Monthly Archives: December 2012

Soapmaking 101

Posted on December 18, 2012 by jimhannon

Several years ago we purchased half a beef from a local farm. Along with the meat the processor gave us several buckets of lard. The meat was quickly eaten by our family but the lard languished in the freezer until … Continue reading →

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Imbedded Software Development

Posted on December 15, 2012 by jimhannon

A while back I decided to pick a processor and development environment to use for making a number of sensors I want to build. Each sensor requires requires some processing to read or digitize the sensor output and either log … Continue reading →

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DIY RPC

Posted on December 7, 2012 by jimhannon

Background A recent post in the CSL blog about ERGO (Energetic Ray Global Observatory) http://www.ergotelescope.org/ got me thinking about sensors for my Otter Creek Research Station. The ERGO project would like to have a thousand sensors scattered around the world … Continue reading →

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