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 »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 […]
They need modification I got a couple of these 6 position rotary switches from Ebay and fitted one to a Turnigy 9XR Pro transmitter replacing one of the analog pots. The solder pads are labelled VCC, GND and FLAP, I assumed for +5V, GND and SIgnal. The result was a […]
