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Viktor's DIY: Internet of Things (IoT) with ESP8266 - Proof of Concept
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Friday, May 22, 2015. Internet of Things (IoT) with ESP8266 - Proof of Concept. The ESP8266-01 on a breadboard, complete with power supply and some simulated environment (LED, button). My prototype consists of a few parts only:. There are several types of ESP8266 modules. Available on the market, all for a very low price. In my prototype I used the 01 flavor. I used this USB-UART adapter. It was plug and play under Windows 8.1 64. To program the ESP module I used a cheap USB-UART adapter. Do not work wit...
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Viktor's DIY: July 2014
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Wednesday, July 23, 2014. How to Recover a Laptop After a Failed BIOS Update. A few days ago I managed to brick my Compaq Mini 311 netbook by mistakenly flashing the wrong BIOS image. The computer only switched on the CPU fan for a moment when I pressed the Power on button, then it switched off, nothing worked, no lights were on. Kind of an operating system, which, without a proper BIOS, is not possible. Not even the Win B combination worked. Once I had to open the laptop to fix it I decided to take this...
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Viktor's DIY: January 2015
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Saturday, January 3, 2015. My Development Environment on the Raspberry Pi. My RPi used for development. I, however, found, that I cant remember ever step and I keep researching the same thing on the internet over and over again. So I decided to create this article to serve me (and possible other beginners) as a collection of setups steps for different kinds of projects. This article may grow in the future as I progress, so I expect it to contain some advanced stuff as well later on. Links to this post.
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Viktor's DIY: Fixing a Worn out Remote Control (XBOX, Playstation, Wii, TV, etc.)
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Thursday, January 26, 2012. Fixing a Worn out Remote Control (XBOX, Playstation, Wii, TV, etc.). The method described below is valid for any remote control that uses conductive rubber pads for buttons. I have successfully used the same method on TV/VCR/Home theater/AC remotes and game consoles. Some time ago I decided that the next time I do it I would document it here. Those black "dots" (11 total) are the ones that had to be fixed. A Torx screwdriver – I got mine from eBay for 1USD. Flip the controller...
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Viktor's DIY: May 2015
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Friday, May 22, 2015. Internet of Things (IoT) with ESP8266 - Proof of Concept. The ESP8266-01 on a breadboard, complete with power supply and some simulated environment (LED, button). Links to this post. Saturday, May 16, 2015. Installing Mosquitto for Use with ESP8266. Next, I tested it by subscribing to topics and publishing messages from different SSH sessions, all without a problem. Looking through the logs I found the following errors:. A quick research on the internet revealed that I am not the on...
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Viktor's DIY: My Development Environment on the Raspberry Pi
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Saturday, January 3, 2015. My Development Environment on the Raspberry Pi. My RPi used for development. I, however, found, that I can't remember ever step and I keep researching the same thing on the internet over and over again. So I decided to create this article to serve me (and possible other beginners) as a collection of setups steps for different kinds of projects. This article may grow in the future as I progress, so I expect it to contain some advanced stuff as well later on. At this stage, the R...
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Viktor's DIY: First Experiences with the ESP8266
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Saturday, December 6, 2014. First Experiences with the ESP8266. The latest "craze" among embedded electronics engineers is the tiny chip called ESP8266. It's a low cost, low power, high performance chip allowing wireless connectivity with your wifi network. In the following I would like to share my experiences setting up such a module for the first time. The module is barely larger than a 1 euro coin. Using the ESP8266 module with a breadboard. The ESP8266 module fits nicely on the adapter. As soon as th...
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Viktor's DIY: Welcome to my D.I.Y. pages!
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Welcome to my D.I.Y. pages! I am a photographer / IT consultant. Recently, I returned to my old hobby of electronics. At a massive "clean-up operation" in my childhood home I found all my old electronics projects (from almost 20 years ago) documented on paper (remember, at the time computers were not very common). I decided to clean them up a bit then publish some of them here, so that anybody who wants (including me :) ) can look them up for reference or just for ideas. Some of the projects (the ones th...
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Viktor's DIY: February 2014
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Monday, February 17, 2014. Giving New Life to LCD Screens from Old Laptops, TVs, Monitors, etc. Or I remove some parts of it and make use of those in some way, like use a laptop touchpad on a PC. Since I was running out of space to store these laptops, a few weeks ago I decided to remove the usable parts from some of the very old laptops that were beyond hope, and recycle whats left of them. An old LCD panel used as a monitor for a Raspberry Pi. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts ( Atom ). Maintaini...
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Viktor's DIY: May 2014
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Sunday, May 4, 2014. My Experiences with Batik. In the past few weeks I have neglected this blog a little bit. With a good reason, though: I had the privilege to travel a bit in Indonesia. I could write a book about my experiences on this trip, but it would be off topic on this blog. However, there is an aspect of my trip that fits in with this blogs theme: DIY. Some of the ready batik sheets for sale in a shop in the Banten area. Links to this post. Subscribe to: Posts ( Atom ). If you find my project u...