For locating lost Drones and RC Aircraft. Long range, self contained, long duration, robust. The beacon signal is tracked using a radio receiver.
Read more »Cuts power to equipment when the temperature rises too quickly or exceeds the maximum. Great for computer equipments and Laser Cutters.
Read more »Electronic, industrial, computer, A/V equipment repair to a component level. Design, build, testing and production.
Read more »Wanting an OSD to display the basics and GPS information in a small FPV plane but not wanting to waste a lot of time playing flight controllers, I decided to try the MinimOSD Micro running with just a GPS module and a small current sensor. I don’t run Windows so […]
What is most annoying is that Vodafone created the fault and we had to wait two days for the repair. If they had said “oops our-bad” and repaired it same day – even if it was overtime – it would have saved me a lot of time, I wouldn’t be […]
Time for a tidy up We have a Motorola Evaluation System that is taking up space and will never be used here again. Originally purchased from Arrow New Zealand back in the late 1990s for a specific project using the 52-pin HC11. It was not used as delivery was very […]
A 10 minute change that has taken 3 days I needed to change a time delay in a 8-pin PIC12F675 project started 4 years ago but has been updated since. No problem I thought, change the time, recompile, save a new output file and program some chips. But the chips […]
Conclusion – Resolved Keep enough stock on hand – but how much is enough. Don’t rely on suppliers to come through if you are caught short. Mouser did resolve the issue and release the order. But we will have a 4-5 day gap in production. Not Always Quicker Being a […]
After the failure of the outdoor sender unit and not being able to get a replacement, I have finally had a look at getting a complete new unit working. The new WH1081 looked like the original but would not work with the installed wview software. I have been considering updating […]
Question: I just wanted to know the operating voltage for the FPV RC BEACON, when its signal lead is connected to a RC receiver running directly on a 2S Lipo, which can reach 8.4V when freshly charged. Maybe a glider install. Answer: The FPV tracker does monitor the power and […]
I have a couple of applications in mind and thought these boards looked quite interesting. Small, low cost reasonably powerful. So I bought two each of the Orange Pi Lite and Orange Pi Zero boards, and a couple of camera modules. The first application is a weather station, which is […]
