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Nearly lost the recipe

Nearly lost the recipe

Posted on 9th Feb 2025

Checking out a new batch of ARM Stamps, I plugged a new one in and all that I saw was unknown USB device.

Back to hardware design

Back to hardware design

Posted on 16th Jul 2024

It was time to build some more boards for our OEM customers.

New Domain Launched

New Domain Launched

Posted on 21st Jun 2024

We created a domain specifically for the clubs, hoa's, villages and other organizations at Timber Pines in FL. Check out tpclubs.org With that we can create a subdomain site like village.tpclubs.org

Getting back to BASIC

Getting back to BASIC

Posted on 8th Dec 2023

It was fun getting reacquainted with BASIC and BASICtools for the People Counter. Most recently been hacking at YAML, TWIG and PHP. Languages I only know enough to be dangerous in. Was doing that to handle some of the tweaks to these webpages and to the other websites I am supporting. It was go...

People counter 2

People counter 2

Posted on 6th Dec 2023

The PIR sensors came in, bought on a closeout deal from Parallax. They seemed pretty straight forward, power them up, after an acclimation period they light up when something moving detected. That was great until I hooked them up to an input on the ARM. I was getting a high reading all the time,...

People counter

People counter

Posted on 30th Nov 2023

I was asked to do a rough count of people walking through a hallway. So I ordered some PIR sensors, that are typically used in light switches that turn off when no one is there. I could have used any of our boards, and the LPC1756 has a crystal controlled real time clock. But that would be too ea...