Not happy with the performance, I bought a Nano-VNA. (Vector network analyser)
Looks like 915 Mhz antenna
Due to the many options, I was lost at first. Maybe I have to ask Bigred. Calibrating I get now, but I can’t easily calibrate an antenna with fixed cable.
We went to WHY2025 a hackers camp in the Netherlands.
The first time I went was in 1997, with Bigred. Many followed after that. Tyrone, Bigred were also there from our old Crew. Coline joined me several times since 2005.
I joined the Badge team, and was making spacers for the Badges in bulk using my 3D printer. Also made some fancy cases.
CasesSpacers
In case of doubt .. more leds!
Our campsite with 7m Led stringMust have more leds!
Nice weather, good friends. New friends. Booze. Food and Hacking. We visited a lot of talks and enjoyed the music. (And fire)
I worked on: RSS feed on a epaper display, Midi monitor and the MQTT Pong website.
RSS Feed display
While waiting in line for the Badge:
A stone was passed from behind! It was a ping request. We passed it forward, and 15 minutes later a TTL time exceeded stone came from the front of the line. You gotta love those nerds!
Some other stones
The Badge: This should have got much potential .. Many misses, much to learn.
I bought Peterson’s Vogelgids, just for fun. It’s an old version, but that’s on purpose.
Then I saw a little project named BirdNet Pi. (I used the Android app already)
This is a Raspberry installation which recognises bird sounds. And gives you statistics about the detected birds. Cool for identifying birds in my garden.
PC Volume control using motorized potentiometer. Sends state to PC using media buttons (HID-device) Uses python script to update pot position. Probably replace Raspberry Pico with Arduino Pro
Maze Wars (1970s) in javascript using MQTT backend for multiple users