

Posted on 2016-11-29 by Nigel VH

Some time ago I backed a project called Coin that aimed to make a single card that could replace all of your other credit/debit cards. I thought the idea of having all my cards available without having to make room … Continue reading →

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Surface Mount Toaster Oven

Posted on 2016-09-05 by Nigel VH

As part of my continued work on my Homebrew GPSDO, I’ve been working on a new circuit board design to both add new functionality, improve existing functionality, and consolidate a bunch of the parts in the last revision, onto a … Continue reading →

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Black Rock 2016

Posted on 2016-09-05 by Nigel VH

Once again I was fortunate enough to be able to accompany the UW team on their yearly excursion down to the Black Rock desert in Nevada this April. My dad was also able to come along after hearing all the … Continue reading →

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HamShield

Posted on 2016-09-05 by Nigel VH

Some time ago I posted that I’ve been involved in a Kickstarter to create a ham radio shield for the Arduino platform. That project is called HamShield, and is now complete and the boards have been shipped to the Kickstarter … Continue reading →

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