From time to time I find myself back reading about the Apollo Guidance Computer.
Apollo Guidance Computer
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Category Archives: Hardware
ATtiny85
Found myself reading about the ATtiny85 again. I keep coming back to this one. It’s an old favourite.
Raspberry Pi SDK and such
This is the C/C++ SDK documentation. Code for the Pico (RP2040) on https://github.com/raspberrypi/pico-sdk. The RP2040 is supported by the TinyUSB library. There’s a fun script for setting up the SDK: pico_setup.sh.
Why you shouldn’t water cool your PC
I watched this video a while back, and was trying to find it today in my blog, but it wasn’t here. But now it is! Why you shouldn’t water cool your PC.
PCPartPicker
ClockworkPi uConsole
This is interesting: ClockworkPi uConsole.
Books!
Dumb to managed switch conversion
This is cool: Dumb to managed switch conversion. The author takes a cheap switch and upgrades it to support VLANs.
Funnel Set
When I was ordering my Arlec safety device Bunnings suggested I might want this Sandleford 4 Piece Funnel Set for $4.49, and how could I say no?
The new funnels have taken their place on the peg board:
Arlec Single Outlet Safety Switch
Thanks to my mate Raz I now have an Arlec Single Outlet Safety Switch from Bunnings. It’s a 30mA residual-current device (RCD), which is a type of earth-leakage circuit breaker (ELCB).
Over here:
You can see my bench UPS in the bottom right:
It’s a PowerShield Defender 1200VA.
The UPS then has the Arlec device in the back of it, which then powers the rest of my bench (behind the scissors):
You can see I still have my Xbox power cable plugged in. We’re not sure exactly what that does. In addition to an electronic fuse maybe an RCD or maybe an arc-fault circuit interrupter (AFCI) or maybe all of the above.