random thoughts and ramblings
This is a pretty neat gadget. Shows time by playing pong! It’s pretty cool how the scoring is actually the time that is being displayed. For example, when it changes is when you’ll see one of the sides score a point. I may have to pick up the kit for this so I can build [...]
So I got an Arduino Uno for Christmas and can’t stop messing around with it. It’s a great microcontroller platform for developing home brew embedded microcontroller projects. I have already completed 2 projects of my own using some Picaxe chips (which are based on Microchip’s PIC microcontrollers) and I’m really enjoying learning and working on [...]
Since I was off today from work, I got busy in the garage installing my home built Remote Heated Seat Module in my 2008 Pontiac G8. Very clean install. No wires or holes cut. Nothing showing. Module is sitting in my glove box. I was able to fish the necessary wires through some preexisting holes. [...]
Inspired by a thread I saw on g8board.com I built my very own remote heated seat module. It’s actually a pretty simple circuit. It simulates the pressing of the heated seat buttons automatically when I remote start my car (G8 GT). During remote start, the heated seats can turn on by pressing the button. So [...]
My AutoBlender Cat Repeller works so well on the counter top it only makes sense to use it to keep the cats out of the Christmas tree. Yesterday I took it off the counter top and placed it under the tree. Didn’t take very long before that cats decided to press their luck and headed [...]
