Posted on Wed 25 March 2020 in Making • Tagged with electronics, pcb
I had many troubles this year with my Christmas light electronics. Solder connections went bad multiple times. Wires got snagged and tangled during setup. It was tough re-soldering connections while sitting in a snowbank with the circuit hanging by its wires from a yard decoration.
I decided I could fix …
Posted on Thu 02 January 2020 in Making • Tagged with python, arduino, xmas
I'm one of those Clark Griswold kind of guys that totally over-decorates his house. To make my lights more interesting, I've built my own light animation system which I call PiLit.
Of course, all my code is free and open source. Check it out at https://github.com/skypanther/PiLit …
Posted on Fri 04 May 2018 in Making • Tagged with raspberry pi, making, python
My darling wife got me a Raspberry Pi 3B+ and a NOIR Pi camera for my birthday so that I could set up a streaming camera to monitor our nesting bluebirds. Here's how I did it.
My first attempt was to use the Motion program as described by Hackernoon. It …