MetOne Rain Gauge 1-Wire Retrofit
I’m currently also working a retrofit for my MetOne rain gauge using an (unfortunately, think) obsolete 1-wire device, the DS2423 counter/4K memory, […]
MetOne Wind Sensors – Part 3
In my previous blog post, I was testing the wind vane potentiometer replacement and was getting some weird results. I was getting […]
MetOne Windvane: Testing the MLX90316 angle sensor – Part Deux
OK, somehow the ground connection to one of the 100nF capacitors came loose on my test jig that was the thing giving […]
MetOne Windvane: Testing the MLX90316 angle sensor
Output (in degrees) from WindSubsystemTest code using a 10′ ethernet cable. Connection is problematic, but it does work showing that SPI signals […]
MetOne Windvane: Remedying the broken “precision” sensor problem
As I mentioned in the page for my Weather Station project, the special “precision” potentiometer somehow was reading OPEN…no resistance measured at […]
This will be fun…maybe…
So, to paraphrase an intro to a Mission: Impossible movie: “Should you decide to take this mission…” I thought of that when I […]
A Circuit to operate an LED on 120V Mains
So, if you look at my post about Node-RED experiments and my portable powered breadboard, you’ll notice that the “power” LED isn’t […]
/Rant Mode
One of the things that drives me totally NUTS in my search for projects and source code that ACTUALLY WORKS, is it […]
UNIX and Linux article
Here’s a great article (https://opensource.com/article/18/5/differences-between-linux-and-unix) I found on FlipBoard. <rantmode>I think there’s a lot of recruiters out there that should know that […]
J2ME library 1-wire library
Apparently it seems Oracle has given up the ghost on Java Micro Edition and nobody really cares about J2ME anymore, judging by […]