A journal of hobbies
I watch quite a bit of YouTube and over time I have found some I recommend following. BBC archive is one of these. It is an official archive channel from the British Broadcasting Corporation that curates and publishes historical BBC television content. I like the calm, slow, deliberate style instead of the modern fast-cut media.... Continue Reading →
I've been working on a SI4732 radio for nearly two months and it's finally finished. The SI4732-A10 is a cheap little IC that contains almost everything needed for an LW, AM, FM, and SW radio. It is controlled through an I²C interface. There are lots of radios out there based on this design, including the... Continue Reading →
Water is precious in Australia. Much of Australia is very dry and regularly has droughts. From 2017 to 2019 we had a particularly nasty drought. Where we live, the long-term average rainfall is about 763 mm. 2017 and 2018 had lower rainfall and then in 2019 it dropped to only 314 mm. Everything dried out.... Continue Reading →
Using AI as a Memory Tool I find it interesting how songs can get stuck in your head and how you can remember lyrics after decades of not hearing them. This got me thinking if AI could be used to write a catchy song for helping to remember facts. Of course it wouldn't be the... Continue Reading →
A while ago, during a visit to our local tip shop I saw this object. The moment I saw it I knew I didn't need it, but the force was strong. This could become an integral part in a jet pack. Common sense prevailed and I left it there. A week or two later, I... Continue Reading →
Over the years I’ve tinkered with a handful of those inexpensive solar garden lights. One of my earlier experiments involved swapping the standard white LED for a red one, that ended up producing a surprisingly pleasing effect. This prompted me to revisit an old challenge, getting one to run a colour changing LED without instantly... Continue Reading →
I became aware of AI generated music a few months ago and began looking for examples. I was curious what it was like to use. This week I paid for a one month subscription to the AI music generator Suno to learn more. I'm not going to give my views on AI generated music. At... Continue Reading →
A few weeks ago I went to our local Tip shop. This is a small shop run by our local council at our waste transfer station. They have donated junk and items they retrieve from waste waiting to be sold to new victims. I was surprised when I went up the back and there sitting... Continue Reading →
A few days ago I had the bright idea of using a magnetic angle sensor with an anemometer. I’ve been using a Hall effect sensor, which works fairly well, but I figured if I used an angle sensor I could take readings over a fixed time and use the number of degrees of rotation to... Continue Reading →
The first thing most of us do when learning Arduino try a blink sketch. In my quest to learn how to use cheap LCDs, I thought I’d do the same. In this case a simple animation blinking an eye. The plan was to make it display a couple of images; a closeup of an eye... Continue Reading →
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