Latest Project - ESP8266 + MQTT

It has been quite a while since I have posted anything, so I may as well post about the last project I’ve been working on to limber up my fingers some.

I picked up a couple of NodeMCU ESP8266 … more

New (to me) Bluetooth module (CC2540-A1)

Before the last Charlotte IoT meetup, which was about building stuff with BLE Beacon, I wanted to experiment some and see if I could get it working before the meeting and I went out and ordered some … more

Temperature controlled cooling system (Part 1 – The Plan)

A good friend of mine has built an pretty awesome custom desk for his office.  His desktop has a nice spot, behind a glass door in the desk.  The only problem is that it gets warm in there … more

I Made a Lighting Thing

I decided to organize my office some… one day I’ll ‘finish’ it, but for now, I’ll consider it cleaner than it was…After I moved a few things around, I realized that the shelf that I put my small lamp … more

Spark Core, First Connections

I decided to just jump right into getting the Spark Core up and running – and hit my first snag, for my Smartphone, I use a Lumia 1520 – Windows Phone based, not Android or Apple… … more

Spark Core

At last nights Charlotte IoT meetup, we had the opportunity to present some ideas that we’d like to build for an opportunity to receive a Spark.IO Core…

I had recently purchased some … more

Bringing the new site online…

It has been a while since I posted, and a lot has happened since the last post – I changed jobs, rebuilt my home office, worked two more Renaissance Festivals, developing an entirely new … more

Reading an RFID tag using a Wiegand Encoded RFID Reader

A while back I bought a couple of RFID readers from SeeedStudios – it was actually the first (of many) things that I picked up from there.

Right after I got the readers, I hooked one up to my … more