Would I recommend Cubieboard No, probably not. Having one of these reminds me of the early days of the IBM-PC; except these are cheap and the early PCs cost a small fortune. What is the same is that you could spend a lot of time on it and almost but […]
Thermal Hunting Subtle air temperature changes that indicate thermal activity are indicated on a meter or display to be interpreted by the pilot of a RC glider, or to suggest when to launch a free-flight model. Operation Erect the pole and turn it on (or in the other order if […]
Noisy whistle from the back This is a brand new 9.7″ Android tablet purchased via our local New Zealand on-line auction site, Trademe for about NZ$160. 9.7inch Allwinner A20 Dual core \1.5 Ghz, 1GB DDR3, 8GB NANDandroid 4.2 IPS From first power-on it made quite a loud high pitch whistling […]
Content Management System – CMS WordPress is a CMS, basically a group of PHP and other files running on web server and using a MySQL database. WordPress is apparently the most popular blogging system, used for small simple private web sites through to large complex corporate sites. PHP is a […]
The plan was to swap the back two toggle switches to move the spring loaded switch to the left. This must swap the switch function as well. The two top switches on each side are mounted on a small circuit board on each side with 4 wires connecting, +5 and […]
In testing This is the next step from the original 6-channel LED flasher-controller. More details. It is able to drive 1 watt and 3 watt LEDs directly without additional resistors and from a 3-6 cell Lipo or 12-30V DC supply. It uses a UBEC mounted on the back to provide […]
Hobbyking 5.8GHz 200mW FPV system The “Boscam 5.8Ghz 200mw FPV Wireless AV Tx & Rx Set” from Hobbyking is a great low cost system but is not compliant with the 5.8GHz ISM band here in New Zealand. The 8 channel frequencies listed by Hobbyking are 5705 5865 5665 5645 5885 […]
I have been thinking about small scale solar and wind power generation for some time, with a thought to reducing grid power consumption on a per home basis. Until recently solar panels and electronics required have been too complex and expensive. Now we are seeing lower cost solar panels and […]