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en0031 Using a TLC549 A/D converter in ESPHome 2024-09-22
The TLC549 is an old but versatile analog-digital converter chip. With a few lines of code it can be integrated into ESPHome.
- 0030 Wenn der Wasserkocher zu laut piepst 16.04.2023
Lautstärkereduktion bei vorlauten Küchengeräten
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en0029 A Four-Joystick-Adapter for my C64 2023-01-15
The C64 has two joystick ports – but with a bit of custom hardware it’s possible to connect even more joysticks. Let’s get ready for four player games!
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en0028 LED train – a prototype 2022-07-03
LEDs are cool. Model trains are cool. How cool would it be to have LEDs on a model train?
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en0026 Building a Faux Neon Sign Using LED Strips (Part 2) 2021-09-05
LED strips that look like neon tubes? Terrific! I’ve always wanted to build a neon sign! ´
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en0024 Matrix Grand Prix (Part 2) 2020-02-22
Continuing the journey of building a hardware car racing game.
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en0023 Matrix Grand Prix (Part 1) 2020-02-19
I want to build a car racing game. In hardware. Using an ancient dot matrix printer. Part one of a – probably – longer series of posts.
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en0022 Transforming a Vintage Rotary Phone Into a Jukebox 2020-01-26
The toddlers’ love to “use” their vintage phone – and now it even plays audio clips when they dial a number!
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en0021 Fixing my Washing Machine 2019-12-08
A few weeks ago I noticed that my washing machine had stopped working: It still did its rotate-the-drum thing and also the suck-in-water-and-later-pump-it-out-again thing, but the water no longer got heated in the process.
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en0019 Building a Faux Neon Sign Using LED Strips (Part 1) 2019-08-31
LED strips that look like neon tubes? Terrific! I’ve always wanted to build a neon sign!
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en0017 The Lichtspiel 2018-03-23
What do you make for a toddler’s second birthday? Doesn’t matter – as long as it has lots of switches, plugs, and lights!
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en0012 Improving my sd2iec’s Power Connector 2017-03-08
When I originally built the sd2iec for my C128, I improvised a simple power connector for the cassette port. It worked, but felt kind of wonky. Time to improve!
- 0009 Mikroschalter-Upgrade für einen kaputten Feuerknopf 29.05.2016
Beim Feuerknopf eines Competition-Pro-Joysticks war der Federkontakt gebrochen. Ihr werdet nicht glauben, was dann geschah!
- 0008 Bastel-Jahresrückblick 2015 06.01.2016
Ich habe 2015 ziemlich viel gebastelt und gelötet – und lang nicht alles hat einen eigenen Blogbeitrag bekommen. Hier daher nochmal ein kompletter Überblick.
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en0007 BLITZbot15’s journey around CCCamp15 (part 2) 2015-10-29
Second part of the adventures of a little robot hitchhiking amongst 5,000 hackers.
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en0006 BLITZbot15’s journey around CCCamp15 (part 1) 2015-10-29
The adventures of a little robot hitchhiking on a camp amongst 5,000 hackers.
- 0004 Klingelblink im Tischtenniskeller 20.07.2015
Eine Retro-Alarmleuchte mit Sound.
- 0001 Eine sd2iec für den Commodore 128 02.06.2015
Mein 30 Jahre alter C128 bekommt einen SD-Karten-Leser. Und ich übe das Layoutieren und Löten von Lochrasterplatinen.