My Projects

1995 Chevrolet Corsica

1995 Chevrolet Corsica

1995 Chevrolet Corsica (L-Body)

[Sticky] My Camera Stuff

I currently have a Canon EOS Digital Rebel XT (Black) (aka EOS 350D).

It came with:
1x Li-Ion Camcorder Battery (NB-2LH)
1x Camcorder Battery Charger
1x Shoulder Strap

I also have:

1x Digital Rebel Accessory Kit, including:
- 1x Lowepro Camera "Gadget" Bag (Canon embroidered)
- 1x Canon 58mm UV Haze Filter
- 1x Battery Grip for Digital Rebel XT (holds 1 or 2 camcorder batteries, or 6x AA batteries)
- 1x Li-Ion Camcorder Battery (NB-2LH)

Recent Purchases: (See Here)

1x Sigma 17-70mm F2.8-4.5 Macro

[Sticky] My Ham Shack

Well, my ham shack so far consists of:

The Arduino Dev Board [Sticky]

Arduino is an open-source physical computing platform based on a simple i/o board, and a development environment for writing Arduino software.

Arduino can be used to develop interactive objects, taking inputs from a variety of switches or sensors, and controlling a variety of lights, motors, and other outputs. Arduino projects can be stand-alone, or they can be communicate with software running on your computer (e.g. Flash, Processing, MaxMSP.)

For more information, visit Arduino.cc

Unbricking a D-Link DIR-615 Rev A1

I have managed to unbrick a D-Link DIR-615 Rev A1 back to D-Link firmware (1.00) from firmware 1.10. Allow me to describe the situation:

How to convert .RMT to .BIN for OpenRG Bootloader (RGLoader)

I recently encountered a situation while loading firmware into an Actiontec MI424-WR router, when I found myself without a bootable firmware, and the OpenRG bootloader would vehemently refuse to load .rmt files.

DFRobot LCD Keypad Shield and the LiquidCrystal Library

The DFRobot LCD Keypad Shield is found at DFRobot.com and various other retailers (Robotshop, etc)

To use this shield with the LiquidCrystal library, use this define:

Fun with (Laser) Printers

Conversing with your Laser Printer:(See disclaimer below)

To extract information from your printer in PJL telnet to its IP address, port 9100 (or by serial, see below), and send it these commands:

<Control+[>%-12345X@PJL <Enter>

Then copy and paste the following commands:

USB Host on HP Touchpad: Progress...

To access USB Host mode on the Touchpad (to plug in a Keyboard/USB Drive/etc), you need:

  1. A microUSB to USB Female cable (USB-OTG cable), available on ebay for ~$3, shipped [search 'USB-OTG cable']
  2. A powered USB Hub (a USB Hub with a spot to plug in an external power supply), available on ebay for under $10, shipped, with power supply  [Search 'powered usb hub']

gRover Robotics Platform

gRover Robotics Platform

This is gRover, the Grove-Platform Rover; it is a general, all-purpose rover for house exploration.

Foreword:

This page is a bit of a mess, I'll admit. The PDF file attached is much neater and contains much more information about the project than this page's text does. For more pictures, see the gRover Flickr Photoset. This rover build uses parts graciously provided by Seeed Studio.

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