Siliconfish

Hobby blog about tech tips I've picked up, projects I'm working on, or links to useful information and cool stuff. I'm an Electrical Engineer and professional Analog IC designer for 25 years playing in my spare time. Arduino, hacking consumer electronics, video game hardware, satellite TV, PC building, Android apps, appliance repairs and whatever else that interests me.

Saturday, March 23, 2013

USB backup battery has weird spiky output

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Bought this Anker USB battery to power and Arduino project.  Since the Arduino takes a USB connection, using rechargeable cell phone backup...
Wednesday, March 20, 2013

TI Alternative to Arduino

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TI is selling these ARM boards which are way more powerful than Arduino and cheaper too Just saving the link for now.  A friend is ramping ...
Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Four monitor setup on Windows 8 desktop

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I have a homebrew desktop running Windows 8 with a slightly mismatched set of 24" 1920x1200 monitors.   A nice setup, but I got for f...
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Saturday, March 16, 2013

Field testing the IR speed camera blocker

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I'm in the middle of a project to build a flashback speed or red light camera blocker.   The last post covered the background and build...
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Sunday, March 10, 2013

Another try at the ultimate speed camera IR photo blocker

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I was inspired by the slightly misguided noPhoto product (I don't want to be the guy who blinds the drivers behind me with a flash.  Fl...
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