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New Program – Start Usage
Developed a small tool to monitor Bandwidth usage for Start Communications. Details here
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RC Flasher Project
My RC Flasher Project is complete. I’ve done a write up of it here.
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Windows 7 PPTP VPN Local Domain Authentication
Here’s a hidden gem. When connecting to another site domain via Windows PPTP (Yeah I know it’s no longer secure). Windows will lose connectivity to the local domain and might even cause an account lockout as Windows will attempt to use VPN credentials on local domain and will fail authentication often without a prompt. There’s […]
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Car Detailing 101
People always ask me about my car and how does it look so clean and shiny. The truth is that car detailing requires A LOT of work and a lot of attention to detail. The car will only shine if the paint is very smooth as it’ll not cause light to scatter in every direction. […]
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Teensy + USB Raw HID + C# = Eureka!
I’ve spent at least 3 days converting my Amp Delay Service from Serial communication to Raw HID communication protocol. My CarPC was using at one point 5 COM ports for the various devices connected to it. Iw was becoming a real pain keeping track of each COM port and the actual device that it represents. […]
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Gauge Pod 2.0 Development
Been busy coding away on the Gauge Pod software. It’s coming along nicely. I’ve taken a slightly different approach from the first version and the code is turning out to be a lot simpler. Still using layered architecture to separate Sensors, Gauges, Communication and UI but I changed how the layers interact with each other. […]
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Gauge Pod 2.0 – Sender (pt 2)
I’ve spent about 2 days on dealing with the ADC (Analog to Digital Converter) of the Arduino platform. Turns out there’s more problems to overcome when dealing with taking analog signal from a sensor and converting it to meaningful digital reading. The issue is that even with a constant input voltage the ADC reading sampling […]
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Gauge Pod 2.0 – Sender
I’ve started working on Gauge Pod 2.0 for the Challenger. The original version had some issues as described here. The original sender was located under the dash. Currently utilizes three sensors (AFR, Boost and Fuel Pressure). The box was built to support more sensors but in the end I ended up using only those three. […]
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Traxxas Slash + 1W LEDs
A while ago I was browsing parts in a local hobby store and I came across an RPM part for my Traxxas Slash. It’s an offroad light bar (RPM #80922). The product is meant to be used with typical 3mm LED’s, in fact, RPM sells an LED kit that fits the canisters. Looking at the […]
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pfSense on Watchguard Firebox x5000
It’s been a while since I played around with firewalls. Picked up a really cheap Watchguard Firebox x5000 Peak on eBay. Could not resist taking the Peak platform for a spin with pfSense. I’ve heard good things about the power of the “Peak” platform. Even though the x5000 is older generation than the typical x550/x750s […]