A few weeks ago I decided to start building a better storage solotuion for some of my projects and also to have better backups I ended up settling on a ryzen 7 5700g cpu (mostly because it is the same as my other proxmox host so makes my eventual plans
A good while ago I got a ADSBee made by https://pantsforbirds.com to try it out and to also setup a eventual remote one that I can use to feed a dead spot if it exists near me and also maybe make a lora "pant" for it
This is just a quick post to test that the site migrated over to my home server correctly the site is now running on a Ubuntu 24.04 VM on proxmox using Ghost as the platform for the blog update 10-10-2025 got approved for adsense so if anyone sees any
automation
Reently I got curious with how the heating temps are and as it's a heat pump measuting the pipe temps can in theory be done with a connection into the controller That needs a special device though so i decided that I would make it myself this is
electronics
Right another post time lol Meshtastic build here we go parts list: 1) A raspberry pi (if you using the Linux native stuff otherwise any Lora enabled board https://meshtastic.org/docs/hardware/devices/ supported stuff listed here) I am using a pi 4 for my router build (also an
electronics
well been a while since I made a post or did anything with this site lol Lately I've been down the plane tracking rabbithole as I mentioned in the last post and built a ads-b tracker system along with a few acars ones (https://airplanes.live and https:
3d printing
A few days ago I finally ordered the filament sensor for my prusa mini It came well packaged (got wet in the ran though hence no box..no fault of prusa or the delivery company) It uses an ir led and some printed parts (Mine came preassemabled as I bought
everything
Been a while since I posted here so figured I'd make this post for a few reasons one to say I'm still around and other as a teaser with some build guides I might be planning Recently ish I've been working on ads-b and
automation
Required: 1) Zigbee dongle of some kind (I have the sonoff one though the home assistant one is also good) sonoff dongle: https://amzn.to/3xjn4Dk (I got it from amazon years ago now though they have the same one on their site also which is an amazing dongle https:
3d printing
needed: 1) esp01 or esp01s module amazon: https://amzn.to/3Hbtw0F (prusa also sells one https://prusa3d.com/product/wi-fi-adapter-esp-01s-for-mini-and-mk4/ ) aliexpress: https://s.click.aliexpress.com/e/_DBYmhLR (affiliate link) 2) 2.5mm allen key 3) prusa mini of course 4) pliers to get the power switch out possibly 5)
automation
parts needed: 1. nodemcu esp 8266 or esp32 (both work but I like the esp32 for most projects these days because of it having bluetooth also) this is a link to a esp32 for example https://amzn.to/3HckIYE 2. (link is a amazon affiliate link see disclaimer) 3. micro
networking
for this example I am using a domain from freenom from when they still allowed new registrations first you’ll need to go to your domains name servers records and change them to cloudflares ones go to cloudflare (you’ll need to register, the free account is perfectly fine) then