Everything you ever wanted to know about interfacing an old soviet dekatron tube to a microcontroller. I use a parallax propeller and some MPSA42 transistors.
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The Packetron 9000
My favorite dekatron project. Using a parallax propeller to query my cisco router, I visualize my Internet throughput using old Russian dekatron tubes.
Read MoreSandrail conversion to Bus 002 Transaxle
This article describes how to convert a Sandrail from an swingaxle suspension to an IRS bug suspension. There are several reasons for doing this. First of all, let’s look at how the camber of the tires changes from a swingaxle to an IRS: The excessive camber of the swingaxle can lead to a number of …
Read More002 VW Transaxle Rebuild
This post describes my experiences rebuilding an 002 transaxle. I’m going to document the effort as a trial attempt to produce a video that show the rebuild. Everything in this video is from a fresh perspective of someone who has never rebuilt a transaxle before (me!), so if it seems like I don’t know what …
Read MoreAuto-dimming Chumby hack
While my chumby has long since died, this page describes my efforts to modify it to add automatic dimming, because the thing was just too damn bright at night.
Read MoreiPad 2 impressions
I got my new iPad 2 the other day, and am just starting to try out a few applications on it. This page will serve as a place to list applications that I find noteworthy and reviews of accessories, etc. Smart Cover The first thing to talk about is the iPad 2 Smart Cover, which …
Read MorepyTivo plugin for sirius satellite radio on Tivo
pyTivo plugin to support Sirius Online Radio Dr. Scott M Baker, http://www.smbaker.com/ Download Link – version 0.1: pytivo-sirius-0.1.tar.gz Limitations – This plugin is extremely beta. Meaning, I got it work well enough that I can listen to “80s on 8” and that’s all that’s really important to me. Things that are known to be broken …
Read MoreHigh voltage power supply
This is the high-voltage power supply that I use to power my dekatron, nixie tube, and geiger counter projects.
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