Arduino USB Shield

optical communication

Using instructions from here you can make an Arduino board appear as a USB HID device. HID devices don’t normally require drivers so they can work by emulating keyboards, mice and joysticks buy taking inputs from other devices.

The example created sends a string of characters to the keyboard buffer when a button [...]

May 23rd, 2009 | Category: Electronics, Open Source | Comments are closed

Getting tough on car tax dodgers

In recent days a number of cars have been clamped around whre we live. The reason is that they are parked on the public highway and are untaxed or not showing a valid tax disc.

Image posted to twitpic.com.

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May 23rd, 2009 | Category: Anything Else | Comments are closed

Diet or full fat?

Coke? No way. Brake fluid! This came out when I bled the system to replace the fluid that was at least 2 years old. After replacing the fluid, the brakes feel better.

May 3rd, 2009 | Category: Car | Comments are closed