ESPrinkler: ESP8266 8 Zone Water Sprinkler
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- Last Updated: 01 May 2016
- Created: 01 May 2016
Spring has sprung and watering will be needed. Plus I planted some grass where I removed the pool and the gazebo. While I was out of my house (because of a house fire last year), I rebuilt my sprinkler controller based on the ESP8266 plus a shift register and some relay drivers. Some details are here.. https://hackaday.io/project/6212-wifi-lawngarden-sprinkler-controller-esp8266 I have a bunch of documenting to do yet... The code is here: https://github.com/n0bel/ESPrinkler
As you can see, my distribution system is dead simple, garden hoses and valves.
Backups: Lessons (re)learned: Backups are good, but not always convinent
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- Last Updated: 06 March 2016
- Created: 06 March 2016
I've been creating, programming, maintaining, and managing computers for almost 35 years. You'd assume I'd know how to be sure *my* data is backed up and easily retrievable in the event of hardware or software problems. You all know how 'assume' works.
How to waste (another) Saturday
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- Last Updated: 23 January 2016
- Created: 23 January 2016
I had a bedside clock. I wanted something new. #PiZero + Wifi Dongle + Display + Power Supply. The story in pictures.
Life, Blog Posts, and Everything
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- Last Updated: 23 January 2016
- Created: 23 January 2016
Doesn't it always seem like personal blogs go dark, often? I mean.. you see post after post, then nothing. As avid followers (are there any out there?) may have noticed that appened here too.
Possibly I have a good excuse. I had a house fire. January 3rd 2015. It was a small fire. Caused roof damage. It was a chimney fire. Noone was hurt, not even my cat. Personal and business records survived, as well as computers and storage systems. Long story short, they had to take the roof off my house, put it back on, and restore the rooms affected by smoke and water damage. I'll post pictures at the bottom of this blog entry.