Archive for November, 2018
Fillets and bitbanging
This week there’s been some more work on the IOTCompass project. I realised that the GPS and Compass module actually had two connectors. A serial one for the GPS functionality and a separate I2C based compass module. The SDK for
Posted in: IOTCompass
Tags: AzureSphere, CAD, I2C
IOT Compass
A project I’ve been working on for the last couple of weeks is the IOT Compass. It’s mostly software and electronics so I’ve been writing my build up on the Element14 community and posting the code on Github. The idea
Posted in: IOTCompass
Tags: CAD
Washing Machine Repair
Monday last week the washing machine door handle stopped working and we could not get the wet clothes from the machine. The handle was a bit floppy so I suspected something had broken. My wife googled and found and handy
Posted in: Repairs
Machined aluminium shower repair
Our shower door has 4 sets of rollers that hold the sliding door. The top two have screws that you adjust to make the door level. When the door shuts, a magnetic catch seals the side of the door but
Metal sculpture in brass, mounted on an 1800s French Coin
