Category Archives: Anything

Unsorted stuff. Regular blog posts.

PCB world is getting smaller

PCB component are getting smaller and smaller. Hobbyist must learn how to handle such miniature components and how to solder it. Some small parts are already described in old Lithuanian article about soldering LED driver on selfmade PCB. Next PCB … Continue reading

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VAG COM – connect computer to car

Yeap, time passes and English translation is lagging very much. I’ve already sold this car… Now it is the end of 2011, original post date is 2008… This is abstract from full Lithuanian article about connecting computer to automobile to … Continue reading

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Dimmer

Dimmer, from the word “n. dim, v. to dim”. Simple device to make light of incandescence lamps lower. Also, used to slow down colector motors. All this started because Lithuanian internet is full of old soviet circuits with archaic components. … Continue reading

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Thaw: time to wind dry snow

It looks like thaw. I think it is perfect time to dry some snow: I wish you Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!

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Facebook, is it evil?

Just testing system to spam facebook with my weblog posts. It is simple WP plugin and Facebook aplication. Aplication is working from http://apps.facebook.com/braindump

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WordPress 3 bug

I don’t know very well about php and advanced wordpress technology. But new and clean install of wordpress 3 on my computer failed. When I go to admin page I see error, that website didn’t respont. Apache returned zero byte … Continue reading

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Pentium 4 cube

What interesting you can do with needless Pentium 4 or similar Celeron processors? First of all you need to find 6 processors of one type. I wanted to use AMD processor, but dimensions of its housing are a little bit different. … Continue reading

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Cyclone III

After various financial speculations on the Internet and in real life, I gathered some money and bought through eBay auction Altera Cyclone III Starter Board. Another “starter board” is rambling somewhere in the post. I appreciate deeply all my countrymen … Continue reading

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Graphic LCD-pinout

I have gathered graphic LCD monitors from old devices (mostly from copiers). That’s simple monochromatic LCD monitors without controllers. An image should be dynamically tranferred from controller for these monitors. There are SED1351 or similar graphic controllers mostly. Maybe it’s possible … Continue reading

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Mouse = scanner

I found the information about optical mouse hacking on the Internet (http://spritesmods.com/?art=mouseeye). I had been looking for such mouse for a long time. The first which I found, had defective optical chip. But the second was more succsessful.  You need to find an … Continue reading

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