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LED Bar Videos
Now that the LED Bar is installed and fully functional you can see it in action. These videos show off a few of the LED Bar effects. The first video shows the random shot routine. You just press the red…
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LED Bar Installation
I performed a lot of testing and couldn’t get individual RGB LEDs to light up different colored alcohol bottles the way I wanted. So I found some LED strips from Sparkfun and toyed around with them instead. This was much…
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370Z Upgrades Part 2
I swapped out my head unit last summer. Since then I’ve been unimpressed with the stock speakers and their lackluster bass. So I thought it would be nice to drop in a little 8″ sub to give it a little…
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SUFO-2 Flight Recap
SUFO-2 successfully completed its flight to near space and back on 9/14/2013 and broke my goal altitude of 100,000 ft. Here’s a recap of the flight and some interesting stats. Launch Date September 14, 2013 Launch Time 12:47:09 CDT Launch…
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SUFO-2 Launch Tomorrow
The second SUFO flight will occur tomorrow, September 14th, around 10am CDT. Final preparations are being made tonight for the morning launch. Follow KD0OYK-11 on APRS.fi to track the SUFO-2 flight in real time. The capsule will take pictures and…
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Nissan 370Z CAN Hacking
I have always wanted to create a custom heads-up display for my Z. Something along the lines of a tablet running software that talks to my car and displays various information, gauges, etc. in real time. I started searching around…
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370Z Upgrades
A few months ago I totaled my ’03 Nissan 350Z. After about a month I started missing it and decided to replace it. I upgraded to a ’13 370Z Nismo Edition. I love everything about it so far, except that…
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Organizing Electronics Parts
I finally got around to building some new workbenches in my computer room. Now I have a complete “U” of desks wrapping around the room. I was tired of the clutter and no empty desk space. Once I got everything…
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LED Bar Panel
The LED Bar is meant to be interactive and will mostly be used at parties. So I decided to create a nice panel to mount the LCD, buttons, and slide pots. This also allows me to label all of the…
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SUFO-2 Preparations
It’s about time for the second launch of the SUFO capsule. I have dusted off the original capsule, electronics, and tracking equipment. Everything is in working order and tested great. I made a few improvements to the original SUFO-1 after…
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Disco Table Videos
I’ve been meaning to post videos of the disco table in action. It’s great getting a few pics of it, but watching it do its magic is much more fun. So here are a few of the effects it can…
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Building things that blink, beep, and occasionally fly
