My apartment building has a remote-controlled gate to the parking lot. The remote has a secret 10-bit key encoded in it for security. Recently my remote broke and in replacing it I thought about how hard it would be to make my own remote. I […]
This project was a prototype replacement for the transmitter on my long distance pico balloons (link). The pico balloon flight computer uses APRS which: Takes 5 seconds for each location transmission Has a range of 150 miles The duration is good. Short messages […]
I set out to take photographs at an altitude where I could see the curvature of the Earth. The premise: Float a balloon to an altitude where you can see Earth curvature Have a camera rig suspended below it, taking pictures continuously Computer system […]
Like many projects, this was an opportunity to try out some technologies and make a fun toy in the process. The objective was to create two boxes with wireless capabilities to allow two people to communicate with one another remotely. Press a button on your […]
