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A look at some pictures from Saturday
On Saturday Oct 25, 2008 (In Edmonton AB of course) there was some snow and record winds. I figure it’d be fun to post some pictures from that day as well as some of the damage from afterward. Click on … Continue reading
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Tagged alberta, edmonton, hail, snow, storm, wind, wind storm
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Working on yet another stormer viscometer board. :(
Well, For the last week or so I’ve been developing a new viscometer board. Sloppy as it is, it’s a jump ahead from the last board in terms of overall inputs allowed. I used the 68PLCC package PIC18F6680 in this … Continue reading
Posted in Electronics, Work
Tagged electronics, pcb, pic18f2620, pic18f6680, Stormer, Stormer viscometer, viscometer
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Repaired an abraser the other day
What’s an abraser you ask? Well, it’s a device that has two abrasive wheels that are pressed against a plate with paint on it. The idea is to determine the wear a certain coating or paint will get with a … Continue reading
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Tagged Abrader, abraser, electronics, fix, Taber, Taber Abrader, Taber abraser
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Found a neat PDF Document about OP Amps
I was perusing about today and found a helpful document about OP-Amps. It’s distributed by Texas Instruments and it looks really good even though I haven’t read it for the most part. You can get it here: http://focus.ti.com/lit/an/slod006b/slod006b.pdf Or you … Continue reading
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Playing with the Gallery
Well, I’ve been thinking about deleting the gallery that’s been installed since I started this site. So far I haven’t even paid any attention to it since it recieves very little traffic and frankly, I don’t pay any attention to … Continue reading
Solid State Viscometer
Yesterday I started playing around with a solid state viscometer. This viscometer differs from other more physical methods in that it simply vibrates to determine viscosity. What I did was the following Cut a strip of aluminum sheet. Place a … Continue reading
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Viscometer Motor Results
Well, I took the plunge and built an RS232 output device so that I can track the values over a longer term than whatever my memory can hold. I’ve started with a series of tests designed to test the speed … Continue reading
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Found a decent terminal program
For a while I’ve been looking for a decent freeware terminal program. Oddly enough, it’s been sitting right under my nose through a simple google search. I figure I’ll record it here for my own edification and file storage, just … Continue reading
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Playing with simulations for the Viscometer
So, I’ve been playing with simulating the output of the viscometer at a specified power output. When the real unit runs it seems to output noisy but patterned values. I’ve found that the output has a sinusoidal output with anomalies … Continue reading
Minolta MD lens test – Star-D 135mm F2.8
I purchased a lens off Ebay to test out. It was fairly cheap, like $25 all told and it looks great and feels great in the hands. I’ve taken a few test shots with the lens and I’ll post them … Continue reading
Finished another PCB for the Viscometer
Well, as far as viscometers go, I could be considered an expert by now (no, not really). Today my new board arrived and I assembled it, I’m kind of proud of it, it works real slick just like the last … Continue reading
New office!
I suppose I should post a picture of my new office. Despite the fact that nobody reads my blog, I’ll post a picture for posterity. Pretty fucking messy, but that’s me!
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Well, this is much nicer.
I’ve been looking around at various themes for wordpress. Being a fan of simple, straightforward designs, I picked Block2. Persoanlly, I like it better than the previous one, it’s very nice though I may change it over to some sort … Continue reading