Actually my Cubietruck is exactly four years old and still performing great.
Board production is still alive and buyable fo 69€.
This post is just a review of a great product, use cases, modifications and recommendations.
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Repairing Samsung SyncMaster 245B
After turning on the monitor no kind of video output (VGA/DVI). Screen is black power-on button lighting blue but nothing more happens.
Multimeter tests uncovered [Read more…]
Light Bulb Pot
Another pretty and green DIY idea from my home crap =) You have for sure one of this old light bulbs with tungsten, also known as wolfram.
What you need a light bulb some wire
Working materials
– tweezers
– light bulb
– copper wire
– water plants
Electronics basics (high voltage)
If your are looking at your power socket(European standard) you see two pins. One of two pins is your phase and the other one is the neutral and of course the ground.
The stupid thing is, there is no rule that makes sure that right pin or the left one of your power socket is the phase. There are many rules for electricity, why not for this? [Read more…]
Getting started with arduino Part II
Hallelujah! My Arduino kit arrived it was a really far way for it, it was shipped from Hong Kong.
It was seized for one week by customs office in Germany and, now its arrived at my workplace. The package consists of tiny little packages with following content: [Read more…]