DIY

Using PLC for Home Automation

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This post is not meant to teach you what a PLC is. If you are unfamiliar with it, I suggest you make a quick read of the following before returning to th...

Coat Hanger Antenna

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I decided to build a coat-hanger antenna last weekend. It required 6 coat hangers, one long block of wood, screws/washers and a balun (UHF/VHF converter). Th...

Structured Wiring

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Installation of ethernet and coax infrastructure in my house

I have given Cable TV the Boot!

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Out of boredom, I decided to hook up a piece of wire to act as an antenna for my upstairs TV. And behold, I was receiving all local High Definition channels ...

New CarPC Video Posted

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Demo of a computer I built for my car in the early 2000’s. It ran on a Single Board Computer (SBC) running at 233MHz. I created a tiny embedded distribut...