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Monday, July 28, 2014

Controlling the Hayward Ecostar Pump

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Quite some time ago I got fed up with the huge amount of power a pool pump uses and got one of those cool permanent magnet, variable speed p...
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014

Arduino, XBee, and a Freezer Defroster

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I have an upright freezer.  Living a ways from town and the climate make this necessary.  I load a cooler in the car, go to the store get my...
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Saturday, July 12, 2014

OpenWrt on the HLK-RM04, Reality Check

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There's a ton of pixels out there about OpenWrt.  It's open source router software that can do an excellent job of expanding the cap...
Saturday, July 5, 2014

Playing with the HLK-RM04 Serial to Ethernet Convertor

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I went on ebay and got me one of these: This is a HLK-RM04 serial to ethernet device.  When I got it, I thought, why does it have two e...
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Monday, June 30, 2014

Perils of Using Cloud Services

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So far, I've been a fan of cloud services.  I say, "so far," because it's a great idea on the surface.  For free, or a sma...
Friday, June 20, 2014

I'll try to explain XBee API Mode and How to Set it Up

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I've gotten hundreds of questions on XBee API mode.  API mode is necessary for setting up an XBee network of more than three devices bec...
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Saturday, June 14, 2014

Cell Phone Charging and Power Usage.

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One of the comments on this blog made me start wondering about the little parasitic devices we have all over the house.  I've always ass...
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