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Updated garage remote control case for wall mounting
We have one of those kits that converts a manual garage roller door into an electric remote control roller door. It’s been mostly fine, if you don’t mind doing a little dance in the house doorway to get it to open as it’s at the limit of its range. Over time the rubber over the…
DIY Custom Shelving for Electronic Component Storage: My Experience
I’ve been using these cheap storage compartments from Bunnings to store my ever-growing pile of electronic components and modules. They are inexpensive at only AU$5.50 each. I’ve now got 24 of them and had been storing them in stacks. They stack well but it was getting annoying as every time I wanted to grab something…
Adding an external power button for PC
I found this external computer power switch on AliExpress. It is designed to connect to the power button headers and power LED headers on a PC motherboard allowing the computer to be turned on from a more convenient location that having to reach down under a desk. I thought I would give it a go.…
ESP32: Wakeup from multiple GPIO sources and using predefined pin definitions instead of bitmask
The ESP32 can be set to wake up from sleep due to one of several pins going high. Which pin caused it to wake up? This has been causing me a few headaches with my combined mailbox and driveway monitor because sometimes multiple pins can be high at once. While researching this I also discovered…
iPad/tablet stands for bed use
I love to lay in bed and read and watch videos on my iPad. To stop my arms getting tired and cold in winter I’ve set up a holder for my iPad. My wife does the same and a son does as well. The current medical view seems to be that using phones and tablets…
Vintage Eveready AA batteries
While collecting batteries to send to recycling, I found these two that I had pulled out of an old Sharp calculator. The calculator was given to me many years ago. I think it would have been made in the ’70s. I had forgotten that Eveready batteries looked like this. I was surprised that one is…
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