Wrenchtron: DIY Vehicle Maintenance Tracker
A vehicle service tracker for the DIY crowd who would rather do the work themselves than wait three months for a dealership appointment
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WordPress to Hugo Migration
After decades of WordPress pets, swantron.com is now static on Hugo - a fundamental shift to code-first
Chomptron: AI Recipe Generator
Turn random ingredients into real recipes with Google Gemini AI
Wildly Innacurate Map of Montana
Aggressive TV Repair: Baking a Motherboard
My 6 y/o reported on Saturday that our a-bit-older-than-the-six-year-old LG TV was broken. My first thought was soccer ball.. turns out the thing just wouldn’t get past the boot sequence, and was just …
DIY Copper End Table
At some point, I volunteered to make us some end tables for the house. It turns out that I really don’t like end tables…everything I came across was either way to big or too flimsy to take any kid …
Encabulating Photon Emission Interface
My small lab assistant and I tossed our hats in the ring and were invited to compete in the 2013 Red Bull Creation competition. In short, it was great. Team swan tron didn’t make it to the finals, …
rPi Hardware Servo Control
Today’s lunch consisted of cold chicken and some fun with servos. Servos, Python, Linux, IO, chicken…nice little Friday. The goal of this abbreviated session was to figure out how PWM works in the …
The SEO Web Ninja Incident
So. I sell some links on my site from time to time. The people who do the actual purchasing of said links tend to be sketchy…some are just penny pinching scumbags, while others are outright nefarious. …
Remote Control Via Android
The motorized orange thing project is a wrap. Well, as wrapped as it will be for the time being…Katie is full term, so we are working on borrowed time. I managed to introduce remote control to the …
Android IOIO Project | IOIOSeek
I hope you don’t mind, but I went ahead and stepped it up a few notches. My newest project brings my end-goal a few steps closer. I now have the pieces in place to put together an actual robotic …
IOIO Servo Controller
I just doubled my Android Market presence with one fell swoop. IOIO project number two is in the books: IOIO Servo Controller. This project is a one-off of the PowerSwitch Tail relay project I have …
IOIO PowerSwitch Project
I can finally report a conclusion of sorts on the IOIO / PowerSwitch Tail project. The ‘of sorts’ disclaimer is in regards to my Android App, which is pretty much a working beta. I have some issues …
HTML to Python to Arduino to LCD
Last week found me standing tall upon my shell script soapbox, shouting command line praises to all who would listen. Thou ought direct thine output aftways, to-wards thine USB port of thee. And that …
How to Use a Ladder
Ladder safety is a must in my book. Before tackling that weekend project around the house, take a look at these ladder tips I have collected. * Ensure the roof of the vehicle you are using is …
Garage Door Hack
Introducing Open-er-o-matic 3000. OOM3K. My finest project to date. I have my Arduino poking around with a PING))) sensor, a servo, some LEDs, and best of all…my garage door opener. End result: some …
Ultrasonic Distance Sensing
I really should have a running list of these mini-projects I have been cranking out. This one: using a PING))) sensor from Parallax Inc to drive LEDs for a set of values. Sounds boring, but it is sort …
Green Robots Everywhere
Hastily drawn.